CPS decision on Libya renditions: Andrew Tyrie comments

Rt Hon Andrew Tyrie MP comments on the decision by the Crown Prosecution Service not to charge anyone with a criminal offence in connection with allegations made concerning the movement and alleged ill treatment of Abdel Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar, and Khadija Al Saadi and his wife and children from South East Asia to Libya in 2004.

Rt Hon Andrew Tyrie MP says:

“It is now crucial to find out who authorised these operations. The Intelligence and Security Committee should try. They may well need to take evidence from the CPS about it. Responsibility for this cannot be allowed to fall through the cracks.  

The public need to be assured that the scope and limits of British involvement in kidnap and torture have been fully investigated.  They cannot yet have that confidence.

Failure to get to the truth would almost certainly result in a drip-drip of further revelations. These could tarnish Britain’s reputation far more than the shorter term impact of an inquiry – preferably judge led – which gets to the truth.”