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    The Times, ‘Ministers consider fresh torture collusion inquiry’, 3 July 2018

    The Times covers the Government's response to APPG Chair Ken Clarke's urgent question on whether, following the Intelligence & Security Committee Reports, a judge-led inquiry would now be announced.  The Government committed to give the matter "careful consideration". 

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    Guardian, ‘MPs press for new inquiry into UK role in rendition and torture,’ 2 July 2018

    The Guardian covers Ken Clarke's urgent question on a judge-led inquiry, following the Intelligence & Security Committee's Reports.

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    FT editorial: ‘The UK must address its own human rights abuses’, 4 July 2017

    The FT responds to the Intelligence & Security Committee Reports on UK involvement in detainee mistreatment and rendition and says, "Calls from MPs including former home secretary Kenneth Clarke for a judge-led inquiry should also be considered."

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    Ken Clarke writes in the FT: ‘We must investigate UK complicity in rendition of terror suspects’, Financial Times, 6 July 2018

    APPG Chair Ken Clarke writes in the FT explaining why he is calling for a judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in rendition and torture. 

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    Daily Telegraph, ‘Clarke backs inquiry into UK rendition role’, 7 July 2018

    The Telegraph writes, “[Ken Clarke's] remarks add weight to calls for the Prime Minister to launch a new review…”

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    FT, ‘Ken Clarke calls for public inquiry into UK role in rendition’, 6 July 2018

    The FT reports APPG Chair Ken Clarke's calls for a judge-led inquiry into UK involvement in rendition and torture. 

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    Independent, 'Isis Beatles: UK 'must not let standards slip' in face of terror, Ken Clarke warns', 24 July 2018

    Commenting in the Independent, APPG Chair Ken Clarke says, "we mustn’t allow fear to cause us to abandon standards of freedom, liberty and human rights on which this country stands". Mr Clarke said that values had wavered since the 9/11 attacks and rise of jihadi threats, when the UK allowed a “serious lapse in our normal standards” with involvement in extraordinary rendition to Libya and other countries where people faced torture.

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Inaugural meeting minutes 11 February 2020
2019.18.7 Oral Statement Press Release
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Account Rendered is an analysis of the facts and history of rendition intended to get to the truth and to ensure that the UK will not be involved in extraordinary rendition.

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