Ten human rights NGOs decided today to no longer cooperate with an independent inquiry into British secret services accused of torturing terror suspects because their testimony was allegedly not credible.
"We thought we were participating in the search for the truth ... but we believe that the ongoing procedure is neither credible nor transparent in order to achieve this goal," said a joint letter of 10 organizations, including Amnesty International (Amnesty International, AI ) and Repriv (Reprieve), which deals with the protection of prisoners and represents former prisoners from Guantánamo, the US base in Cuba.
According to the investigation protocol, the government will decide whether or not to publish the collected documents
The signatories of the letter state that they no longer want to participate in the meetings of the team in charge of the investigation, nor to "provide it with evidence".
Lawyers for the victims also stated in a joint letter that they intend to withdraw from the investigation, and that decision was made after the release of the protocol on the investigation, according to which the government will decide whether or not to release the collected documents.
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced last summer the launch of an independent inquiry led by a retired judge, tasked with investigating allegations of torture by British intelligence services (MI5 and MI6) against prisoners suspected of terrorism.
The whole affair was started by the statement of Binjam Mohammed, who was imprisoned in Guantanamo for more than four years, that a member of the MI5 service tortured him during interrogation.
The whole affair was started after the statement of the Ethiopian Binjam Mohamed, who was imprisoned in Guantanamo for more than four years, that a member of the MI5 service, after his arrest in 2002, tortured him during interrogation.
The British Commission for Equality and Human Rights recalled more than 20 suspicious cases in which members of the intelligence services were involved.
Immediately after the announcement of the opening of the investigation, which, due to the confidential activities of the intelligence and counter-intelligence services, will only be partially public, the non-governmental organizations that are now opposed to it welcomed the initiative.
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