Thursday, August 21, 2008

Way To Go Reprieve

Click on the title for the analysis by Reprieve of the decision on Thursday of the British Court in the case of Binyam Mohamed. Clive also summarizes the analysis this way: (a) the US cannot be depended upon to provide fair discovery with respect to Guantanamo; (b) US denials of the rendition and torture of Binyam Mohamed are "untenable"; (c) the UK was complicit in the illegality; and (d) given that complicity and the unreliability of US discovery mechanisms, the UK must provide disclosure itself.

The Open Judgment is at: http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/docs/judgments_guidance/mohamed_full210808.pdfthe Summary of the Open Judgment at:http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/docs/judgments_guidance/mohamed_summary210808.pdf

1 comment:

Charles Gittings said...

BAILII has an HTML version of the opinion which can be copied or searched...

August 21, 2008
Mohamed v. Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs

[2008] EWHC 2048 (Admin)

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2008/2048.html