US accused of 'strategy of delay' over Guantanamo Bay

The US government was accused today of using a “strategy of delayâ€_ to avoid having to disclose evidence that could support a Guantanamo Bay detainee’s torture allegations. Binyam Mohamed, a British resident suspected of terrorism, is fighting a long, high-profile legal battle in both the American and English courts for access to 42 documents. Lawyers for the 30-year-old Muslim convert believe the secret papers may contain information backing his claim that he only confessed to terrorist activities after being held incommunicado for two years between 2002-2004 and suffering ill treatment. Allegations include that at one stage he was sent for interrogation in Morocco, where his penis was cut with a razor. Dinah Rose QC, appearing for Mohamed, told London’s High Court it was Mohamed’s case that eventually he “said... [read full story]