Rendition

Is the UK true to its word on the prevention of torture?
Rules for Britain’s intelligence services seem strict – but experts say they give too much room for manoeuvre
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
11, Apr, 2023 @2:00 PM

Brother of Biafra separatist held in Nigeria loses court challenge against UK
UK government not required to state whether Nnamdi Kanu, a British national, was victim of extraordinary rendition, judge rules
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
23, Mar, 2023 @6:04 PM

US accused of illegal abduction of Lockerbie bomb suspect from Libya
Ex-intelligence officer’s family say he was ‘kidnapped’ by militia before being secretly flown out of country
Jason Burke, Africa correspondent
18, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

UK government faces court challenge in Nigerian rendition case
Family of Nnamdi Kanu granted judicial review over failure of Britain to intervene after arrest last year
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
29, Sep, 2022 @12:51 PM

Liz Truss accused of ignoring evidence of rendition of UK citizen to Nigeria
Family of Nnamdi Kanu, a separatist leader, say he was seized and tortured in Kenya and then flown to Nigeria
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
12, Jun, 2022 @2:40 PM

UK spies who allegedly passed questions to CIA torturers subject to English law, court rules
Abu Zubaydah, tortured at CIA ‘black sites’ in six different countries, has right to sue UK government
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
16, Mar, 2022 @3:01 PM

The Guardian view on CIA torture, two decades on: we need the truth | Editorial
Editorial: The systematic brutalisation of detainees was pointless as well as cruel. An honest reckoning is long overdue
Editorial
15, Mar, 2022 @7:02 PM

Kidnap, torture, murder: the plight of Pakistan’s thousands of disappeared
Despite promises in opposition to end enforced abduction by the security forces, under Imran Khan’s government numbers have increased
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and a reporter in Quetta
14, Dec, 2020 @6:15 AM

Whitehall held secret review into 15 possible cases of torture or rendition
Court proceedings reveal files involving British intelligence during ‘war on terror’
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
09, Jun, 2020 @8:10 PM

Rendition: refusal to hold UK public inquiry to face judicial review
High court judge grants permission for challenge by David Davis and others
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent
02, Dec, 2019 @6:00 AM

Two MPs challenge refusal of judge-led rendition inquiry
Labour’s Dan Jarvis and Tory David Davis go to high court over abandoned promise
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
14, Oct, 2019 @12:29 PM

The Guardian view on rendition and torture: a shame that Britain cannot erase | Editorial
Editorial: Boris Johnson’s decision to discontinue a necessary inquiry is immoral, and against the national interest too
Editorial
28, Jul, 2019 @5:38 PM
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