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| MP claims UK 'outsourced torture' | MP claims UK 'outsourced torture' |
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| An MP has used parliamentary privilege to accuse the British intelligence service of "outsourcing torture". | An MP has used parliamentary privilege to accuse the British intelligence service of "outsourcing torture". |
| Former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis cited the case of Rangzieb Ahmed, from Rochdale, who was jailed for life for being an al-Qaeda planner. | |
| Mr Davis told the House of Commons that intelligence services had allowed Ahmed to go to Pakistan. | |
| Once there, they alerted Pakistani authorities who arrested him and tortured him, parliament was told. | Once there, they alerted Pakistani authorities who arrested him and tortured him, parliament was told. |
| Mr Davis is calling for a judicial inquiry into at least 15 cases where torture of terrorist suspects has been alleged. | |
| Using the legal protection afforded to MPs, he told the Commons there was a chain of evidence of complicity in torture and passive rendition. | Using the legal protection afforded to MPs, he told the Commons there was a chain of evidence of complicity in torture and passive rendition. |
| Surveillance material | Surveillance material |
| He said that although British police and the intelligence services had enough surveillance material to charge Ahmed, they still allowed him to go to Pakistan. | He said that although British police and the intelligence services had enough surveillance material to charge Ahmed, they still allowed him to go to Pakistan. |
| Once there, British intelligence suggested to the Pakistani authorities he should be arrested. | Once there, British intelligence suggested to the Pakistani authorities he should be arrested. |
| A list of questions to be put to Ahmed was drawn up by the security services and Manchester police, said Mr Davis. | |
| Ahmed has said he was whipped with tyre rubber, beaten with staves and had three fingernails pulled out. | Ahmed has said he was whipped with tyre rubber, beaten with staves and had three fingernails pulled out. |
| Replying to Mr Davis, Foreign Office minister Ivan Lewis said he could not comment in detail on Ahmed's case for legal reasons. |