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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Labour must not rubber-stamp torture policy, say campaigners

David Davis
David Davis says intelligence should not be shared with countries where there is a risk of torture. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

Labour has been accused of rubber-stamping torture policy it criticised while in opposition for enabling UK complicity in serious human rights abuses overseas.

The policies regulating British support for foreign security and intelligence services were blamed for facilitating injustices in cases such as those of Jagtar Singh Johal and Ali Kololo, and it was hoped Labour would strengthen them in government.

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