Binyam Mohamed

Live blog: Criticism of MI5 to be restored to Binyam Mohamed judgment | World news | guardian.co.uk

DrPot — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:39:17 +0000

Criticism of MI5 that was removed from the ruling on the involvement of the security service in the torture of Binyam Mohamed must be restored to the judgment, the court of appeal ruled today.
The decision is another blow to the government after it lost its attempt earlier this month to cover up MI5's complicity in "cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment" meted out to the British resident Mohamed by the US.
Passages that appeared in the original draft judgment were removed after Jonathan Sumption QC, the government's counsel, claimed the words suggested that MI5's approach undermined assurances given by ministers and that MI5 had "an interest in suppressing information".

Source: Live blog: Criticism of MI5 to be restored to Binyam Mohamed judgment | World news | guardian.co.uk

'Torture documents' can be seen

DrPot — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:02:40 +0100

The High Court has ruled that US intelligence documents containing details of the alleged torture of a former UK resident can be released.
Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed, 31, who spent four years in Guantanamo Bay, claims British authorities colluded in his torture while in Pakistan.
High Court judges were previously blocked from making the details public.
The UK government denies allegations of collusion and says it will appeal against the court's judgement.

Source: 'Torture documents' can be seen

MI6 reports own officer over torture allegations | World news | guardian.co.uk

DrPot — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:44:37 +0100

The Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, has reported one of its own officers to the attorney general over allegations of complicity in torture, the foreign secretary revealed today.
David Miliband disclosed the move in a letter to William Hague. The shadow foreign secretary had written to Miliband about allegations made by MPs, first reported in the Guardian, of complicity in torture or ill treatment of detainees and terror suspects by officers in the Security Service, MI5.
Miliband said the case was referred to the attorney general, Lady Scotland, by MI6 on its own initiative, "unprompted by any accusation against the service or the individual concerned".

Source: MI6 reports own officer over torture allegations | World news | guardian.co.uk

US 'names secret terror suspects'

DrPot — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:18:52 +0100

The US military has begun notifying the Red Cross of the identities of terror suspects being held at secret camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, US reports say.
The International Committee of the Red Cross would not comment on the report, which the New York Times carried quoting unnamed US officials.
The policy reportedly took effect this month with no public announcement.
Correspondents say that, if confirmed, the move represents a victory for human rights groups.

Source: US 'names secret terror suspects'

Inquiry call over torture claim

fionamc — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:35:04 +0100

An independent inquiry is needed into claims UK security services were complicit in the torture of terrorism suspects, say MPs and peers.

Source: Inquiry call over torture claim

MI5 document on Binyam revealed

SamSam — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:47:11 +0100

The BBC has obtained a copy of a telegram believed to have been cabled from MI5 headquarters to the official it sent to Pakistan to question the terrorist suspect Binyam Mohamed.

Source: MI5 document on Binyam revealed

Miliband's lawyers try to block CIA report on torture cliams

Vashka — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:12:38 +0100

Lawyers acting for David Miliband, the foreign secretary, today made a last-ditch attempt in the high court to block the release of information showing what British authorities knew about the mistreatment of Binyam Mohamed, the UK resident who says he was tortured before being secretly taken to Guantánamo Bay.

Source: Miliband's lawyers try to block CIA report on torture cliams

Government makes 'unprecedented' apology for covering up Binyam torture

Niluccio — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:09:23 +0100

Government lawyers have been forced to make a humiliating apology to the High Court for concealing 13 crucial intelligence documents about the torture of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed.

Source: Government makes 'unprecedented' apology for covering up Binyam torture

Torture inquiry reveals 15 new cases

Niluccio — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:04:47 +0000

Inquiries have revealed British security and intelligence officers have raised concerns about the treatment of several detainees, interviewed while in US custody abroad.

Source: Torture inquiry reveals 15 new cases

Why I’m proud to bore on about Binyam Mohamed

Niluccio — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:14:01 +0000

Why shouldn't the police investigate in the Binyam Mohamed case? I thought this was a case where someone might have been tortured.

Source: Why I’m proud to bore on about Binyam Mohamed

NI 'should take Guantanamo freed'

Patrick Corrigan — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:31 +0000

Northern Ireland should offer to take some prisoners freed from Guantanamo Bay by US president Barack Obama, Amnesty International has said.

Amnesty called on First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness to offer to help.

Source: NI 'should take Guantanamo freed'

This torture scandal reveals us as an ineffective Jeeves to our US master

Niluccio — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:14:55 +0000

Well, it's always nice to know someone is reading you. Last week the foreign secretary responded to my column about possible British complicity in the torture of Binyam Mohamed with a reader's letter disputing its accuracy. His letter concluded: "These are serious issues which deserve to be discussed seriously. But let us do so on the basis of the facts."

Source: This torture scandal reveals us as an ineffective Jeeves to our US master

MI5 faces new rules on terror interrogations

Niluccio — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:02:17 +0000

The government yesterday bowed to growing pressure over allegations of Britain's complicity in torture by promising to draw up and publish new guidelines for the security and intelligence agencies when they are involved in interrogating detainees abroad.

Source: MI5 faces new rules on terror interrogations

New questions over torture policy

fionamc — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:52:00 +0000

The Intelligence and Security Committee said it had reopened its investigation into rendition following allegations by the former Guantanamo Bay detainee.

