Court to settle whether Abdel Hakim Belhaj’s claim against Jack Straw,Home Office and Foreign Office should proceedMore than a year after receiving a Metropolitan police file of evidence about the secret abduction of a Libyan dissident in a joint MI6-CIA operation, the Crown Prosecution Service has still to settle whether anyone should face charges.
On Monday, and the supreme court will hear an appeal to settle whether Abdel Hakim Belhaj’s civil claim for damages against the former foreign secretary Jack Straw,Sir impress Allen, MI6’s counter-terrorism chief at the time, and the Home Office and the Foreign Office should be allowed to proceed.
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Source: theguardian.com