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Evidence on 'rendition flights'
11/06/2007
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has invited civil liberties organisations to bring to him any evidence that they may have about Scottish airports being used for extraordinary rendition flights.
Mr MacAskill said:
"I invite organisations such as Amnesty International, Liberty and others to bring forward their concerns to us and we shall proceed from there.
"The Scottish government opposes illegal rendition flights, but of course the appropriate authorities can only act on the basis of evidence."
Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini said:
"I take allegations regarding offences of attempting or conspiring to commit torture being committed in Scotland or Scottish airspace seriously. Civil aviation is a reserved matter and so is the responsibility of the United Kingdom Government but attempts to commit or to conspire to commit torture are crimes under Scots law and it is for the police to investigate allegations of such offences and for the procurator fiscal to decide whether to bring proceedings.
"If any individual or organisation has evidence, including new evidence, of criminal offences being committed within Scottish jurisdiction, I would encourage them to make it available."