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Mother urges UK Government to confirm rendition of her son six years ago

April 15, 2010Deborah Haynes, Defence CorrespondentThe mother of a Pakistani man who disappeared six years ago urged the British Government today to confirm whether he is one of two suspects arrested by British Special Forces in Iraq, handed over to the US military and secretly flown to a notorious detention centre in Afghanistan in 2004.Looking for answers in a case that could bring further embarrassment to Britain over its alleged complicity in torture and extraordinary rendition, Reprieve, a legal charity, said it has sued the Government to establish whether the detainee is Yunus Rahmatullah, a name it uncovered following a lengthy investigation.Clive Stafford-Smith, director of Reprieve, which aims to protect the human rights of prisoners on death row as well as individuals in Guantanamo Bay and other such detention facilities, also accused the British authorities of trying to intimidate the charity into giving up the case by making it cost prohibitive...continue to full post

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