ARAB-EUROPEAN RELATIONS - Jan. 6 - Police Probe Torture Allegations.British Home Secretary Jack Straw says in a TV interview British police are investigating torture torture, the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering in order to intimidate, coerce, obtain information or a confession, or punish. allegations against the former head of Bahrain's security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the , Col. Ian Henderson Ian Henderson may refer to:
1 City (1990 pop. 25,945), seat of Henderson co., NW Ky., on the Ohio River, in an oil, coal, tobacco, corn, and livestock area; founded 1797, inc. as a city 1867. , 71, has been accused of overseeing the torture of Bahrain's pro-democracy activists.) Straw tells Channel 4 News in London: "I understand that the matters concerned, the allegations, are the subject of an investigation by the organised crime branch of the Metropolitan Police". (Henderson, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, moved to Bahrain in 1964. He retired 2 years ago, after a 30-year career as head of Bahrain's state security forces. He now works as an adviser to Bahrain's Ministry of the Interior.) In a previous interview, Henderson called the torture allegations "laughable" and said they were invented by Bahrain opposition groups to attract media attention. |
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