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Panel chaired by former Bush official criticises US-UK rendition of Gaddafi opponents

A new report by a panel including former US Army Generals, a retired Director of the FBI and a senior Bush-era Homeland Security official has strongly criticised the joint US-UK “rendition” of anti-Gaddafi dissidents.

16 April 2013
Forget the Mafia. Our Establishment covers up its crimes better than anyone

By Stephen Glover, 03/04/2013

04 April 2013
Abdel Hakim Belhaj: Jack Straw fails to explain role in Libyan dissident seizure

By Richard Norton-Taylor and Ian Cobain, The Guardian, 03/04/2013

03 April 2013
Libyan politician offers to settle UK lawsuit for £3 and an apology

By Ian Cobain, The Guardian, March 04 2013

04 March 2013
Abdul Hakim Belhaj 'will settle' over Libyan rendition

BBC News, March 04 2013

04 March 2013
Libyan 'rendition victim' Abdul Hakim Belhaj offers to settle UK lawsuit for £3 and apology

By Jerome Taylor, The Independent, March 4 2013

04 March 2013
Libyan Rebel Wants £1 To Drop Rendition Case

Sky News, March 4 2013

04 March 2013
Abdel Hakim Belhaj, Gaddafi Torture Victim, Willing To Settle For £3 And An Apology From UK Government

PA, The Huffington Post UK, March 4 2013

04 March 2013
Libyan may settle 'torture' case for £3

The Telegraph, March 4 2013

04 March 2013
Libyan torture victim's £3 settlement offer to UK government

Channel 4 News, March 4 2013

04 March 2013
Anti-Gaddafi couple rendered by UK offer to settle for £1 and an apology

A Gaddafi opponent who was kidnapped and ‘rendered’ back to Libya – along with his heavily pregnant wife – by British intelligence in 2004 has offered to settle his case against the UK Government for £1 and an apology.

04 March 2013
Storm as the UK 'justifies torture' of the fighter who helped topple Gaddafi

By Robert Verkaik, Mail Online, February 2 2013.

02 February 2013
Cameron must use Libya visit to apologise for rendition of Gaddafi opponents

Commenting on the Prime Minister’s visit to Libya, Reprieve legal director, Cori Crider said: “What a perfect opportunity for Cameron to come clean about the past decade of torture of anti-Gaddafi activists and their families, when the UK security services were there in the shadows.

31 January 2013
Jack Straw accused of misleading MPs over torture of Libyan dissidents

Jack Straw accused of misleading MPs over torture of Libyan dissidents

10 October 2012
First evidence filed in Libya renditions case as UK government rushes secret courts bill

First evidence filed in Libya renditions case as UK government rushes secret courts bill

10 October 2012
HK Business Aviation Centre accused over dissident's rendition

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1043467/hk-business-aviation-centre-accused-over-dissidents-rendition

04 October 2012
Police interview Libyans over claims of UK-authorised rendition

By Rajeev Syal and Ian Cobain, The Guardian, 20/07/12

20 July 2012
Listen to Clive Stafford Smith talk about UK complicity in rendition on BBC Radio Scotland

Reprieve's Director Clive Stafford Smith talks about the UK's involvement in illegal renditions and how the government's proposal of secret courts will help to keep such issues hidden from the public.

28 May 2012
MI6 agents pushed 49-point list of questions to Tripoli torture victim interrogators 'under torture chamber door'

By Abul Taher and David Rose, The Daily Mail, 28/04/2012

28 April 2012
Former Libyan Rebel Sues Britain Over Torture Claim

By Henry Ridgwell, Voice of America, 26/04/2012

26 April 2012
Libyan army chief takes Jack Straw to court over rendition

By The Sun, 19/04/2012

19 April 2012
Straw Sued Over Libyan's Rendition Claims

By Sky News, 18/04/2012

18 April 2012
Jack Straw sued by Libyan military commander for 'personally signing off his illegal rendition'

By Graham Smith, The Daily Mail, 18/04/2012

18 April 2012
Jack Straw faces legal action over 'rendition'

By BBC News, 18/04/2012

18 April 2012
Jack Straw faces legal action over allegations he personally approved rendition of Abdel Hakim Belhadj

By Nigel Morris, The Independent, 18/04/2012

18 April 2012
Straw sued over rendition case

By ITV News, 18/04/2012

18 April 2012
Jack Straw faces legal action over Libya rendition claims

By Ian Cobain, The Guardian, 18/04/2012

18 April 2012
British Ex-Foreign Secretary Accused in Qaddafi Foe’s Rendition

By Ravi Somaiya, The New York Times, 18/04/2012

18 April 2012
Straw 'admitted agreeing to send suspect to Libya after he sees evidence showing he signed off' the operation'

By Jack Doyle, The Daily Mail, 16/04/2012

16 April 2012
Straw under pressure over Belhadj rendition

By Tom Whitehead, The Telegraph, 16/04/2012

16 April 2012
Libyan wants UK 'link with torture' exposed

By Marco Giannangeli, The Sunday Express, 15/04/2012

15 April 2012
Watch Libyan rendition victim Abdel Hakim Belhadj talk to the European Parliament

Libyan leader Abdel Hakim Belhadj thanks the European Parliament for taking the time to discuss his ordeal.

