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Judges will re-consider public disclosure of UK complicity in torture

DDD | 12.05.2009 14:22 | World

The High Court has announced that it will re-open its original judgment that details of the torture of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed should remain secret in the interests of national security.

 http://cryptome.org/0001/uk-torture.htm
"Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones have now announced that they will re-open their judgment. They will publish full reasons for their decision shortly.

Mr Miliband is to be given a final opportunity to present evidence to the Court of the true situation if he wishes to continue to seek to suppress the details of Mr Mohamed's treatment. The Court will then reconsider the question of whether it will publish those details. It is anticipated that the issue will finally be determined in June."

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Gareth Peirce writes about Torture, Secrecy and the British State
 http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n09/peir01_.html

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