Closure of UK Detainee Inquiry an opportunity for real accountability

Headline Title: UK Detainee Inquiry closed 18 January 2012 Today’s announcement that the UK government has decided to conclude the work of the Detainee Inquiry provides an opportunity to address the failures of the current system and establish an inquiry that ensures real accountability, Amnesty International said today. "The Detainee Inquiry was never fit for purpose, and fell short of the UK's international human rights obligations to fully and independently investigate allegations of UK involvement in torture and ill-treatment," Nicola Duckworth, Europe and Central Asia Programme…

Read complete article

~	Thai protesters demand prime minister's resignation over leaked call with Cambodian leader

~	Australia’s new lung cancer screening program has chosen simplicity over equity, and we’re concerned

~	Avoid bad breath, don’t pick partners when drunk: ancient dating tips to find modern love

~	Back to Back Theatre tackles an epic Shakespearian conflict – set in a factory, with cardboard props

~	Astronomers have spied an interstellar object zooming through the Solar System

~	Hong Kong’s light fades as another pro-democracy party folds

~	Inter-American Court sets milestone in the global fight for climate justice

~	Can the NHS shift from treatment to prevention? What healthcare bosses think

~	NHS ten-year plan for England: what’s in it and what’s needed to make it work

~	Lost in space: MethaneSat failed just as NZ was to take over mission control – here’s what we need to know now