APPG News
US State Department Releases Further Documents In Response to APPG's 2008 FOI Request
The APPG has received an additional 42 pages of document production in response to its FOIA request of 17 November 2008.
The documents can be read here.
Intelligence and Security Committee Issues Call for Evidence for Rendition Investigation
The ISC has issued a call for evidence for its forthcoming investigation into extraordinary rendition to examine issues raised by the now-defunct Detainee Inquiry.
More can be read here.
Further details of CIA torture of Detainees Emerges Ahead of Publication of Senate Intelligence Committee
Previously undisclosed accounts of brutality are allegedly contained in the Senate report. More can be read here.
FOI Request Raises Questions About Diego Garcia Weather That Allegedly Damaged Flight Records
According to the Foreign Office records, Diego Garcia received 3.25 inches of rain in the month of June, compared to an average of 5.4 inches of rain. In response to a parliamentary question asked by Andrew Tyrie and Paul Flynn in July, the Foreign Office responded that Diego Garcia flight records had been water damaged due to 'extremely heavy weather in June 2014'.
More can be read here.
Unanswered questions about 'black site' on Diego Garcia
Questions remain as to whether the British Government allowed the US to detain terror suspects on Diego Garcia. More can be read here and here.
Andrew Tyrie Calls for the Truth on British Involvement in Rendition and Torture
In an editorial in the Independent, Andrew Tyrie asks 'Why is the truth on torture so long in coming'? The article can be read here.