Libyan Torture Victims get Long Overdue Apology from UK

Expand Fatima Boudchar, wife of Libyan politician Hakim Belhadj, stands with their son Abderrahim, as she holds a letter of apology from Prime Minister Theresa May outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, Britain, May 10, 2018.  © 2018 REUTERS/Hannah McKay Today, the British government apologized unreservedly to Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Fatima Boudchar for the UK’s role in the “harrowing experiences” and “mistreatment” they suffered during their March 2004 rendition by the CIA to Libya.  Boudchar, who was pregnant, was released from detention four months later, weeks before she…

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