“Civilian staff at GCHQ risk being prosecuted for war crimes as a result of a legal action being launched tomorrow over the alleged use of British intelligence in the CIA’s ‘targeted killing’ programme.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Intelligence chiefs will be questioned in public for the first time to ensure that the secret services cannot escape the scrutiny of ‘open democracy’, a leading MP said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers and the intelligence services will be able to cover up sensitive information relating to the state’s complicity in torture and secret rendition, under controversial plans likely to be included in the Queen’s Speech in May.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two prominent Libyan dissidents are suing a former senior MI6 officer in a move which could expose the role of ministers in the men’s abduction to Tripoli, where they say they were tortured by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s secret police.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The expansion of secret hearings into the civil courts, proposed by the government as a means of protecting national security, will deprive individuals of the right to a fair trial, a parliamentary select committee has been warned.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The judge-led inquiry into the UK’s alleged role in the torture and rendition of detainees after the 9/11 attacks, already boycotted by most human rights groups, has been scrapped by the government. The surprise decision to abandon the investigation led by Sir Peter Gibson into MI5 and MI6 officers’ participation, which carried out only preparatory research, was announced in parliament by the justice secretary, Ken Clarke.”
The Guardian, 18th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A controversial inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing by the UK’s security services is being scrapped.”
BBC News, 18th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“British spies are expected to find out whether they will face charges over their alleged complicity in the torture of terror suspects.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The parliamentary watchdog for Britain’s spies is lobbying the government to introduce sweeping curbs that could prevent UK courts from examining intelligence material.
Proposals by the intelligence and security committee (ISC), brought to light by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, go beyond measures proposed by the government, which the ISC says ‘do not go far enough’.”
The Guardian, 6th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Libyan military commander and rebel leader has launched legal proceedings against the British government over his rendition and alleged ‘barbaric’ treatment meted out to him and his pregnant wife.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There is just over a month left to respond to the Government’s consultation on the Justice and Security Green Paper. Responses have to be be sent via email or post by Friday 6 January 2012.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st December 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Legal changes to allow the work of Britain’s intelligence agencies are needed to stop Britain’s enemies gaining information they can use against us, William Hague will say today.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The inquiry into whether the UK was involved in alleged torture must be open or it would ‘only serve to cover up abuses,’ a UN expert has said.”
BBC News, 13th November 2011
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“Intelligence documents showing how British officials were involved in the secret rendition of UK residents to Guantánamo Bay and other jails – where they say they were abused and tortured – must be disclosed, an information tribunal was told on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Cabinet Office has released its long awaited Justice and Security Green Paper, addressing the difficult question of to what extent the state must reveal secret information in court proceedings. A consultation has been launched on the proposals; responses can be sent via email by Friday 6 January 2012.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th October 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Secret justice looks set to be a regular feature of British courts and tribunals when the intelligence services want to protect their sources of information. Civil courts, immigration panels and even coroner’s inquests would go into secret session if the Government rules that hearing evidence in public could be a threat to national security. The proposals, which run counter to a centuries-old British tradition of open justice, were introduced to a sparsely attended House of Commons yesterday by the Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke – and met almost no opposition. The planned changes to the British justice system follow lobbying of the Government by the CIA.”
The Independent, 20th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Intelligence gathered by MI5 and MI6, even if obtained by torture, will never be disclosed in court proceedings under proposals published by the justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Libyan man who claims MI6 arranged to send him home to be tortured in Colonel Gaddafi’s jails has begun legal action against the UK government.”
BBC News, 7th October 2011
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“Interrogation guidelines for MI5 and MI6 officers questioning prisoners abroad are lawful the High Court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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