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Craig Murray
Writer and broadcaster


As Britain's outspoken Ambassador to the Central
Asian Republic of Uzbekistan, Craig Murray helped
expose vicious human rights abuses by the
US-funded regime of Islam Karimov. He is now
a prominent critic of Western policy in the region.


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Archives for "Rendition"

August 27, 2008 : Hypocrite Miliband And The Myth Of Western Moral Superiority

June 24, 2008 : Amnesty International Accuses European Governments of Complicity in 'Torture Flights'

June 18, 2008 : "If the detainee dies, you're doing it wrong"

June 12, 2008 : Over there and over here

May 2, 2008 : 'Torture Team' UCL Law Professor Publishes an Indictment of the Bush Administration

April 22, 2008 : US Torture Policy to be Rendered at the Movies

March 14, 2008 : The case of Khaled al-Maqtari

March 10, 2008 : Rendition and Torture: US and UK Governments Move to Suppress Evidence and Opposition

February 23, 2008 : Revelations about detention flights in Diego Garcia highlight need for full inquiry

January 13, 2008 : The US Treads Water Over Its Involvement in Torture

January 10, 2008 : 6 Years of Guantanamo

January 10, 2008 : Civil servant who leaked rendition secrets goes free

January 3, 2008 : Criminal investigation starts over deleted CIA torture tapes

December 18, 2007 : UN Slams US Human Rights Record During the 'War on Terror'

December 13, 2007 : Is Waterboarding Just Like Swimming?

December 12, 2007 : Pushing Forward the Torture Agenda

October 24, 2007 : Further British Involvement in US Rendition Programme Comes to Light

October 18, 2007 : Rendition : Unsubscribe

September 12, 2007 : MI5 and MI6 to be sued for first time over torture

August 6, 2007 : CIA Torture Results

August 2, 2007 : Two alleged CIA rendition victims join ACLU lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary

July 31, 2007 : Court of Appeal Issues Secret Rulings on Deportation and Torture Case

July 21, 2007 : Executive Order will Limit or Reinforce US Torture?

June 10, 2007 : Extraordinary Rendition Continued

June 10, 2007 : Extraordinary Rendition and the Negligence of Political Policemen

June 8, 2007 : Council of Europe to Review New Evidence on Extraordinary Rendition

June 8, 2007 : First CIA rendition trial opens

June 7, 2007 : The Vanished

June 6, 2007 : Guantanamo

May 25, 2007 : Mystery Flights Helps Keeps Extrordinary Rendition on the Agenda

April 10, 2007 : US Involvement in Secret Interrogations in Africa

April 5, 2007 : Conditions Worsen at Guantanamo bay

March 30, 2007 : British Intelligence Directly Implicated in CIA Kidnapping and Detention Site in Poland?

March 23, 2007 : CIA Torture and Khalid Sheik Mohammed

March 23, 2007 : Rendition Round-up in the Horn of Africa

March 16, 2007 : Secret Confessions and Torture

February 20, 2007 : European Parliament Report Raps the CIA

January 31, 2007 : Germany issues CIA arrest orders

January 24, 2007 : European parliament committe condems government response to illegal CIA acitivities

January 19, 2007 : The almighty or instinct are no defence

January 11, 2007 : Five years today

January 9, 2007 : Chasing Shadows

January 9, 2007 : Hunt for CIA 'black site' in Poland

December 20, 2006 : Outlawed

December 19, 2006 : Chicago man claims held and tortured by US troops in Iraq

December 12, 2006 : Departing head of UN attacks Bush's 'war on terror'

December 4, 2006 : Ghost Plane - CIA flight logs and new narrative published online

December 1, 2006 : European Parliament publishes draft report on Government involvement in extraordinary rendition

December 1, 2006 : Rendition: Those liars and their lies in full

November 24, 2006 : German courts to pursue Rumsfeld for war crimes?

November 24, 2006 : German courts to pursue Rumsfeld for war crimes?

