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UK appeals court orders release of details on ex-Guantanamo detainee's treatment

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[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 S read more

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on February 10, 2010 (boomark / email).