12 April 2012
MI6 and a £1m 'bribe' to silence torture victim: Spies gave up dissident to Gaddafi thugs

By Tim Shipman, The Daily Mail, 10/04/2012

10 April 2012
Abdel Hakim Belhadj exends legal action against UK over rendition to Gaddafi's Libya

Lawyers for the Head of the Tripoli Military Council, Abdel Hakim Belhadj, have announced that they are extending their legal action against the British Government and its security forces, for the alleged illegal rendition of Mr Belhadj and his wife to Libya in 2004, to include the Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory.

10 April 2012
MAIL COMMENT: Secret courts, Libya and Britain’s shame

The Daily Mail, 09/04/2012

09 April 2012
Special report: Rendition ordeal that raises new questions about secret trials

By Ian Cobain, The Guardian, 08/04/2012

08 April 2012
Rendition: did UK play secret role?

By Jason Lewis, the Sunday Telegraph, 26/02/2012

27 February 2012
Former spy chief to be personally sued by Libyan rebel leaders who accuse him of complicity in torture

By Jack Doyle, The Daily Mail, 31/01/2012

01 February 2012
Listen to BBC R4 Today programme on Libyan legal action against Sir Mark Allen

BBC's Gordon Corera reports on the legal action pursued by Libyan rendition victims Abdelhakim Belhadj and Sami al-Saadi (pictured right) against former MI6 counter-terrorism chief Sir Mark Allen.

31 January 2012
Libyan dissidents sue MI6 officer over abduction and torture claims

By Richard Norton-Taylor and Ian Cobain, The Guardian, 31/01/2012

31 January 2012
Former Libyan detainees to sue ex MI6 chief

Channel 4 News, 31/01/2012

31 January 2012
Gaddafi opponents sue ex-MI6 counter terror chief Sir Mark Allen over Libya torture complicity

Two Libyans who were rendered by Britain into the hands of the Gaddafi regime in 2004 are to sue Sir Mark Allen, the former MI6 director who apparently played a central role in organising the operation.

31 January 2012
UK police to investigate Libya rendition claims

by Laura Smith-Spark, CNN, 13/01/12

13 January 2012
Watch Clive Stafford Smith on the BBC News

The BBC report on the case of Abdel Hakim Belhadj as an investigation into his rendition is announced.

13 January 2012
Listen to Clive Stafford Smith on BBC Radio Humberside

Clive Stafford Smith speaks to BBC Radio Humberside about the announcement that there will be an investigation into UK complicity in two Libyan renditions.

12 January 2012
Police launch probe over torture allegations in Libya

by Wesley Johnson, The Independent, 12/01/12

12 January 2012
Libya rendition claims to be investigated by UK police

BBC News, 12/01/12

12 January 2012
Watch Clive Stafford Smith on ITV News

Kier Simmons reports on how documents discovered in the fall of Gaddafi's regime are set to serve as evidence into the UK's complicity in torture and rendition.

12 January 2012
Watch Clive Stafford Smith and Rosa Curling on Channel 4 News

Jon Snow reports on the announcement today that there will be an investigation into the cases of two Reprieve assisted clients, Sami al Saadi and Abdel Hakim Belhadj.

12 January 2012
Torture Inquiry criticised as 'deficient' as key anti-Gaddafi figure withdraws

Human rights groups, including Reprieve, have today criticised the Government's Detainee Inquiry as 'deficient' and lacking in the necessary powers to get to the truth about Britain's involvement in torture and rendition.

06 January 2012
Libyan revolutionary Britain 'handed over to Gaddafi's henchmen' sues and could be in line for £1m payout at taxpayers' expense

by Sam Greenhill, The Daily Mail, 20/12/11

20 December 2011
Reports Libyan Military Commander Belhaj to Sue UK Government

The Tripoli Post, 19/12/11

19 December 2011
Libyan rebel leader sues Britain over rendition ordeal

by Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, 19/12/11

19 December 2011
Libyan rebel leader Abdel Hakim Belhadj sues British Government for illegal rendition to Libya

Head of the Tripoli Military Council and the former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Abdel Hakim Belhadj is taking legal action against The UK Government and its security forces for what he claims is their part in the illegal rendition and barbaric treatment of both himself and his pregnant wife in March 2004.

19 December 2011

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