“An unprecedented, two-year public inquiry into the conduct of British soldiers in Iraq is expected to report stinging criticism of senior army officers and their legal advisers, and highlight the failure to pass orders down the chain of command.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Cameron has asked the Gibson inquiry into alleged UK complicity in torture to be widened to examine the extent of intelligence-sharing by British secret services with the Libyan Gaddafi regime, including rendition and torture.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Baha Mousa report is not the only one to look into the question of the ‘systemic’ abuse of Iraqi prisoners.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An unprecedented public inquiry into the conduct of British soldiers in Iraq is expected to contain damning criticism of senior army officers and their legal advisers, and highlight the failure of commanders to ensure orders were passed down.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Reprieve and other charities have found that the investigation set up by the government has serious shortcomings.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Human rights groups and lawyers boycotting the inquiry into allegations of torture by the security and intelligence agencies are accusing the government of reneging on promises that it would be open and independent.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Campaigners and lawyers acting for former detainees say they will boycott an inquiry into the alleged torture and mistreatment of UK terror suspects.”
BBC News, 4th August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Four elderly Kenyans were give the go-ahead at the High Court today to sue the British government over alleged colonial atrocities committed during the Mau Mau uprising.”
The Independent, 21st July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Rape and torture victims were turned away from the collapsed Immigration Advisory Service last week, a former employee has told the Gazette.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The supreme court has outlawed intelligence services’ use of secret evidence in court to conceal allegations that detainees were tortured.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government’s plans for an inquiry into the UK’s role in torture and rendition after 9/11 are in disarray after human rights groups queued up to denounce it as a sham and lawyers for the victims said they were boycotting the hearings.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British intelligence officers who question prisoners at risk of torture while in the hands of foreign governments are committing no offence, lawyers for the government have argued at the high court.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A battle over the legality of instructions issued to British intelligence officers attempting to obtain information from prisoners held by countries with poor human rights records has opened in the high court.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Intelligence officers could be prosecuted for aiding and abetting torture overseas because new guidelines are not clear enough, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Press reports that the government’s forthcoming torture inquiry will not investigate rendition are ‘simply wrong’, the inquiry’s senior lawyer said on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 9th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Campaigners condemn decision not to include ‘murky’ issue of detainee transfers in investigation as ‘only doing half the job’.”
The Independent, 15th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The high court ruling condemning the MoD for restricting funding for litigation underlines the importance of judicial review.”
The Guardian, 12th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence has been condemned by the high court for stifling legal challenges over the treatment of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
The Guardian, 12th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government cannot be held legally liable for British colonial atrocities committed during the Mau Mau Uprising, the High Court heard today.”
The Independent, 7th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence lobbied behind closed doors to restrict the provision of legal aid to claimants questioning the treatment of military detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, the high court has heard.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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