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Peers call for rendition enquiry

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An open letter to The Times calls for the government to launch an inquiry into allegations of British complicity in the rendition of people detained by British Forces, and in the torture of some of them in detention centres abroad. Among the signatories were several peers, including Lord Guthrie, who explains why he thinks an inquiry is necessary.

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