Following the release of a sobering Senate committee report last week, which uncovered shocking incidences of CIA torture after the 9/11 terror attacks, demands for a full-scale judicial inquiry into Britain’s role in these practices have intensified. Nevertheless, May has ignored MPs and human rights campaigners’ calls and opted for a parliamentary inquiry. Leading British human rights organizations have said they will boycott it, however, warning the probe could culminate in the whitewashing of a dark period in British foreign policy. The Senate committee’s report on CIA torture, which was riddled with redactions, made no direct reference to British...
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