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"Mr President, like others I welcome the Senate report but regret that both of the main political parties did not participate in the full process. As others have said, it is clear that torture is forbidden. We know the mental and physical scars that are left and we have had Members in this Parliament who have suffered torture in their lives and can testify to the effects.
I would also raise again in this House, as others have, the case of those still in Guantánamo, such as London resident Shaker Aamer held prisoner, tortured in Bagram, still held after twelve years in Guantánamo, cleared for transfer in 2007. The British Government has said it will have him back to rejoin his British wife and children. I think we fail to understand how he can still be in Guantánamo when two democratic governments have agreed he should be returned. The use of torture demeans our demands regarding human rights from others elsewhere in the world and our reputation can only be rescued if the perpetrators and those complicit are brought to justice."@en1
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