Everybody must be concerned by accusations that the government is hiding behind claims of a threat to national security to suppress evidence of torture by the CIA on a prisoner still held in Guantánamo Bay that emerged from a high court ruling earlier this week. The ruling blamed the US, with British connivance, for keeping the "powerful evidence" secret, sparking criticism from lawyers, ca...

Secret government memos suggest that the Labour government decided to allow British terrorism suspects to be transported to Guantanamo Bay.

The cost of payments to former detainees at Guantanamo Bay is to stay secret, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has said.

What to make of the out-of-court settlement that has been paid to around a dozen former detainees of Guantanamo Bay? According to unofficial reports, taxpayers might have to shoulder £10 million as a result. One of the men is thought to be receiving £1 million. The explanation seeping out of Westminster makes it sound almost like a practicality. Security chiefs, we're told, were kee...

The government was accused tonight of hiding behind claims of a threat to national security to suppress evidence of torture by the CIA on a prisoner still held in Guantánamo Bay. An unprecedented high court ruling today blamed the US, with British connivance, for keeping the "powerful evidence" secret, sparking criticism from lawyers, campaigners and MPs, who claimed the government had ...

This is pretty much what we can expect from giving jihadis the same legal rights as American citizens and trying them in civilian court: A federal judge has tossed out most of the government's evidence against a tarrorism detainee on grounds his confessions were coerced, allegedly by U.S. forces, before he became a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. In a ruling this week, U.S. District Judge Thomas ...

Lawyers for Binyam Mohamed demand release of information about his rendition to Guantanamo

They sure do get around these bad apples - Abu Ghraib, Bagram Airbase, Guantanamo Bay. Looks like the Guantanamo boys might be going out with a bang. And a crash. And a wallop.…. Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has worsened sharply since President Barack Obama took office as prison guards “get their kicks in”

Lawyers for six former Guantanamo detainees appeal against a ruling the government can use secret evidence in their damages claim.

Commenting on the release of a videotape showing a detainee being questioned by Canadian officials at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Guantanamo Bay, Sarah Teather said: "This depressing video again highlights the barbarity of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. To keep a 16 year old locked up without trial for years on end is a breach of every princ...