(UK foreign secretary) Jack Straw faces legal action over Libya rendition claims

[alp227]

Source: Press Association

A Libyan military commander is taking legal action against Jack Straw following allegations the former foreign secretary agreed his illegal rendition.

Lawyers representing Abdel Hakim Belhadj confirmed legal papers had been served on the Labour MP after reports suggested he had signed documents that allowed the rebel to be sent back to his homeland in 2004.

Belhadj, 45, claims he had been living in exile in Beijing, China, before being detained with his wife, Fatima, while en route to the UK where they were trying to seek asylum.

He alleges they were sent back to Libya - which was under the rule of Muammar Gaddafi - and imprisoned and tortured.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/18/jack-straw-libya-rendition

[intaglio]

1. Good, the RW appeasing Straw should be prosecuted n/t

[dipsydoodle]

2. Jack Straw faces legal action over 'rendition'

A Libyan military commander is taking legal action against Jack Straw, to find out if the ex-foreign secretary signed papers allowing his rendition.

Abdel Hakim Belhadj claims CIA agents took him from Thailand to Gaddafi-led Libya, via UK-controlled Diego Garcia.

His lawyers have served papers on Mr Straw after the Sunday Times reported claims that he allowed this to happen.

UK ministers have denied any complicity in rendition or torture and Mr Straw did not comment further.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17746561

[tabatha]

3. I thought Abdel Hakim Belhadj was supposed to be a bad guy,

an Al Qaeda guy - who was supported by NATO in the overthrow of Gaddafi.

There are rumors that Belhadj is in Syria, supporting the opposition before the "ceasefire".

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. It's the alleged connection with al Qaeda that would have got him taken to Libya (nt)