Binyam Mohamed
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UK Judge Approves Use of Secret Evidence in Guantánamo Case by Andy Worthington
Those of us who have been aware that the principles of open justice in the UK are being threatened in an unprecedented manner have, to date, focused largely on the use of secret evidence in cases related to terrorism — widely ignored by the general public, and by much of the media — and on… Continue reading
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Reports state CIA “extraordinary rendition” flights landed in UK By Robert Stevens
A US registered plane named in a 2007 European Parliament report into alleged Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ‘extraordinary rendition’ flights was observed to land at Birmingham Airport in England on October 2 of this year. Continue reading
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British Foreign Secretary: Clinton threatened to cut-off intell BY Glenn Greenwald
31 July, 2009 I‘ve written several times before about the amazing quest of Binyam Mohamed — a British resident released from Guantanamo in February, 2009 after seven years in captivity — to compel public disclosure of information in the possession of the British Government proving he was tortured while in U.S. custody. At the center of Mohamed’s Continue reading
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US Torture Under Scrutiny In British Courts By Andy Worthington
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files, reports on three important court cases in the UK this week, focusing on “extraordinary rendition” and torture in the “War on Terror.” These cases have implications not only for the complicity of the British government in the Bush administration’s flight from the law, but also for the Obama… Continue reading
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More twists in the tale of Binyam Mohamed By Andy Worthington
Former Guantánamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed has been back in the UK for two months, but his lawyers’ year-long legal struggle to secure evidence from the British government – relating to its knowledge of his torture in Pakistan and Morocco between April 2002 and May 2004 – shows no sign of being resolved Continue reading
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Police State: Liberty groups unite to defend UK rights
The government and the courts are collaborating in slicing away freedoms and pushing Britain to the brink of becoming a ‘database’ police state, a series of sold-out conferences in eight British cities heard yesterday. Continue reading
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