Britain to outlaw rendition.

LONDON, Nov 5 (KUNA) -- New criminal offences to outlaw the practice of

extraordinary rendition have been drawn up by a British cross-party

parliamentary committee, it was announced here on Thursday. Extraordinary rendition is secretly transporting terror suspects to places

where they are likely to be tortured. The new offences will close the gap in English law that has allowed the use

of UK territory, especially by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), for the

purposes of extraordinary rendition in the past, opposition Conservative MP

Andrew Tyrie told the Guardian newspaper. The all party parliamentary group (APPG) on extraordinary rendition,

recommends criminalizing various acts, including the use of British facilities

for extraordinary rendition flights and the failure to prevent extraordinary

rendition flights using those facilities. The proposal will also ban so-called "circuit flights", using UK airports

for flights passing through the UK to enable a rendition, but without a

detainee on board at the time. Cases currently going through the courts will determine whether existing

law deals adequately with the involvement of British officials in

interrogating suspects who have been rendered or tortured. This is not covered by the existing proposals. Tyrie said, "English law has been insufficient to prevent UK involvement in

extraordinary rendition. These proposals will buttress existing law. If

implemented, they will give the public greater confidence that Britain is not

complicit in extraordinary rendition."

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