Guantanamo bay
HUMAN rights group members gathered outside Downing Street today to renew their call for an independent judge-led inquiry into Britain’s involvement in torture and rendition.
Representatives of Amnesty International, Freedom From Torture, Liberty and Reprieve delivered a 27,000-signature petition to Theresa May demanding she restore her predecessor David Cameron’s broken promise to hold an inquiry into British complicity in the use of torture by the US.
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
Spain has joined South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel while imposing weapons bans and port restrictions, moves partly driven by trade unions — proving just how effectively civil society can reshape government policy, writes RAMZY BAROUD
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues