Researching rendition and torture in the War on Terror: lessons from a human rights organisation

Abstract

This article describes some of the main methods and challenges of researching rendition and torture in the war on terror by a Muslim human rights organisation in the United Kingdom. It describes some of the main lessons learned from the past few years of such investigations and reflects on how such lessons might offer insights to academic research in the area.

Keywords:

• Muslim
• rendition
• Horn of Africa
• Guantanamo Bay
• War on Terror
• Pakistan
• complicity
• torture
• unlawful detention

Notes

1. Rangzieb Ahmed was detained in Pakistan on 20 August 2006 by the Pakistani Security Services. He was detained in various prisons in Pakistan during which time he was severely abused. He met Hassan Ghul at a secret location where both were being detained for interrogation.