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UK to Appeal Order Demanding Publication of US Torture Docs
The government says it will appeal against a ruling that US intelligence documents detailing the alleged torture of an ex-UK resident can be released.
Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed, 31, who spent four years in Guantanamo Bay, claims British authorities colluded in his torture while he was in Morocco.
The UK government, which stopped judges publishing the claims on national security grounds, denies any collusion.
A US State Department spokesman said it was “not pleased” by the court ruling.
Any publication of the material will be delayed until an appeal takes place.
The key document in the case is a summary of abuse allegations that US intelligence officers shared with their counterparts in London.
When the High Court gave its original judgement on the case last year, a seven-paragraph summary of Mr Mohamed’s torture claims was removed on the orders of Foreign Secretary David Miliband.
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