Dissident rendered to Libya challenges UK decision not to prosecute

Anti-Gaddafi dissident Abdel Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Bouchar, have launched a claim for judicial review of the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision not to charge anyone over their 2004 rendition to Libya, reports the Guardian.

The claim argues that the Director of Public Prosecutions misdirected herself about whether rendition amounts to misconduct in public office. It states that Sir Mark Allen, an ex-MI6 official, “admitted failure to properly disclose conduct and involvement to superiors and ministers", which "may itself amount to misconduct in the context of a ‘rendition’ operation, even if the public officer was unaware of the operation before it took place”.

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