LONDON: An official report into Britain’s involvement in rendition and torture since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US has yet to be published more than nine months after it was completed and delivered to the British
Published06 Apr, 201308:18am
BRITISH soldiers and air personnel who helped to operate a secretive US detention facility in Baghdad that was at the centre of some of the most serious human-rights abuses to occur in Iraq after the invasion have,
Published03 Apr, 201302:26am
Up to two dozen European countries, including the UK, could face proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights for their involvement in the CIA’s extraordinary rendition operations after 9/11, according to a human rights organisation that has docu
Published07 Feb, 201312:00am
ALLEGATIONS that British troops in Iraq were responsible for the widespread and systemic abuse of detainees through “terrifying acts of brutality, abuse and intimidation” were raised in the high court in London on Tuesday as lawyers
Published31 Jan, 201303:16am
LONDON: There was dancing in the streets of Nairobi earlier this month when three elderly Kenyans won an unexpected legal victory in London. They had been granted the right to sue the British government over the horrific ordeals they suffered during the M
Published30 Oct, 201201:13am
LONDON: Three elderly Kenyans have won an historic legal victory over the British government after the high court in London gave them permission to claim damages for the grave abuses they suffered when imprisoned during the Mau Mau rebellion.
Published06 Oct, 201202:46am