November 20, 2006 : Missing presumed tortured

November 3, 2006 : The Horrors of "Extraordinary Rendition"

October 27, 2006 : Ghost Plane

October 26, 2006 : Torture is "a no brainer for me" - Cheney confirms that detainees were subjected to water-boarding

October 18, 2006 : US legalises Presidential right to torture

October 9, 2006 : Informed Comment: Juan Cole on Craig Murray

September 20, 2006 : Canada: Arar report exposes RCMP, government officials complicit in torture

September 20, 2006 : Guantánamo's Catch-22

September 15, 2006 : The battle for international law continues in the US

September 15, 2006 : Bush's reversals in war on terrorism: There is still hope for the US legal sytem

September 6, 2006 : Bush confirms existence of secret CIA prisons

August 30, 2006 : Aero's Cloaks and Daggers

August 24, 2006 : Still No Info on Terror War's 'Ghost Detainees'

July 15, 2006 : Dimming the beacon of freedom

July 14, 2006 : Article 3 returns to the US

July 13, 2006 : Italy defense official denies involvement in CIA rendition of Egyptian cleric

July 6, 2006 : Italians arrested over CIA kidnapping

July 4, 2006 : Checking the Decider

June 30, 2006 : World skeptical over Guantanamo Bay ruling

June 29, 2006 : EU members urged to admit to CIA renditions

June 27, 2006 : Council of Europe approves anti-rendition resolution

June 23, 2006 : Special Offers on Global Flights!

June 20, 2006 : Bosnia confirms illegal handover of Algerians

June 19, 2006 : Guantanamo and Medical Ethics

June 15, 2006 : Partners in crime: Europe's role in US renditions

June 15, 2006 : The Banality of Evil

June 9, 2006 : Vigils to demand action on torture flights

June 9, 2006 : The Spider's Web

June 8, 2006 : 'Rendition' hypocrisy

June 7, 2006 : Council of Europe Reports on Extraordinary Rendition

June 7, 2006 : Not In Our Name Statement of Conscience

June 7, 2006 : Coucil of Europe report on extraordinary rendition out today

June 3, 2006 : Activists Rally Around 'Torture Awareness Month'

June 2, 2006 : Germany admits rendition gaffe

May 26, 2006 : Torture Flights: The Shocking Facts

May 24, 2006 : European governments cover up illegal CIA abductions

May 19, 2006 : UN torture report confirms US transgressions

May 18, 2006 : US officials give weight to reports of CIA kidnappings in Europe

May 18, 2006 : UN rights official says US stonewalling probes into CIA rendition claims

May 15, 2006 : Red Cross Repeatedly Denied Access to US Prisoners

May 9, 2006 : ACLU Calls for U.S. Accountability Before the U.N. Committee Against Torture

May 6, 2006 : Invisible in Plain Sight: CIA Torture Techniques Go Mainstream

May 5, 2006 : US: Government creating "climate of torture"

May 5, 2006 : Macedonia fails to convince EU investigative team

May 5, 2006 : UN Committee Considers the US Record on Torture During the "War on Terror"

May 4, 2006 : MEPs probe 'CIA detention' case

April 30, 2006 : European Inquiry Says C.I.A. Flew 1,000 Flights in Secret

April 30, 2006 : EU Parliament enquiry whitewash?

April 30, 2006 : Germany Accused of Accepting Information Gained Under Torture

April 12, 2006 : Stop in the name of the law

April 8, 2006 : Abducted imam seeks return to Italy

April 7, 2006 : Guantanamo detainee claims he was handed over by the US to Morocco for torture

April 6, 2006 : Canadian juvenile boycotts Guantanamo trial

April 5, 2006 : Below the radar: Secret flights to torture and 'disappearance'

April 4, 2006 : Little has changed despite Abu Ghraib (or Condi's visit)

April 4, 2006 : Ahead of a new report US admits Scottish airport used on rendition flight

March 31, 2006 : Muslim organisations refuse to meet Condaleezza Rice in Blackburn

March 29, 2006 : MI5 enabled the extraordinary rendition of UK residents

March 28, 2006 : Rendered Meaningless: The Rule of Law in the US 'War on Terror'

March 26, 2006 : Macedonian minister refuses to collaborate in CIA Probe

March 24, 2006 : Venice Commission lays down the law on secret detentions and extraordinary rendition in Europe

