Lesley Docksey

Complicity in Torture – the Truth Britain Doesn’t Want to Face. When will the UK Obey its Own Laws?

With the news that an American rights group has succeeded in forcing the Pentagon to release more photos of the abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib, while the UK government is trying to prevent lawyers from taking them to court over the abuse that Iraqis suffered at the hands of British soldiers, it is worth revisiting the sorry history of Britain where torture is concerned.