Torture

The UK is failing to comply with its own torture policy, with campaigners and MPs calling for immediate action to prevent the UK government being complicit in torture abroad. In its 2021 annual report, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office (IPCO) said UK intelligence agencies had failed to

The UK government is being taken to court over its refusal to hold a fully independent, judge-led inquiry into British involvement in rendition and torture. The legal action is being brought by human rights NGO Reprieve, David Davis MP and Dan Jarvis MP.