March 24, 2006 : Arar tells EU investigators of ordeal

March 23, 2006 : The rendition row: history and hypocrisy

March 22, 2006 : Canadian flies in to testify at EU probe on extraordinary rendition

March 21, 2006 : Ex-UN chief: America has 'lost its moral compass'

March 18, 2006 : 'Rendition flights' landed in NI

March 16, 2006 : MI5, Camp Delta, and the story that shames Britain

March 10, 2006 : Medical ethics at Guantanamo called into question: Doctors call for an end to force feeding

March 9, 2006 : Road to Guantanamo tonight

March 9, 2006 : Enemy Combatant: Moazzam Begg publishes book on his experiences in Guantanamo

March 8, 2006 : British government minister says Guantanamo must close to save democracy

March 7, 2006 : Minister admits 'rendition' planes used RAF bases

March 7, 2006 : Embedding Torture as Policy from Guantanamo to Iraq

March 3, 2006 : A Guantanamo prisoner talks to the BBC

March 3, 2006 : Italy and Poland still under suspicion over CIA 'Secret prison'

March 3, 2006 : U.S.-Italian relations "on the line" in Italian CIA extradition case

March 1, 2006 : Council of Europe publish report on alleged CIA detentions and rendition flights in Europe

February 28, 2006 : Impeachment issue hangs on accountability

February 27, 2006 : A green light for torture

February 27, 2006 : After the Road to Guantanamo

February 24, 2006 : MPs recall Straw as air traffic controllers confirm 200 CIA flights

February 23, 2006 : CIA flights: "If Straw and Blair get away with this foul abuse, then the rule of law is finished"

February 23, 2006 : Pressure builds over rendition flights in UK

February 23, 2006 : Five European states withhold information on CIA flights

February 22, 2006 : Not lost in translation

February 20, 2006 : Bush Commission Evidence Online

February 20, 2006 : More on Guantanamo and Rendition

February 19, 2006 : Torture flights landed in UK, admit air controllers

February 17, 2006 : New calls for UK inquiry into secret CIA flights

February 17, 2006 : EU Parliament reveals plans for its investigation into extraordinary rendition

February 16, 2006 : UN calls for the closure of Guantanamo Bay

February 16, 2006 : Connecting the Dots

February 16, 2006 : ACLU renews its call for investigation of US abuse and torture

February 15, 2006 : Amnesty International USA Launches Online Discussion Series: Lives torn apart

February 15, 2006 : Leaking of the draft UN Guantanamo Report puts pressure on the US

February 14, 2006 : CIA chief sacked for opposing torture

February 13, 2006 : Italy may put CIA agents on trial in absentia

February 13, 2006 : EU justice commissioner addresses new committe on extraordinary rendition

February 13, 2006 : House Committee Kills Torture Inquiries

February 10, 2006 : ACLU call for release of torture documents by the Bush administration

February 8, 2006 : "24" in the real world: What's a little torture between enemies?

February 4, 2006 : Preliminary findings from the Bush Crimes Commissions

January 28, 2006 : Commission of inquiry into Bush war crimes and crimes against humanity to release preliminary findings

January 27, 2006 : The McCain Amendment and Other Stories

January 26, 2006 : What Degree of UK Complicity? Martin Scheinin on Extraordinary Rendition

January 26, 2006 : Amnesty International: 'The issue now is what will be done about it'

January 25, 2006 : The 'missing' laptop

January 25, 2006 : 'Gangster US' accused over torture: Britain accused of particular complicity

January 25, 2006 : No10 dismisses 'rendition' report

January 24, 2006 : US "outsourced" torture, European investigator says

January 24, 2006 : Council of Europe Debate Broadcasting Live.....

January 24, 2006 : Council of Europe Publish Interim Report on CIA Detention Centres

January 23, 2006 : MPs accuse Straw over misleading them over 'rendition'

January 22, 2006 : Bush Commission Hears Evidence

January 21, 2006 : No Rendition Flights Through the UK Since 911?

