On 10 December 2014, the Guardian reported on calls by Andrew Tyrie and others for Britain to hold a full inquiry into rendition, following the publication of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the programme.
On 2 August 2014, Andrew Tyrie published an article in the Independent calling on the UK Government to establish the scope and limits of its involvement in rendition.
On 3 May 2016, the Independent reported on the disclosure -- as part of litigation by the APPG -- that the Foreign Office had asked the US Government not to release documents relating to the treatment of detainees.
On 17 January 2017, the Guardian reported that the Supreme Court had allowed an anti-Gaddafi dissident and his wife to bring their case against the British Government over its alleged role in their rendition to Libya.
On 26 January 2017, the Financial Times reported that the Prime Minister was under pressure to stand up to President Trump over his comments on torture, including through a parliamentary question from Andrew Tyrie.
On 27 January 2017, the Washington Post reported on the questions facing the Prime Minister as she prepared to meet with President Trump, including a parliamentary question on the topic from Andrew Tyrie.
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.
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 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 5 November 2016, the Daily Mail reported on the APPG's correspondence with Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), over the Committee's inquiry into rendition.
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 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 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 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.”
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.
The Guardian reports the APPG's calls for a new judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in rendition and torture.
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 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.
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.
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.
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