Internal Foreign Office report calls for changes in the way such cases are handled
UK diplomats have failed to give enough priority to cases of British nationals detained abroad, even when there was a high risk they were being tortured, according to a report quietly released by the Foreign Office.
The report, commissioned by Jeremy Hunt during his time as foreign secretary, said ministers were often kept in the dark about such cases, and large-scale reform was needed in the way they were handled. It recommended establishing a specialist taskforce, committing extra resources and fostering a new culture of engaging relatives of those detained.
