Commenting in the Independent, APPG Chair Ken Clarke says, "we mustn’t allow fear to cause us to abandon standards of freedom, liberty and human rights on which this country stands". Mr Clarke said that values had wavered since the 9/11 attacks and rise of jihadi threats, when the UK allowed a “serious lapse in our normal standards” with involvement in extraordinary rendition to Libya and other countries where people faced torture.

The FT reports APPG Chair Ken Clarke's calls for a judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in rendition and torture. 

The Telegraph writes, “[Ken Clarke's] remarks add weight to calls for the Prime Minister to launch a new review…”

APPG Chair Ken Clarke writes in the FT explaining why he is calling for a judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in rendition and torture. 

The FT responds to the Intelligence & Security Committee Reports on UK involvement in detainee mistreatment and rendition and says, "Calls from MPs including former home secretary Kenneth Clarke for a judge-led inquiry should also be considered."

The Guardian covers Ken Clarke's urgent question on a judge-led inquiry, following the Intelligence & Security Committee's Reports.

The Times covers the Government's response to APPG Chair Ken Clarke's urgent question on whether, following the Intelligence & Security Committee Reports, a judge-led inquiry would now be announced.  The Government committed to give the matter "careful consideration". 

APPG Chair Ken Clarke discusses, on Radio 4's PM programme, the Intelligence & Security Committee reports revealing shocking levels of UK involvement in rendition and torture.

Daily Mail covers APPG Chair Ken Clarke's reaction to the Intelligence & Security Commitee Reports revealing shocking levels of UK involvement in torture and rendition. 

The Times covers APPG Chair Ken Clarke's renewed calls for a judge-led inquiry following the Intelligence and Security Committee reports and the news that the Committee was obstructed in its work by the Government. 

The BBC covers APPG Chair Ken Clarke's response to two reports from Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, revealing much greater levels of UK involvement in rendition and torture than previously known. Ken Clarke renewed calls for a judge-led inquiry and said the ISC report's findings were "not small issues which can now be swept under the carpet - and the government must address them urgently"

The Guardian reports the APPG's calls for a new judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in rendition and torture. 

The Times reports the calls from APPG Chair Ken Clarke and other cross-party MPs and Peers for a new judge-led inquiry into rendition and torture. 

On 3 June 2018, the Guardian reported that UK spies may still be sharing intelligence gained by torture abroad, in breach of official guidance on this issue. The article quoted APPG Chair Ken Clarke's comment from his Conservative Home article, in which he made the point that: "The current review of the Guidance is particularly timely. With Donald Trump having pledged to reintroduce waterboarding and ‘a hell of a lot worse’, it is more important than ever that the UK has as robust a policy as possible to prevent future involvement by our intelligence services in such activities.”

On 22 May 2018, writing in Conservative Home, APPG Chair Ken Clarke calls for the government to strengthen its anti-torture policy, known as the Consolidated Guidance.

On  10 May 2018, the Guardian reports the government's apology for the UK's role in the 'appalling treatment' of Abdel Hakim Belhaj and his wife Fatima Boudchar.  The article quotes APPG Chair Ken Clarke's comment that, "Given the fulsome nature of the apology, the question has to be asked why it has taken the government so long to settle this matter, particularly when Mr Belhaj offered to settle the case in 2013 for £3 and an apology? The delay is deeply regrettable."

On 10 May 2018, the FT reported the government's apology for the UK's role in the Belhaj Libya rendition, and quoted APPG Chair Ken Clarke's comment that he regretted the apology had taken "so many years".

On 15 March 2017, the Guardian reported on claims by lawyers representing a man who was rendered to Afghanistan and held for 10 years without trial that his capture had been a case of mistaken identity.

On 8 March 2017, Middle East Eye reported on the UK Government's application for secret hearings in the case of two Pakistani men who were rendered to Afghanistan.

On 10 February 2017, Andrew Tyrie wrote in Prospect magazine about the dangers of "secret court hearings" for open justice, and how they could stop Britain learning the lessons from its role in extraordinary rendition.