Toughen laws on rendition say MPs
Persistent claims that detainees have been transferred through UK airspace to countries where they are at risk of torture have led to calls for action. MPs say laws on kidnap and torture are inadequate and the use of UK facilities for rendition must be outlawed.
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- News Source: The Scotsman | 14 days agoTHE government has been urged to introduce a new offence to outlaw the use of British bases for "extraordinary rendition". Conservative MP Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on extraordinary rendition, yesterday demanded...
- News Source: Macleans | 14 days agoA group of British lawmakers proposed new laws Thursday to ban the use of airports, harbours or highways in the secret rendition of suspected terrorists, while a human rights group urged the government to stop detaining terror suspects without charge.
- News Source: BBC | 14 days agoPersistent claims that detainees have been transferred through UK airspace to countries where they are at risk of torture have led to calls for action. MPs say laws on kidnap and torture are inadequate and the use of UK facilities for rendition must...
- News Source: The Guardian | 14 days agoNew criminal offences to outlaw the practice of extraordinary rendition – secretly transporting terror suspects to places where they are likely to be tortured – have been drawn up by a cross-party parliamentary committee. They will close the gap...
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- Blog Source: www.goodasis.comUp until then, the British government had insisted there was no evidence that rendition flights had stopped on UK territory and it expected the US to seek its permission before rendering detainees through its airspace. ...
- Blog Source: www.polityka.sebaa.az.plToughen laws on rendition say MPs. November 5th, 2009 · No Comments. New laws are needed to prohibit any UK involvement in the practice of extraordinary rendition, a group of MPs argues. Tags: 20536 ...
- Blog Source: blog.taragana.com... in D.C. to recruit 'Top Chef' contestants: http://bit.ly/fSa4L; stuckinseoul Toughen laws on rendition say MPs; salarradpoor : ! ! lohad New laws are needed to prohibit any UK involvement in the practice of extraordinary rendition, ...
- Blog Source: rawstory.comcraigmurray Former UK ambassador: CIA sent people to be raped with broken bottles The CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan, a place where widespread torture practices include raping suspects with broken ... Dundee in
- Blog Source: www.craigmurray.org.ukThere do survive pockets of genuine independent judiciary in Europe. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/04/cia-guilty-rendition-abu-omar In the UK, you cannot present someone before a... ... I know this because I was trying to organise the
- Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.comAnd - there have been scattered rumors on the net of a prison ship - that just sails the seas - never docks - not subject to the law of any land. For all those that post that Obama said he'd end rendition and enhanced interrogation - do ...
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