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27 May 2010, 4:30 am by Angus McCullough QC
When in opposition, William Hague had called for an independent judicial inquiry into claims that British officials had colluded in the torture of Binyam Mohammed. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 7:50 am by Tom Parker
The Spanish action comes at the same time as the British Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, has directed London’s Metropolitan Police Service to investigate the participation of a Security Service (MI5) officer known only as Witness B in the interrogation of former Guantanamo inmate Binyam Mohamed during his detention in Karachi in 2002. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 4:11 pm by Tom Parker
The administration has also continued to block the release of 42 classified documents concerning the ill-treatment of British Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed. [read post]
7 Aug 2007, 7:14 am
" Here is how Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian citizen and U.K resident, was treated in the CIA's "Dark Prison" in Kabul, Afghanistan: On his first day in the "Dark Prison," Mr. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 1:30 pm by David Kravets
British resident Binyam Mohamed is among five plaintiffs who claim CIA torture. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 5:09 am by Adam Wagner
The Crown Prosecution Service announced last week that it would not be bringing charges in relation to some of the historic allegations – particularly in relation to Binyam Mohammed and a 2002 incident at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. [read post]
27 Feb 2009, 11:44 am by Tom Parker
” Finally, one chilling reminder of just how important these issues remain comes from the legal charity Reprieve which represents 31 of the Guantanamo detainees, including British detainee Binyam Mohamed released earlier this week. [read post]
Among those transported by Aero were Khaled el-Masri, Binyam Mohamed, and Abou el-Kassim Britel. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 9:05 am by Jennifer Turner, Human Rights Program
Cameron Todd Willingham and Claude Jones, two almost certainly innocent men put to death in Texas 300+ immigrant meatpacking workers in Iowa arrested and convicted en masse in one week without adequate legal representation, then deported from their families without any court review of their valid claims for immigration relief Binyam Mohamed, Abou Elkassim Britel, Ahmed Agiza, Mohamed Bashmilah, and Bisher al-Rawi,… [read post]
22 Aug 2010, 11:00 pm by Isabel McArdle
In Binyam Mohamed the Claimant has alleged repeated torture in US custody. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 10:00 pm
From the beginning Joe Margulies, the other civilian lawyer working for Binyam Mohamed, encapsulated the proper response to this: if we could open up the prison to public inspection, the government would close it down. [read post]
20 May 2012, 6:09 am by Rosalind English
(Al Rawi v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2008] QB 289 Sumption stays scrupulously clear of any evaluation of this particular legal and ethical “muscle” and whether it should prevail over other arguably robust legal and ethical arguments, such as the need to maintain the secrecy of material supplied to the UK under intelligence cooperation arrangements (the issue at the centre of many recent cases, notably Binyam Mohammed v Secretary… [read post]
11 May 2012, 7:43 am by Charon QC
January saw the conclusion of the 3 year long MI5/MI6 torture debacle which started in 2008 with the Binyam Mohamed case. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 11:03 am by Adam Wagner
This has meant that the courts repeatedly required the Government to disclose secret documents, meaning that the Government has been forced to settle claims in order to prevent public revelation of the documents – most notably in the Binyam Mohammed (pictured) litigation which was eventually settled for millions of pounds, The current state of the law, as put by the Justice Secretary in his Forward: has rendered the UK justice system unable to pass judgment on these vital… [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 9:58 pm by Richard Mumford
Sign up to free human rights updates by email, Facebook, Twitter or RSS Read more Analysis: No secret hearings at 7/7 Inquests Failed Binyam Mohamed privacy case highlights open justice trend Widow of 7/7 bomber refused legal aid for inquest   [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 11:45 pm by Alasdair Henderson
Sign up to free human rights updates by email, Facebook, Twitter or RSS Related posts Previous posts on terrorism Law to change on terrorist asset freezing after critical Supreme Court judgment Failed Binyam Mohamed privacy case highlights open justice trend [read post]
20 Jul 2010, 1:52 am by charonqc
Contrast this to the criticisms levelled by Lord Neuberger, the Master of the Rolls, in the case of Binyam Mohamed. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 11:55 am by Charon QC
” For a more recent affirmation of the principle, see R(Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2010] EWCA Civ 65, paras 38-42, per Lord Judge CJ. 20. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:37 pm by carie
The government batted away each reasonable request.Ultimately, this week, we had no choice but to sue to confirm the prisoners' names.As the political parties squabble over cutting waste, they would do well to begin with the government's pointless defence of the indefensible with their expensive hired legal guns – here, as in Binyam Mohamed's case.As if this were not folly enough, now the government has threatened to try to make Reprieve – a charity… [read post]
2 May 2010, 1:39 pm by Hilde
The government batted away each reasonable request.Ultimately, this week, we had no choice but to sue to confirm the prisoners' names.As the political parties squabble over cutting waste, they would do well to begin with the government's pointless defence of the indefensible with their expensive hired legal guns – here, as in Binyam Mohamed's case.As if this were not folly enough, now the government has threatened to try to make Reprieve – a charity… [read post]