18-07-2019 22:57 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Theresa May carpeted over refusal to launch new torture inquiry

David Davis said he wanted an inquiry for legal, reputational and closure reasons. Photograph: George Cracknell Wright/Rex/ShutterstockConservative former ministers, advocacy groups and opposition politicians have lined up to attack the government after it was announced there would be no new judge-led inquiry into allegations UK agencies were complicit in the extraordinary rendition of terror suspects after 9/11.The former Brexit secretary, David Davis, was among those to offer strident criticis
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