Document Details | APPG Press Release on Binyam Mohamed Judgment

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Name	APPG Press Release on Binyam Mohamed Judgment
Description	Andrew Tyrie MP responds to the Court of Appeals judgment today, which ruled that information detailing Binyam Mohammed's ill treatment should be released. The seven paragraphs contain a summary of what the CIA told their British counterparts about Binyam Mohamed's treatment in Pakistan in 2002. The UK was told that the US employed tactics including sleep deprivation, threats and inducements, and shackling during his interrogation. The Court noted that this "could readily be contended to be at the very least cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by the United States authorities". The seven paragraphs had been redacted from a previous judgment, but the Court of Appeals rejected David Miliband's argument that the information should remain secret because its publication would harm intelligence sharing with the US and our national security. Andrew Tyrie MP commented: “This court ruling adds to the drip-drip of damaging information on the UK government's involvement in rendition, at great cost to the UK’s credibility, to the morale of our security services, and to relations with our allies.” “The best course now is for the government to concede the need for a judge-led inquiry into rendition so that we can have full disclosure. This is supported by almost everybody except the government, including Lord Carlile, the Government’s own independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, The Joint Committee on Human Rights, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and other experts in this field.” “Only by getting the truth into the public domain can we bring closure to this disgraceful episode in which Britain appears to have allowed itself to become complicit in kidnap and torture. Only full transparency will give the public confidence that such complicity will never happen again.”
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