Britain "outsourced" torture to Pakistan-MP

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Source: Reuters

LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) - A British opposition politician has accused the government and intelligence agents of colluding in the torture of a British terrorism suspect whose interrogation was "outsourced" to Pakistan.

Speaking with parliamentary privilege, which allowed him to make allegations which might otherwise be in contempt of court, Conservative David Davis said the government had helped set up the torture and abuse of suspect Rangzieb Ahmed at the hands of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence directorate (ISI).

"A more obvious case of outsourcing of torture, a more obvious case of passive rendition, I cannot imagine," Davis, a former spokesman on home affairs issues, told parliament late on Tuesday, according to video on www.parliamentlive.tv.

The government dismissed Davis's accusations, saying he was presenting unsubstantiated allegations as fact.



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