Comments on: Binyam Mohamed: Evidence of Torture by US Agents Revealed in UK

By: New letter to William Hague, asking him to secure the return from Guantánamo of Shaker Aamer « freedetainees.org

Wed, 26 May 2010 04:15:08 +0000

[...] news that foreign secretary William Hague has ordered a judicial inquiry into allegations of British complicity in torture, I’ve amended the letter to him that I drafted just four days ago, which, in addition to calling [...]

By: Andy Worthington: Judge Rules Yemeni’s Detention at Guantanamo Based Solely on Torture

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:46:04 +0000

[...] Prison” correspond with those of numerous other prisoners, including the British resident Binyam Mohamed, whose descriptions were included in my article, “A History of Music Torture in the [...]

By: Abu Zubaydah’s Torture Diary « freedetainees.org

Abu Zubaydah’s Torture Diary « freedetainees.org — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:37:51 +0000

[...] 2009), UN Secret Detention Report Asks, “Where Are The CIA Ghost Prisoners?” (January 2010), Binyam Mohamed: Evidence of Torture by US Agents Revealed in UK (February 2010). Also see the extensive archive of articles about the Military [...]

By: As Police Launch New Torture Inquiry, It’s Time For Shaker Aamer To Come Home from Guantanamo « freedetainees.org

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:21:58 +0000

[...] Mohamed’s case, the High Court judges refused to back down, leading to an extraordinary ruling two weeks ago, in the Court of Appeal, ordering the government to release information revealing how US agents had [...]

By: Binyam Mohamed on Omar Khadr: A Scapegoat for a Failed “War on Terror” « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:05:06 +0000

[...] week, while the UK Court of Appeal was shining a spotlight on the case of Binyam Mohamed, ordering details of his torture by US agents to be revealed to the public, Binyam himself — a British resident, subjected to “extraordinary [...]

By: Binyam Mohamed: Evidence of Torture by US Agents Revealed in UK « moof

Binyam Mohamed: Evidence of Torture by US Agents Revealed in UK « moof — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:53:31 +0000

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By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:05:12 +0000

Thanks, Kabuli. Always good to hear from you, and to have your insights. And yes, “interview” is rather misplaced isn’t it? Although in this world of twisted words, it effortlessly joins “detainees” and “enhanced interrogation” and “we don’t torture” …

By: Kabuli

Kabuli — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:34:09 +0000

What a wonderful victory, and what incredible lessons of human dignity and ethics one ex-prisoner after the other are giving us : first Moazzam Begg after the hysterical attacks on him and Cageprisoners since last Sunday, now Binyam Mohamed who does not want the MI5 agent who caused him so much suffering, to be sacrificed as a scapegoat.
I wonder whether they realize just how inspiring they are, how much they give to us, while having received so exceptionally little themselves.

Maybe there is some justice after all, and if our democracies one day will come back to life, they will certainly owe a lot to people like yourself, the lawyers and judges who have retained their ethical values, and the victims who find it in their hearts to choose reconciliation instead of revenge.

PS : With all due respect to the contents of the Judges’ statement, how on earth did political correctness get brutal interrogation to be termed ‘interview’ ?!

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:04:50 +0000

Thanks for the comments, everyone. Keep them coming!

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:04:23 +0000

Willy Bach wrote:

Binyam Mohamed’s torture has the blood-stained hand-print of David Miliband and the entire British government all over it. If Britain want (so much) to be the poodle in the US Imperial alliance, they will find that they will be branded with the same abysmally low standards of conduct that pertain to their senior partner — and they can eventually face court in The Hague (if the USAF haven’t bombed it by then).

If you say you do not agree with torture you have to act accordingly. There is no half-way point for collaborators.