January 20, 2006 : European Head of Counter-terrorism Criticises Impact of US Policies on Torture and Rendition

January 19, 2006 : LEAK OF THE WEEK: Leaked memo reveals UK government strategy to deny knowledge of detention centres

January 19, 2006 : Human Rights Watch: torture and mistreatment have been a deliberate part of the Bush administration’s counterterrorism strategy

January 17, 2006 : Landmark Speech by Al Gore Cites the Tashkent Telegrams

January 16, 2006 : Torture exportation hides behind 'extraordinary rendition'

January 15, 2006 : US terror strategy illegal - expert

January 14, 2006 : Alleged CIA detentions: PACE President welcomes European Parliament investigation

January 13, 2006 : Straw under fire for refusing CIA flights inquiry

January 12, 2006 : LEAK OF THE WEEK: Swiss intelligence whistleblower releases documentary evidence of CIA torture prisons

January 11, 2006 : Rendition Flights: Ministers will not be able to avoid the scandal for ever

January 7, 2006 : Council of Europe backs calls for Shannon flights probe

January 6, 2006 : Sun Tzu and the Art of Spying

January 5, 2006 : UK Ambassador Protests Torture Policies

January 3, 2006 : Her Majesty’s Secret Service?

January 2, 2006 : Asil Nadir, MI6, and the flight to Cyprus

January 2, 2006 : Anger at refusal to reveal legal advice on possible torture flights

December 23, 2005 : Europe-wide arrest warrants issued for CIA agents suspected of kidnapping and complicity in torture

December 20, 2005 : Extraordinary Rendition - the cover-up continues

December 20, 2005 : British Police Begin Inquiry Into Alleged CIA Torture Flights

December 20, 2005 : Condi's iffy rendition of 'Evita'

December 19, 2005 : America kidnapped me

December 19, 2005 : Evidence Mounts Against UK Governments Denials Over Extraordinary Rendition

December 18, 2005 : Torture: security vs. values

December 18, 2005 : Tortuous Distinctions

December 16, 2005 : Complicit by Inaction: Jack Straw in 'rendition flights' probe

December 15, 2005 : Rendition victim was handed over to the US by MI6

December 15, 2005 : Europe will investigate CIA terror flights

December 13, 2005 : Council of Europe Finds Evidence of CIA Abductions and Secret Prisons Credible

December 12, 2005 : Straw Plays Ignorant

December 11, 2005 : Ex-rendition detainee alleges British complicity in torture. CIA in "deep crisis" over US torture policy. Agents "refusing to participate" in rendition.

December 9, 2005 : Torture Evidence was Used to make Case for Iraq Invasion

December 9, 2005 : US Deny Red Cross Access To Prisoners

December 8, 2005 : Rice's claim that U.S. dosn't torture is based on administration's narrow definition

December 7, 2005 : The Real Definition of Torture

December 7, 2005 : Berlusconi Denies Involement in CIA Kidnap

December 7, 2005 : Extraordinary and unacceptable

December 7, 2005 : Germany's victim of extraordinary rendition sues in US courts as Rice is forced on defensive

December 6, 2005 : CIA's 'Harsh Interrogation Techniques' Described

December 6, 2005 : Some views from the UK as Rice starts European visit

December 6, 2005 : The Torture-Go-Round

December 5, 2005 : The New Boom Industry: Torture

December 5, 2005 : Elizabeth Wilmshurst: It is time for Britain to come clean on its part in rendition

December 5, 2005 : Blair faces allegations of complicity in torture

December 2, 2005 : Former CIA officer speaks out on extraordinary rendition

December 1, 2005 : Liberty launch “No torture, no compromise” campaign

November 30, 2005 : U.S. Acknowledges Secret-Prison Concern

November 30, 2005 : Judge rejects appeal of CIA arrest warrant

November 30, 2005 : Dick Cheney "could be subject to war crimes charges"

November 28, 2005 : Why Torture Doesn't Work

November 28, 2005 : More evidence of CIA landings in Malta surfaces

November 27, 2005 : CIA 'torture trips' using city airport

November 27, 2005 : Love hurts: The World According to Leo Blair

November 25, 2005 : No comment to Parlimentary question on torture

November 24, 2005 : Italian prosecuter to push ahead with prosecution of CIA agents "in absentia"

November 23, 2005 : UN Committee Pressures Uzbekistan Over Andijon

November 23, 2005 : UK writes to US on behalf of EU CIA investigation

November 23, 2005 : Ministers silent on CIA flights to transport terror suspects

November 21, 2005 : UK government admits to turning a blind eye to CIA rendition flights

November 18, 2005 : UN rejects US restrictions on Guantanamo visit

November 18, 2005 : Iceland is also waiting for 'CIA flight' explanation

November 18, 2005 : Britain to become hub for CIA terror prisoner flights

November 17, 2005 : CIA rendition flights - where didn't they land!

