APPG News
APPGER Chairman, Andrew Tyrie MP, talks to Radio 4 about rendition
The Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition, Andrew Tyrie MP, spoke to Peter Oborne on Radio 4's - Week in Westminster. The interview concerned the latest on the Intelligence and Security Committee’s investigation into rendition and the group’s legal work in the United States.
The interview can be found here
Former MI5 officer seeks permission to give evidence to the ISC about torture.
A former senior intelligence officer is seeking permission to give evidence to the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC). The officer is to say that the Security Service was aware of the abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The full story can be read here.
KEY DOCUMENTS BLOCKED BY FCO
The APPGER have discovered that key documents relating to UK involvement in rendition and torture are being blocked by the FCO. The APPGER has been conducting litigation in the US since 2008, in order to discover the full nature of UK involvement in rendition. The US State Department provided a document that shows that 11 files - high level correspondence between the UK and US - have been blocked for release by the FCO.
For the full story, click here
To download the US court papers, click here
Intelligence and Security Committee – Work Priorities Statement
The new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), Dominic Grieve, has set out the Committee’s work priorities. He stated:
“Our longer-term priority is the substantial Inquiry into the role of the UK Government and Security and Intelligence Agencies in relation to detainee treatment and rendition, where there are still unanswered questions”
The full statement can be read here.
Accused co-conspirator in 9/11 attacks seek evidence of alleged torture by CIA
Ammar al-Baluchi, one of the defendants accused of plotting 9/11 whose trial is before a military commission, has asked the court to review evidence of his alleged torture in CIA custody. More can be read here.