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Claims that British soldiers used water torture on a badly beaten Iraqi man before unlawfully handing him over to US interrogators are being investigated by the Ministry of Defence.

http://bit.ly/dkUxmt



Torture and the UK: 2002-10

As evidence emerges that MI5 was complicit in the torture of some Britons overseas, see their cases and what is known of UK government or intelligence activities at the time.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/interactive/2009/jun/18/torture-uk-interactive



Tony Blair knew of secret policy on terror interrogations

Letter reveals former PM was aware of guidance to UK agents which effectively led to torture.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/18/tony-blair-secret-torture-policy



UK: The torture files: key passages

We highlight the key passages from the classified documents disclosed in high court proceedings - and what they show.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/interactive/2010/jul/14/toture-files-key-passages



Paper trail points to Blair: Former PM 'sanctioned the abuse of UK citizens'
http://bit.ly/cL0Xai



Blair's fight to keep his oil cash secret

Former PM's deals are revealed as his earnings since 2007 reach £20million.
http://bit.ly/awP0By


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By Ian Cobain and Owen Bowcott

The true extent of the Labour government's involvement in the illegal abduction and torture of its own citizens after the al-Qaida attacks of September 2001 has been spelled out in stark detail with the disclosure during high court proceedings of a mass of highly classified documents.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25946.htm



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HIGH-powered spy microphones on street lampposts are being used by snooping council officials to listen in on private conversations.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/184932/Councils-use-bugs-in-lampposts-to-eavesdrop-on-you


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An international court on Thursday ordered Britain to hold off on extraditing four terrorism suspects to the United States, saying it must show that life terms without parole in maximum security prisons would not violate Europe's human rights charter.

http://bit.ly/cotR2Z


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Despite almost 450,000 section 44 stops and searches throughout the United Kingdom between April 2007 and April 2009, no one was successfully prosecuted for a terrorism offense as a result.

http://bit.ly/cHr6nR



Terror stop and search powers will have to stop, says Europe

Police will have to abandon a key power to stop and search suspects under terrorism laws after a European court ruled it illegal and rejected a Home Office appeal.

http://bit.ly/aSj4wf



Terrorism Policy Flaws 'Increased Risk Of Attacks', Says Former Police Chief

By Vikram Dodd

Britain's fight against terrorism has been a disaster, because its "flawed, neo-conservative" direction alienated Muslims and increased the chances of terrorist attacks, a former leading counter-terrorism officer has told the Guardian.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25890.htm


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By Phil Shiner and Tessa Gregory

The Guardian article this week, which reported that many more civilians died in army custody than previously thought, should shock the conscience of the nation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25859.htm



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Rejected Iraqi asylum seekers deported from the UK have claimed they were beaten by British border guards forcing them onto a plane.

http://tinyurl.com/2armcxb


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Some conflicts have a happy ending, writes Mary Riddell. Afghanistan is not one of them.

http://tinyurl.com/335l6ew


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Every teenager is likely to face a criminal record check under plans for all young people to take part in compulsory community service.

http://snipurl.com/tj454


From Information Clearing House

By John Pilger

The Brown government is to mount a "fire sale" of public assets and services worth £16bn. Unmatched since Margaret Thatcher's transfer of public wealth to a new gross elite, the sale, or theft, will include the Channel Tunnel rail link, bridges, the student loan bank, school playing fields, libraries and public housing estates. The plunder of the National Health Service and public education is already under way.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23780.htm



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