November 16, 2005 : Madrid opens inquiry into CIA 'torture' flights

November 15, 2005 : Not all flights from Mallorca are for tourists

November 12, 2005 : Italy may seek return of CIA "operatives"

November 11, 2005 : Combating terrorism, differently

November 10, 2005 : Blaming America first

November 10, 2005 : Believe What We Say, Not What We Do

November 9, 2005 : White House Briefing: McClellan Deflects Questions on Torture Exemption A Couple Dozen Times

November 9, 2005 : No Question: Congress must pass a categorical ban on torture

November 9, 2005 : Secret Detention in CIA "Black Sites"

November 8, 2005 : EU eyes alleged CIA jails

November 8, 2005 : Polish officials admit mystery plane landed at remote airport but deny CIA link

November 7, 2005 : British government and security agencies seek to legitimise torture

November 5, 2005 : Can we stop this terrible practice?

November 4, 2005 : US Lawmakers React to CIA Prison Story

November 4, 2005 : Europeans react to Wasington Post report on secret CIA torture facilities

November 3, 2005 : CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons

November 2, 2005 : Parliaments in Canada, Italy, France, Sweden and the Netherlands investigate CIA operations

October 31, 2005 : Canadian Deported by US to Syria was Allegedly Tortured

October 28, 2005 : Torture to be sanctioned again in Westminster? - et sic per gradus ad mia tenditur

October 27, 2005 : The reality of Britain's reliance on torture

October 25, 2005 : Police to probe US ‘torture flights’ landing in Scotland

October 24, 2005 : White House seeks exception to allow CIA to continue abuse

October 18, 2005 : Extraordinary rendition and torture - not just an American problem!

October 18, 2005 : Torture Flights: The Inside Story

October 18, 2005 : Two experts on extraordinary rendition: one invented it, the other has seen its full horrors

October 18, 2005 : One victim's story

October 18, 2005 : Britain sued for ‘complicity’ in torture

October 18, 2005 : What will our grandchildren think?

October 14, 2005 : US torture set to continue despite the McCain amendment

October 11, 2005 : Trade in torture

October 6, 2005 : U.S. Senate defies Bush and imposes restrictions on prisoner abuse

October 3, 2005 : Torture is US Policy, Not Aberration: The Legal Responsibility Goes to the Top

September 30, 2005 : Italy issues three more arrest warrants for CIA operatives

September 13, 2005 : MPs from all parties prepare campaign to halt CIA terror flights from Britain

September 12, 2005 : Evidence emerges of Britains role in extraordinary rendition

September 6, 2005 : Extraordinary Rendition - another European country says no to the US

August 4, 2005 : Guantanamo trials 'half-assed'

August 4, 2005 : US challenged over 'secret jails'

August 2, 2005 : "'One of them made cuts in my penis. I was in agony'" - the truth about Extraordinary Rendition

July 25, 2005 : CBS republish article on 'extraordinary rendition'

July 12, 2005 : Case studies on extraordinary rendition and torture

July 11, 2005 : CIA "kidnappers" In Italy: Arrest warrants issued for 13 CIA agents for kidnapping a terrorist suspect

June 28, 2005 : Italy makes a stand on 'Extraordinary Rendition'

May 21, 2005 : New Swedish Documents Illuminate CIA Action

March 21, 2005 : Washington Times - Torture Doublespeak

March 10, 2005 : The Circle - All the Good Torture Jobs Are Being Sent Overseas

March 7, 2005 : ABC News - CIA Jets Fly the War on Terror

March 6, 2005 : CBS News - 60 Minutes - CIA Flying Suspects To Torture?

February 25, 2005 : "Torture; the Dirty Business"

February 7, 2005 : The New Yorker - Outsourcing Torture

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