tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685085701261233206.post6389684126701016783..comments2024-03-15T07:29:13.447+00:00Comments on Living on words alone: Gibson torture enquiry rethink neededDan Falchikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202541499332901648noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-685085701261233206.post-6476614579214347462011-08-05T09:31:30.442+01:002011-08-05T09:31:30.442+01:00Absolutely right Dan. If the liberal element of th...Absolutely right Dan. If the liberal element of the coalition can stomach a cover-up into the British state's complicity in torture, it is a sad day indeed. I might say we expect no better of the Tories, but in fact it was Conservative MP Andrew Tyrie who took a most honourable lead on extraordinary rendition.<br />It should not even be a partisan issue: failure to prosecute participation in torture is a failure of UK law, as the UK is a party to the United Nations Convention Against Torture having ratified it as part of the Criminal Justice Act of 1988 (Sections 134-138).<br />If prosecutions do not follow, it will completely remove the already motheaten claim of the US and the UK to be democratic nations under the rule of law.Douglas Carnall, @juliuzbeezerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563159368217318352noreply@blogger.com