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Human rights groups renew call for torture inquiry
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HUMAN rights group members gathered outside Downing Street today to renew their call for an independent judge-led inquiry into Britain’s involvement in torture and rendition.

Representatives of Amnesty International, Freedom From Torture, Liberty and Reprieve delivered a 27,000-signature petition to Theresa May demanding she restore her predecessor David Cameron’s broken promise to hold an inquiry into British complicity in the use of torture by the US.

 

We're outside #downingstreet to call on @theresa_may not to turn a blind eye to the UK's role in torture. There needs to be a full, judge-led inquiry now. #torturereport pic.twitter.com/B3iPWDIkn1

— Amnesty UK (@AmnestyUK) August 6, 2018
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