UK prime minister Brown announced in Parliament today that rules banning torture are to be published and that the government will be reviewing "any developments and relevant information", which is clearly a reference to the cases of Binyam Mohamed and Kazhar Khan in whose torture British intelligence agencies colluded.
Given that this review comes from the same government that brought us an illegal war in Iraq and the De Menezes shooting of an innocent man on the London Underground, for which no-one has been brought to account, you can appreciate it if we are not filled with confidence that this will bring the UK's role in rendition and torture to an end.
Brown said he was making the move to "to protect the reputation of our security and intelligence services". It's a bit late for that.
Given that this review comes from the same government that brought us an illegal war in Iraq and the De Menezes shooting of an innocent man on the London Underground, for which no-one has been brought to account, you can appreciate it if we are not filled with confidence that this will bring the UK's role in rendition and torture to an end.
Brown said he was making the move to "to protect the reputation of our security and intelligence services". It's a bit late for that.
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