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UK: Narrowing the definition of torture to the point of hypocrisy - The secret services, backed by a little-noticed judgment, have given the go-ahead to using torture-induced intelligence

01 March 2011

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UK: Narrowing the definition of torture to the point of hypocrisy - The secret services, backed by a little-noticed judgment, have given the go-ahead to using torture-induced intelligence (Guardian, link). See also: Terrorist who alleged torture in custody loses appeal - Appeal court rejects Rangzieb Ahmed's claim that British authorities 'outsourced' his torture to Pakistan (Guardian, link): This story includes the extraordinary assertion by the trial judge: "although he may have been subjected to the "lesser evil" of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, "torture had not been demonstrated to have occured". The latter claim is disputed. But the former claim of the "lesser evil" begs the question of enforcing ECHR sanctions for "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment".

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