APPG News
Oversight of the Intelligence Community Needs to be Strengthened
Andrew Tyrie MP expresses concern over the role the Intelligence and Security Committee has been given to scrutinise Britain's involvement in rendition. The article can be read here. More can be read here.
Chairman of the APPG comments on findings raised by the Gibson Inquiry report
Findings of British complicity in extraordinary rendition are confirmed by report. More can be read here.
Gibson Inquiry Publishes Summary Report on Rendition
Report summarising preparatory work of the Inquiry is finally published after long delay. The report can be found here. More can be read here and here.
US Senate Intelligence Committee Asks CIA for Internal Report on Extraordinary Rendition Programme
The CIA report sought by the Committee was previously withheld from congressional oversight committees. More can be read here.
Intelligence and Security Committee to Investigate Allegations of British Involvement in Rendition
The ISC will resume the work of the Gibson Inquiry in investigating British complicity in the torture and rendition of terror suspects after 9/11. More can be read here.
Detainees allege they were tortured and held in secret prisons in Poland
The European Court of Human Rights is currently hearing the case of Abu Zubaydah v Poland brought by two terror suspects currently held at Guantanamo Bay. They allege human rights abuses by Poland, namely that a CIA 'black site', or secret prison, existed in Poland between 2002 and 2003 and that the Polish Government was aware of its existence and use in the CIA's extraordinary rendition programme. More can be read here.