I've set up this website and blog so people can read about the research I'm working on. Currently, I'm looking at the development and operation of a now global system of rendition and proxy detention. We've recently heard a lot about the role of the US and UK in rendition, but we know far less about how states in the Global South are using it. It seems that as well as providing proxy detention facilities for the CIA, some states in the South have used rendition and proxy detention for their own purposes. This is the case in the Horn of Africa. You can read about how Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia used rendition in these reports by Cageprisoners here and by Human Rights Watch here I'm aiming to find out how they use it, and whether, as is assumed, the global system of rendition and proxy detention is US-led, or whether it is a much more diffuse system than we think. I aim to use this blog to talk about my findings as I do the research. An RSS feed of my tweets on related issues will also appear here.
Posted: 26 June 2010
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