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Clara Gutteridge (b. 1978 (age 45–46)) is a lawyer and researcher for the human rights group Reprieve.[1][2] Gutteridge has focussed on investigating the cases of captives held in secret detention.
Gutteridge is a native of Scotland and grew up in the Stirling area.[2]
Gutteridge has been interviewed or quoted widely.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Gutteridge is notable for research into the use the United States made of British Protectorate Diego Garcia for the secret detention of captives held in extrajudicial detention.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Clara Gutteridge". Reprieve. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
- ^ a b Annie Brown (2009-09-26). "Meet the Scot who's battling for justice for prisoners in secret jails". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
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Jamie Doward (2008-03-02). "British island 'used by US for rendition'". The Observer. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
Human rights groups have long suspected that the seas around the island have been used to facilitate rendition. 'If it turns out any [rendition] boat is being supported by Diego Garcia, Britain would have a duty to investigate what is going on on those boats,' said Clara Gutteridge, an investigator with human rights group Reprieve.
- ^ "Detained in Guantanamo Bay". East Africa Standard. 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-10-28. mirror
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Andrew Wander (2009-08-30). "Trapped between grief and hope". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
Obama's people have indicated that rendition – the forcible transfer of individuals to the custody of third-party states – will continue to be used by the US on terror suspects. On Obama's first International Day of the Disappeared, 'Yes We Can' is beginning to have a rather different ring than we first hoped.
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Rachelle Money (2007-10-20). "Scotland 'could be prosecuted over American torture flights'". The Heral Scotland. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
Clara Gutteridge is an investigator for Reprieve, a human rights organisation run by lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, who specialises in political and death penalty cases and whose clients include victims of rendition. She said there was a 'distinct possibility' they would look at calling for a judicial review of any government, including Scotland's, that refused to 'recognise its obligations of a proper investigation of strong allegations they have been involved in rendition.' She added: 'To say that human rights is reserved to Westminster is effectively to say that Scotland isn't in charge of its own legal system, and I don't see how you can say that.'
- ^ Jamie Doward (2009-07-26). "Secrets of CIA 'ghost flights' to be revealed: Guantánamo detainee's lawyers hail UK air firm's U-turn that allows rendition case to go to court". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
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Ewen MacAskill (2009-04-19). "Bush officials defend physical abuse described in memos released by Obama". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
Clara Gutteridge, an investigator with Reprieve, the London-based organisation that represents many Guantánamo detainees, said: 'The Bush administration has professionalised torture and it will take more than the release of a few memos to put this right.'
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Ian Cobain (2009-03-17). "FCO admits silence over torture victims". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
Clara Gutteridge, an investigator with Reprieve, the London-based organisation that represents many Guantánamo detainees, said: 'The Bush administration has professionalised torture and it will take more than the release of a few memos to put this right.'
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Richard Norton-Taylor (2009-05-01). "Miliband's lawyers try to block CIA report on torture claims". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
Renditions investigator Clara Gutteridge said: 'It is inconceivable that Jeppesen acted alone. People in the highest echelons of the US – and in some cases the UK – governments have authorised illegal rendition flights and must also be held accountable.'
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Rebecca Santana (2009-04-17). "Disappointment with US not prosecuting CIA". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
Clara Gutteridge, a researcher with British human rights group Reprieve, which represents several Guantanamo inmates, said she was struck by the amount of time and effort apparently poured into drawing up the memos and justifying the use of what she called torture. 'It shows us the man hours that have gone into this program, and making people believe that they are following the law,' Gutteridge said.
External links
edit- Clara Gutteridge (2009-08-26). "Obama's rendition shame: It appeared the US president had stopped the use of CIA prisons, but a closer look reveals the canker at his state's heart remains". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
- Clara Gutteridge (2009-09-11). "Wanted: scapegoats on torture". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
- Clara Gutteridge (2009-11-06). "Criminal justice rendered impotent". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
- Clara Gutteridge (2009-04-18). "Clara Gutteridge: These papers raise as many questions as they answer". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15.
- Clara Gutteridge (2009-11-10). "Did Lithuania host a secret CIA prison?". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2009-12-16.