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04/02/2009
Davis Calls For 'Guantanamo Torture' Statement
A former shadow home secretary has called on ministers to urgently respond to allegations the Government was complicit in the torture of a resident in Guantanamo Bay.
Senior Conservative David Davis said a High Court ruling today had alleged a British resident who was held in the Cuban detention camp had been tortured.
According to reports, Mr Davis claimed the Bush administration said it had threatened to withdraw all intelligence help from the UK if details of the torture were released.
Mr Davis made the claims today in the House of Commons.
The former shadow home secretary said: "I want to raise the issue of a judgment made at 1:45pm today by Lord Justice Thomas, in the case of a British resident currently held at Guantanamo Bay, who has made an accusation of torture inflicted on him while held in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Morocco.
"The ruling implies that torture has taken place in this case, British agencies may have been complicit, but most importantly, that the United States government has threatened Britain's High Court that if it releases this information, the US government will withdraw its intelligence co-operation with the UK in matters of security."
The allegations relate to Binyam Mohamed, a British resident held in Guantanamo, who alleges he was tortured in Pakistan, Morocco and Afghanistan.
(JM/KMcA)
Senior Conservative David Davis said a High Court ruling today had alleged a British resident who was held in the Cuban detention camp had been tortured.
According to reports, Mr Davis claimed the Bush administration said it had threatened to withdraw all intelligence help from the UK if details of the torture were released.
Mr Davis made the claims today in the House of Commons.
The former shadow home secretary said: "I want to raise the issue of a judgment made at 1:45pm today by Lord Justice Thomas, in the case of a British resident currently held at Guantanamo Bay, who has made an accusation of torture inflicted on him while held in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Morocco.
"The ruling implies that torture has taken place in this case, British agencies may have been complicit, but most importantly, that the United States government has threatened Britain's High Court that if it releases this information, the US government will withdraw its intelligence co-operation with the UK in matters of security."
The allegations relate to Binyam Mohamed, a British resident held in Guantanamo, who alleges he was tortured in Pakistan, Morocco and Afghanistan.
(JM/KMcA)
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