Torture is 'unacceptable and abhorrent' (August 04, 2009)
Following the publication of the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) report into allegations of UK complicity in torture, Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis spoke on the BBC's Today Programme.
Ivan Lewis stressed that 'we neither engage in, collude with or condone torture'.
He said:
"We always make it clear that torture is unacceptable and abhorrent.
What is true, however, in a modern world you cannot counter terrorism by acting in isolation; we have to work on a global basis with many other countries."
Read the full transcript of the interview
Earlier this year Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, wrote to the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) ahead of his appearance at the FAC on Human Rights.
In the letter he said: "The Government has been absolutely clear that the UK stands firmly against torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment."
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