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CLAIMS that Blairite former foreign secretary Jack Straw was complicit in torture will be heard in court after an initial decision to throw out the case was overturned yesterday.
The High Court rejected the case against Mr Straw and former MI6 chief Sir Mark Allen, accepting ministers’ claims that it could damage US-British relations.
But appeal judges decided that while the trial would be likely to require a British court to asses the actions of CIA and Libyan agents, this was no reason to bar the case.
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
