[JURIST] The England and Wales Court of Appeal on Wednesday ruled that the government must disclose the seven previously withheld paragraphs outlining the alleged torture of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed. In rejecting the government’s appeal, the court found that, “publication of the redacted paragraphs would not reveal information which would be of interest to a terrorist or criminal or provide any potential material of value to a terrorist or a criminal.” British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband accepted the court’s decision and disclosed the information, but emphasized the importance of the intelligence relationship between the US and Britain. Advocacy groups such as Amnesty International UK welcomed the court’s ruling and called for additional inquiries into the British government’s involvement with the torture.
\nWednesday’s ruling ends the long-running legal battle to keep the information classified. In December, British government lawyers argued that two UK High Court judges acted irresponsibly when they ruled that the details of the detention must be released. This was following an interim ruling by Lord Justice Thomas and Justice Lloyd Jones that redacted the release. Last November, a separate judge on the High Court ruled that, in Mohamed’s separate suit for damages, information relating to his treatment at Guantanamo Bay may be withheld under a “closed material procedure.” Mohamed was returned to the UK in February 2009, after charges against him were dismissed in October 2008. Mohamed had been held at Guantanamo Bay for four years on suspicion of conspiracy to commit terrorism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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