Appeal over torture claim ruling – BBC News
“The government says it will appeal against a ruling that US intelligence documents detailing the alleged torture of an ex-UK resident can be released.”
BBC News, 17th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: intelligence services
Guantanamo Bay ‘torture’ ruling threatens intelligence sharing with US – Daily Telegraph
“The future of intelligence sharing between Britain and the United States is under threat after judges ruled secret evidence relating to the the torture allegedly suffered by Binyam Mohamed, a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, should be released.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
MPs investigate anti-extremism programme after spying claims – The Guardian
“A powerful committee of MPs is likely to hold a formal hearing into allegations that a government anti-extremism programme is being used to gather information on innocent Muslims.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police to investigate MI6 over alleged complicity in torture – The Independent
“The metropolitan police are to investigate MI6, the secret intelligence service, over alleged complicity in the torture of a terror suspect, in the second criminal investigation of British intelligence officers in the war on the terror to be announced this year.”
The Independent, 12th September 2009
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Ministers’ admission links MI5 and MI6 to ‘torture victim’ – The Independent
“Ministers have admitted the Government sent secret agents to interview a British detainee in Afghanistan, supporting allegations MI5 and MI6 officers were present while he was tortured by his American captors.”
The Independent, 10th August 2009
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Pressure mounts over allegations of British complicity in torture – The Guardian
“Ministers came under fresh pressure today over detailed allegations of complicity in torture, with Gordon Brown being asked whether the attorney general would investigate them and human rights groups joining MPs and peers demanding an independent inquiry.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Torture complicity’: Key cases – BBC News
“A report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights has accused ministers of trying to avoid Parliamentary scrutiny in relation to a string of allegations of British complicity in the torture of terrorism suspects abroad. The report by MPs and peers lists a number of key cases that link the British intelligence and security agencies with claims of mistreatment.”
BBC News, 4th August 2009
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MPs and peers call for inquiry into torture – The Guardian
“Democratic accountability of the security and intelligence agencies is ‘woefully deficient’ and an independent inquiry must be set up to investigate numerous and detailed allegations of their complicity in torture, a cross-party group of senior MPs and peers will say today.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Britain’s torture role must be investigated, say MPs – The Independent
“Joint Commons and Lords committee expected to issue damning report on MI5’s part in the rendition of terror suspects.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2009
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Diego Garcia rendition victim challenges UK in court – The Guardian
“The government is refusing to provide details of the torture and wrongful detention of a man rendered through British territory, it was claimed today, depriving him of a remedy for ‘serious civil and criminal wrongdoing’.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2009
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Torture – new claim of secret UK complicity – The Guardian
“A businessman who was held and mistreated in the United Arab Emirates following the London bombings believes he has evidence that British consular officials asked permission from the UK’s own security services to visit him while he was detained.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2009
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MI5 accused of bribe offer in Rangzieb Ahmed torture case – The Guardian
“The security service MI5 is being accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice by offering a man inducements to drop his allegation that its officers colluded in his torture.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Torture claims against British secret agents go to inquiry – The Guardian
“A parliamentary inquiry into allegations of British collusion in torture is set to investigate whether counter-terrorism chiefs ordered the repeated torture and rendition of a former British resident.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
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Tony Blair knew of secret policy on terror interrogations – The Guardian
“Tony Blair was aware of the existence of a secret interrogation policy which effectively led to British citizens, and others, being tortured during counter-terrorism investigations, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2009
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David Miliband wants interrogation policy kept secret – The Guardian
“The foreign secretary, David Miliband, told MPs today that he will not allow the public to see the secret interrogation policy that is at the heart of allegations that MI5 has been colluding in the torture of British citizens.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2009
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Why must a secret service fair hearing be heard in secret? – The Times
“Former MI5 officers guard many secrets. But, as Dame Stella Rimington well knows, they can tell their own stories. A former agent has to seek prior approval for publication from his or her former employers and, if it is not given, any dispute will ultimately be adjudicated by a High Court Judge with all the usual safeguards to ensure a fair trial. Or so it was thought until the Court of Appeal gave judgment in A v B.”
The Times, 11th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Identity of men on CIA rendition flights to British island revealed – The Guardian
“Two terror suspects who were flown by the CIA to the British territory of Diego Garcia and later allegedly tortured have been named and evidence about their treatment has been revealed for the first time. Mohammed Madni and Shaykh al-Libi are identified in evidence prepared for the Commons foreign affairs committee by Clive Stafford Smith, director of the human rights group Reprieve.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
British agents would have had ministers’ OK for collusion in torture – ex-MI6 chief – The Guardian
“British intelligence agents are unlikely to have been involved in the abuse of terror suspects without the approval of ministers, the former head of MI6 said.”
The Guardian, 31st May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MI5 faces fresh torture allegations – The Guardian
“The home secretary Jacqui Smith faces legal action over allegations that MI5 agents colluded in the torture of a British former civil servant by Bangladeshi intelligence officers.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal fight for release of terror douments – The Independent
“The High Court was urged today to order full disclosure of correspondence from America setting out the Obama administration’s current stance on whether US intelligence outlining its agents’ treatment of former terror detainee Binyam Mohamed should be made public.”
The Independent, 23rd May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
