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UK: Torture fears as Durham policing college trains Saudis how to ID suspects

09 June 2016

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"Saudi Arabian officers are being taught skills to ID suspects at a Durham college that could lead to the torture and execution of prisoners back in the Middle East country, a human rights charity has said.

The College of Policing, which has centres across the UK including Harperley Hall in Crook, has been teaching staff from the Saudi Arabia interior ministry about high-tech forensics since 2009.

A report by the College’s international liaison officer and its manager for the gulf co-operation council, both based at Harperley Hall says there is a risk “the skills being trained are used to identify individuals who later go on to be tortured or subjected to other human rights abuses.”"

See the article: Torture fears as Durham policing college trains Saudis how to ID suspects (Chronicle Live, link)

See the International Policing Assistance Board referral form: Five year strategic partnership with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of the Interior - Continuation Training across multi-disciplinary activities (pdf)

And: UK minister ‘passes buck’ over Saudi police training during Westminster debate (Reprieve, link): "The government today refused to answer questions from MPs about its controversial police training programme with Saudi Arabia."

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