Source: New questions over torture policy

Tories urge deportation review of ex-Guantánamo detainee

Niluccio — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:38:47 +0000

David Lidington, the shadow foreign minister, said there was a "serious question" over whether Mr Mohamed, 30, should be allowed to remain in Britain indefinitely.

Mr Mohamed arrived in Britain as an asylum seeker in 1994, having lived in Washington DC for two years after his family fled Ethiopia after a regime change, and was granted exceptional leave to remain.

Source: Tories urge deportation review of ex-Guantánamo detainee

Binyam blames UK for mistreatment

fionamc — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:04:37 +0000

A UK resident freed from Guantanamo Bay has said he would not have faced torture or extraordinary rendition but for British involvement in his case.

Source: Binyam blames UK for mistreatment

How MI5 colluded in my torture: Binyam Mohamed claims British agents fed Moroccan torturers their qu

Niluccio — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:34:59 +0000

'One of them took my penis in his hand and began to make cuts. He did it once, and they stood still for maybe a minute, watching my reaction.

Source: How MI5 colluded in my torture: Binyam Mohamed claims British agents fed Moroccan torturers their qu

Guantánamo: we need the truth

Niluccio — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:35:42 +0000

With a stoic grace, Binyam Mohamed has described his return to the UK today after seven long years of detention in Guantánamo Bay as "more in sadness than in anger".

Source: Guantánamo: we need the truth

Worse than my darkest nightmare

farahfoo — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:49:52 +0000

Binyam Mohamed: As I gain my freedom, I am determined that neither those who remain in detention, nor their abusers, are forgotten. I hope you will understand that after everything I have been through, I am neither physically nor mentally capable of facing the media on the moment of my arrival back to Britain...

Source: Worse than my darkest nightmare

Binyam Mohamed, back from Guantánamo, presents Britain with a dilemma

Niluccio — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:00:38 +0000

For seven years he was held in detention in four countries, claiming that he was tortured brutally in Morocco before being sent to Guantánamo Bay, where his presence as a UK resident caused friction between London and Washington.

Source: Binyam Mohamed, back from Guantánamo, presents Britain with a dilemma

Binyam Mohamed: His full statement

SamSam — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:05:27 +0000

I hope you will understand that after everything I have been through I am neither physically nor mentally capable of facing the media on the moment of my arrival back to Britain.

I have been through an experience that I never thought to encounter in my darkest nightmares. Before this ordeal, "torture" was an abstract word to me. I could never have imagined that I would be its victim.

Source: Binyam Mohamed: His full statement

Guantanamo man flying back to UK

SamSam — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:20:55 +0000

A British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years is on his way back to the UK.

He said in a statement the worst moment of his captivity was when he realised his alleged torturers were receiving material from UK intelligence agents.

Source: Guantanamo man flying back to UK

Guantanamo man 'can settle in UK'

Niluccio — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:51:07 +0000

A UK resident soon to be released from Guantanamo Bay is unlikely to face harassment by British authorities, says the UK reviewer of terror laws.

Source: Guantanamo man 'can settle in UK'

Guantanamo inmate 'released soon'

SamSam — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:26:02 +0000

A British detainee held at Guantanamo Bay is to be released "as soon as practical arrangements can be made", the Foreign Office has said.

Binyam Mohamed, 30, will return to the UK after more than four years at the controversial US military base in Cuba.

Source: Guantanamo inmate 'released soon'

Binyam comes home!

DrPot — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:10:59 +0000

The UK and US Governments have reached agreement on the transfer of Mr Binyam Mohamed from Guantanamo Bay to the UK. He will be returned as soon as the practical arrangements can be made. This result follows recent discussions between the British and US Governments and a medical assessment, undertaken by a UK doctor, that Mr Mohamed is medically fit to return.

Source: Binyam comes home!

Representing Binyam

benc — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:48:06 +0000

Officials visit Guantanamo detainee

SamSam — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:11:25 +0000

Officials visited a detainee at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay and found there was no medical reason to prevent him from returning home, despite a hunger strike, the Foreign Office said Sunday.

Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian-born former British resident, was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 before being taken to Morocco and Afghanistan, and then on to Guantanamo, the US "war on terror" detention camp on the island of Cuba.

Source: Officials visit Guantanamo detainee

Guantanamo inmate 'fit to travel'

fionamc — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:49:07 +0000

A UK resident held at the US's Guantanamo Bay detention camp is fit enough to travel to the UK, the Foreign Office has said.

Source: Guantanamo inmate 'fit to travel'

'I thought he was a terrorist'

SamSam — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:29:18 +0000

Binyam Mohamed's US military lawyer has her monthly appointment to see him at Guantanamo Bay later this month.

But Lieutenant Colonel Yvonne Bradley says of the last British resident held by the US at its Cuban base: "I hope never to see him again in Guantanamo."

Source: 'I thought he was a terrorist'

Binyam Mohamed torture evidence 'hidden from Obama'

fionamc — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:18:26 +0000

US defence officials are preventing Barack Obama from seeing evidence that a former British resident held in Guantánamo Bay has been tortured, the prisoner's lawyer said last night, as campaigners and the Foreign Office prepared for the man's release in as little as a week.

Source: Binyam Mohamed torture evidence 'hidden from Obama'