UK officials in line for immunity in assisting crimes overseas, say critics. Exclusive: Draft security bill would let spies and ministers enable killings and torture, warn charity and ex-minister.
UK officials in line for immunity in assisting crimes overseas, say critics. Exclusive: Draft security bill would let spies and ministers enable killings and torture, warn charity and ex-minister.
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So, are we setting up our own “Guantanamo bay”? Or are going in on a timeshare with the US?
The good old fashioned, life litter winners in England doing subversion of foreigners and nations. Brit’s are gonna Brit?
Would that be in town or outside?
Free pass for any future Jack Straws who won’t have to worry when [helping the abduction](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/17/libyan-dissident-abdel-hakim-belhaj-wins-right-to-sue-uk-government-over-rendition) and delivery of dissidents to Gaddafi-like regimes while aware they’ll [probably be tortured](https://declassifieduk.org/abduction-and-denial-the-uks-role-in-torture/), I guess.
When was the last time a UK minister was actually held accountable for anything? Not this century certainly…