Sentences with phrase «british complicity»

Some on the left find themselves cheering at Ken Clarke's plan to ditch short prison sentences, the scrapping of ID cards, the suspension of stop - and - search, the reining in of CCTV and an inquiry into British complicity in the torture of suspected terrorists.

«It seems increasingly likely that we are either faced with an intelligence service out of control, begging serious constitutional issues, or with ministers secretly agreeing to a policy involving British complicity with torture.

The 46 - page report, «Cruel Britannia: British Complicity in the Torture and Ill - treatment of Terror Suspects in Pakistan,» provides accounts from victims and their families in the cases of five UK citizens of Pakistani origin - Salahuddin Amin, Zeeshan Siddiqui, Rangzieb Ahmed, Rashid Rauf and a fifth individual who wishes to remain anonymous - tortured in Pakistan by Pakistani security agencies between 2004 and 2007.

Asked about whether there was British complicity in torture, the foreign secretary said the attorney general was investigating the matter after it was referred to him by the home secretary last year.

He gave an hilarious speech before disappearing off to bury himself in the detail of the inquiry into allegations of British complicity in torture.

David Cameron could confirm an inquiry into British complicity in the torture of terror suspects later.

Not exact matches

Allegations of complicity by British security forces in the torture of Mr Mohamed came to light yesterday when they were presented to MPs by former shadow home secretary David Davis.

Critics say the move would prevent allegations of complicity in torture or rendition by the British intelligence agencies ever reaching the public.

Joined a youth drama group at age 11 and was soon cast in a film (as a rape victim in the2000 drama Complicity); and appeared in a British children's TV series (My Barmy Aunt Boomerang) at age 13.

The claimant, Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, had made a number of claims against various government departments, alleging complicity in unlawful and arbitrary detention and inhuman and degrading treatment and torture on the part of British authorities in Somaliland.

For the past 10 weeks a senior lawyer in the office of Baroness Scotland, the attorney - general, has been studying the cases of five British men alleged to have been unlawfully detained and tortured in Pakistan with the complicity of MI5.