APPG News
Ken Clarke calls for judge-led inquiry into UK complicity in rendition and torture
As reported today by The Times and the Guardian, APPG Chairman Ken Clarke, together with cross-party members of the APPG, has written to the Prime Minister calling for a new judge-led inquiry into UK complicity in rendition and torture.
Human Rights Court finds Lithuania and Romania complicit in CIA torture
The European Court of Human Rights today found Lithuania and Romania knowingly hosted secret CIA detention centres.
Ken Clarke: Government's anti-torture policy must be strengthened
Writing in Conservative Home today, Ken Clarke says that if we are to avoid a repeat of the shameful involvement of the UK in rendition and torture - as illustrated in the Belhaj case - the Government's anti-torture policy (known as the Consolidated Guidance) must be strengthened.
Ken Clarke welcomes Government apology in Belhaj Libya rendition case
Ken Clarke welcomed today's apology by the government for the UK's complicity in the 2004 rendition of Abdul Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar, but said the government must now make good on its promises to ensure the same mistakes are not repeated in the future.
APPG officers ask questions in Parliament following Government apology in Belhaj
In an unprecedented move, the Government today apologised for the UK's complicity in the rendition and mistreatment of Abduk-Hakim Belhaj and Fatima Boudchar.
Government confirms steps to review use of closed court hearings
The Government has responded to a question from Ken Clarke about the five-year review of Closed Material Procedures (CMPs) under the Justice and Security Act 2013.