Crucially, Jack Straw is not the only member of the Blair government who was involved in covering up torture. One of the worst of these cases concerned Abdul Hakim Belhadj and his wife Fatima Boudchar. Belhadj was abducted in March 2004, more than a year before Jack Straw gave his evidence to MPs in the House of Commons. Crucially, Jack Straw is not the only member of the Blair government who was involved in covering up torture. Jack Straw and the MI6 official responsible for the abduction of Belhadj, Sir Mark Allen, should also apologise.

Source: Daily Mail May 10, 2018 23:39 UTC