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Description	All Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition House of Commons Press release: Embargoed, 00:01am Sunday 9 August 2009 Andrew Tyrie MP comments on the publication of the Foreign Affairs Committee’s Human Rights Annual Report 2008. The Report addresses rendition, allegations of UK complicity in torture and transfers of detainees. “The Foreign Affairs Select Committee is mistaken to suggest that an independent judicial inquiry into allegations of UK complicity in torture should await a conclusion to ‘current court cases’. Neither the investigation by the police into the Binyam Mohamed case nor the other civil actions brought should stand in the way of getting to the bottom of this.” “The Joint Committee on Human Rights, Lord Carlile, the Government’s own independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and experts in this field have all concluded that an inquiry is now essential. I agree with them. It is the only way to give the public confidence that we have got to the bottom of all of this, to draw a line under it and to move on.” “The Report rightly criticises the Government’s lack of transparency when it comes to dealing with rendition. It is essential that the Government now accepts the Committee’s recommendations about Diego Garcia. It should belatedly ensure that comprehensive information on the renditions to Afghanistan of two detainees captured by UK Forces, and those through Diego Garcia, is made available to the UK Government and to the public.” “The Committee’s lack of faith in US statements on the renditions to Bagram and widespread reports of abuse there make getting to the truth all the more crucial. As the Committee highlights, the basis of trust in US assurances has been undermined. It is time for the UK to take responsibility for its obligations in this area. That means ensuring that detainees transferred to other countries are properly treated, as this Report recommends. It means publishing historical guidance given to intelligence officers about the interviewing of detainees overseas. And it also means putting in place procedures to ensure that the UK cannot be involved in extraordinary renditions in the future.” Ends.
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