Two United Nations human rights experts today criticized the British Government's decision to replace an independent judge-led inquiry into the United Kingdom's involvement in torture and abuses of people detained overseas in counter-terrorism operations with a parliamentary inquiry.
While welcoming publication of parts of the interim UK report by Sir Peter Gibson investigating British involvement in so-called extraordinary rendition operations by the United States in which suspects were interrogated in third countries, the experts voiced concern that the proposed official inquiry is to be entrusted to the Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC).
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