MI5 κατηγορούμενος για τη συνέργεια στα βασανιστήρια των τρομοκρατικών υπόπτων
Από Ian Cobain | Οι ανώτεροι υπάλληλοι της υπηρεσίας ασφάλειας, MI5, κατηγορούνται για «τη μεταφορά» των βασανιστηρίων των βρετανικών πολιτών σε μια πασίγνωστη πακιστανική αντιπροσωπεία νοημοσύνης σε μία προσπάθεια να ληφθούν οι πληροφορίες για τις τρομοκρατικές πλοκές και για να εγγυηθούν τις καταδίκες ενάντια στους υπόπτους Al-Qaida.
Διάφοροι βρετανικοί ύποπτοι τρομοκρατίας που έχουν συλλήφθουν στο Πακιστάν κατά παράκληση των βρετανικών αρχών λένε τους οι ερώτησης από ασφάλεια υπηρεσία ανώτερος υπάλληλος, αμέσως μετά από βάναυσος βασανιστήριο χέρι πράκτορας Πακιστάν διά-υπηρεσία νοημοσύνη αντιπροσωπεία (ISI), έχουν πεπεισμένος αυτοί ότι MI5 συνέργησε κακός μεταχείριση.
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Εκείνα τα άτομα έχουν δώσει τις λεπτομερείς περιγραφές των υποτιθέμενων δοκιμασιών τους στα χέρια του ISI κατά τη διάρκεια των τελευταίων τεσσάρων ετών. Μερικοί απ' αυτούς εμφανιστείτε να λαμβάνεστε στο ίδιο μυστικό κέντρο ερώτησης στο Rawalpindi, όπου λένε ότι βασανίστηκαν επανειλημμένα πρίν εξετάζονται από MI5.
Tayab Ali, ένας Λονδίνο-βασισμένος δικηγόρος για δύο από τα άτομα, εν λόγω: «Αφήνομαι χωρίς την αμφιβολία ότι, πολύ στο χειρότερο, η βρετανική υπηρεσία ασφάλειας υποκινεί την παράνομα κράτηση και τα βασανιστήρια των βρετανικών πολιτών, και στις πολύ καλύτερες στροφές ένα τυφλό μάτι για να βασανίσει.»
Ένα άτομο από το Μάντσεστερ λέει ότι το 2006 κτυπήθηκε, κτυπημένος, στερημένος από τον ύπνο και είχε τρία νύχια που εξήχθησαν αργά από ISI τους πράκτορες στο κέντρο του Rawalpindi πρίν ρωτιέται από δύο MI5 ανώτερους υπαλλήλους. Διάφοροι υποτιθέμενοι συνεταίροι του εξετάστηκαν στο Μάντσεστερ συγχρόνως και δύο χρεώθηκαν στη συνέχεια. Αυτό ανθρώπινοι δικηγόροι λέει τα νύχια ότι του έχαναν πότε επιτράπηκαν τελικά για να τον δουν, ένα περισσότερο από έτος αφότου τέθηκε υπό κράτηση αρχικά. Λένε ότι έχουν τις εκθέσεις παθολογίας που αποδεικνύονται τα καρφιά αφαιρέθηκαν βίαια.
Ένα δεύτερο άτομο, από τη Luton, Bedfordshire, ισχυρίζεται ότι δύο έτη νωρίτερα κτυπήθηκε, αναστάλη από τους καρπούς του και κτυπήθηκε, και απειλήθηκε με ένα ηλεκτρικό τρυπάνι, ενδεχομένως στο ίδιο κέντρο βασανιστηρίων. Η ερώτησή του συντονίστηκε με το θέμα διάφορων συνεταίρων στο πράσινο αστυνομικό τμήμα Paddington, το δυτικό Λονδίνο, και το θέμα ενός περαιτέρω υπόπτου στον Καναδά.
MI5 δεν αμφισβητεί να εξετάσει τον αρκετές φορές κατά τη διάρκεια 10 μηνών» κράτησης του στο Πακιστάν. At his trial, the judge accepted he had been mistreated but said he believed the claims were exaggerated.
No attempt was made to extradite either man to be questioned by police officers in the UK, and they received no assistance from British consular officials. They were eventually arrested on arrival in Britain after being placed aboard aircraft and flown in without extradition hearings.
The accusation that MI5 is at the very least turning a blind eye to the torture of British citizens - and may have actually colluded in their torture - is to surface in a number of forthcoming court cases, including the trial of the man who lost his fingernails, an appeal lodged by the man from Luton after he was convicted of terrorism offences, and a separate civil action being pursued on his behalf.
MI5 is thought to be considering a defence based on its officers’ insistence that they had no reason to know that the ISI might have been torturing the men - a position that Pakistani lawyers and human rights activists in Pakistan and the UK say beggars belief. Even a high-ranking Scotland Yard counter-terrorism detective has conceded privately that there is little doubt that the Luton man was tortured.
The Guardian is aware of claims by a number of other British citizens that they were tortured after being detained as terrorism suspects in Pakistan.
The allegations being made by these men and their lawyers, which are detailed in today’s Guardian, are expected to be raised by human rights groups. Andrew Tyrie, Conservative MP for Chichester and a campaigner against the abuse of the human rights of terrorism suspects, is considering asking a series of questions about the matter in the Commons.
Under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 it is an offence for British officials to instigate or consent to the inflicting of “severe pain or suffering” on any person, anywhere in the world, or even to acquiesce in such treatment. Any such offence could be punished by life imprisonment.
Last week it was disclosed that eight men freed from US custody at Guantánamo Bay had issued writs against MI5 and the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, alleging they were complicit in their illegal detention and subsequent abuse.
The Security Service declined to comment on the allegations, but pointed to recent reports by the all-party Intelligence and Security Committee, which said all MI5 officers receive training about possible mistreatment of detainees held by foreign intelligence agencies.
The Foreign Office said it was aware of five British citizens being detained in Pakistan over the last four years for questioning about alleged terrorism offences, but would not say how many were detained before 2004. It admitted it had attempted to seek consular access to only two of these people, but declined to say how many had been seen by other British officials.
The FO also declined to say how many had complained of mistreatment, saying: “We have a duty to respect the privacy of the individuals concerned.”
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MI5 and MI6 have decidedly suspect pasts here in the UK there is annecdotal evidence that the heads of MI5 STELLA RIMINGTON and ELIZA MANNINGHAM-BULLER were involved in MIND CONTROL TECHNIQUES but this was never proved in a court of law and JOHN SCARLETT who was who was purported to be one of the people behind the DODGY DOSSIER on the threat of IRAQ was made head of MI6 in 2003 . What has been proved is that MI6 were forced to pay compensation to its victims of its mind manipulation using LSD just google it . It is unbelieveable too me that MI5 did not at the very least know about these abuses of human rights and too me it is extremely suspect that they chose to interview the suspects in PAKISTAN and not extradite them to the UK where the laws against torture are more strict . As most people now know in the UK that our government lied about rendition flights from the US landing on our soil , although they said that the flights were simply reffuling and transporting suspected terroists but its the destination that is most telling again just google . If the GOVERNMENT has been showed too lie to us do you realy think that various branches of our SPECIAL AND SECRET SERVICES would do any differant and why should they tell us the truth anyway ar we are just the normal populace , sheep as far as they are concerned and they can always hide behind the guise of NATIONAL SECURITY anyway!!! .