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UK: JUSTICE Press release: Court of Appeal rules secret trial of torture claims would be ‘pyrrhic victory’ for government

01 May 2010

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Court of Appeal rules secret trial of torture claims would be ‘pyrrhic victory’ for government (pdf):

"The Court of Appeal this morning unanimously rejected the government’s request to hold a secret trial to determine the claims of seven UK residents (including Moazzem Begg and Binyam Mohamed) that the British government had been complicit in their torture overseas."

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