UK government considers judge-led inquiry into torture and rendition
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The UK government has announced it is considering a judge-led inquiry into British involvement in torture and rendition following the publication of two reports into the subject by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) last week.
The first report found that Britain’s intelligence services were involved in numerous extraordinary rendition operations between 2001-10 – those where there is a real risk of torture.
In response to an urgent question by Ken Clarke in the House of Commons, Sir Alan Duncan, minister for Europe and the Americas, promised that a decision would be made within 60 days of the date of the ISC reports.
Responding, Dan Dolan, head of policy at Reprieve, said: “It’s right that the government is now considering a judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in torture and rendition.
“The Prime Minister should listen to the growing cross-party support, including from two former Conservative cabinet ministers in the House of Commons.
“This is not a party-political issue or about blaming individual agents, it’s an opportunity to fix the institutional failures that led to this appalling mistreatment and ensure the guidance to our intelligence officers is strengthened and clarified so that this cannot happen again.”
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