Gibson inquiry successor must be open and comprehensive
January 18, 2012 5:17 PM
Originally published by Sarah Ludford MEP
Originally published by Sarah Ludford MEP
Commenting on the termination of the Gibson inquiry into allegations of UK involvement in torture and rendition, Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford, who was vice chair of the European Parliament's inquiry into European involvement on 'extraordinary rendition', said:
"This is an unfortunate result of the need for criminal inquiries to continue. While it is good news that torture allegations are now being investigated by the Met, the blame for the inquiry delay lies squarely with the Labour government which covered up torture complicity claims instead of accounting for them."
"However the work already done by the Gibson inquiry will feed in to the judge-led inquiry promised after the conclusion of police investigations. Not only must the Government be kept to this pledge, but when establishing a new inquiry they should also learn from the criticism that human rights NGOs had about the transparency of Gibson."
"Any new inquiry needs to be as open as possible without compromising security. Those alleging collusion by M15 or M16 in torture should be allowed to question intelligence officials and be full participants in the process."
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