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UK-USA: Binyam Mohamed torture appeal lost by UK government

01 February 2010

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Binyam Mohamed torture appeal lost by UK government (BBC News, link): "Binyam Mohamed has been involved in a lengthy legal battle The foreign secretary has lost an Appeal Court bid to stop the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident" and British Government attempts to change Court of Appeals judgment after losing Binyam Mohamed secrecy case (Reprieve, link): "In an extraordinary and disturbing development in the Binyam Mohamed case, it emerged that the British Government’s barrister wrote a note to one of the Court of Appeal judges in an attempt to manipulate the draft judgment."

Full text of court judgment (pdf) and Full text of censored paragraphs (pdf)

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