Topic: Binyam Mohamed
An intelligence officer accused of having abused Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed will not be charged, the country's public prosecutor said Wednesday.Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, said London police had been told there was insufficient evidence to bring action ...
Sixteen people who were allegedly tortured at the behest of the Americans are being paid millions of pounds in compensation by the British taxpayer, ministers confirmed today.. Among those getting payoffs are thought to be Binyam Mohamed, a British resident who says ...
An MI5 officer will not be prosecuted over claims he was complicit in the torture of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed.. Scotland Yard launched an inquiry after Mr Mohamed said an employee of the Security Service was aware of his ill-treatment ...
Former Guantanamo Bay detainees who accused British security forces of colluding in their torture overseas are to receive millions of pounds in compensation but the government but insisted it was not an admission of guilt.Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke did not reveal ...
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke will make a statement to the House of Commons, officials said, following media reports that an out-of-court settlement has been reached with former prisoner Binyam Mohamed and around nine others.The announcement follows weeks of negotiations between lawyers ...
Binyam Mohamed was a Guantanamo Bay prisoner held in U.S. captivity for seven years. Gitmo detainee who claimed torture is freed (February 23, 2009) Born in Ethiopia, Mohamed fled to London seeking political asylum. In 2002, he headed back to London ...
A judge will investigate claims that Britain's secret services were complicit in the torture of terror suspects after a spate of damaging allegations, Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.Details of the probe were being worked out by his Conservative party ...
<div><p>A court rejected Tuesday a government attempt to use secret evidence to defend alleged conspiracy in torture, in a ruling welcomed by former Guantanamo Bay inmates.</p><p>Three Court of Appeal judges ruled that secret evidence cannot be used ...
A human rights group demanded Thursday that Britain reveal what it knows about a Pakistani man who says he was aboard an extraordinary rendition flight that made a refueling stop in British territory.The rights group, which represents several alleged victims of ...
The remarks from Lord David Neuberger, head of the civil justice system in England and Wales, were initially published in a draft judgment earlier this month in the case of Binyam Mohamed.Mohamed claims he was "tortured in medieval ways" and alleges ...