Comments on: UK Appeals Court Rules Out Government’s Use of Secret Evidence in Guantánamo Damages Claim

By: A Good Day For Justice: British Supreme Court Bans Use Of Secret Evidence By Intelligence Services - OpEd

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:40:36 +0000

[...] by lawyers for MI5 — but with the explicit backing of the government — sought to overturn a ruling in the Court of Appeal last May, when judges ruled that the intelligence services could not suppress allegations, in a civil claim [...]

By: UK Sought Rendition of British Nationals to Guantánamo; Tony Blair Directly Involved « http://underclassrising.net

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:53:05 +0000

[...] coalition government failed in its attempt to persuade the High Court to bring a temporary halt to a civil claim for damages filed by six former Guantánamo prisoners, unleashing, instead, a torrent of previously classified and deeply disturbing documents. These [...]

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Sat, 08 May 2010 13:38:02 +0000

This was my reply:

Thanks for the comments, everyone. I think this is an important ruling on the eve of the General Election, and will hopefully give pause to whoever comes into power, as I’m in agreement with Willy.
Miliband has proved himself unfit for office, but the Tories may be no less bleak, even though the occasional MP — Andrew Tyrie, David Davis, for example — have been robust in their opposition to the crimes committed in the “War on Terror.”

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Sat, 08 May 2010 13:37:23 +0000

Noah Birksted-Breen wrote:

Fantastic! I tried to go to a SIAC trial, I was told it would be open, but they wouldn’t let me in – or anyone or any press. I wonder if this will end now?….

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Sat, 08 May 2010 13:36:58 +0000

Shaker Elsayed wrote:

Hope one day, UK’s court system and that of the USA catch up with decency, truth & by the way, something called “JUSTICE”, for a lack of a more Politically correct term!!

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Sat, 08 May 2010 13:36:33 +0000

Over on Facebook, Willy Bach wrote:

Andy, as I read these accounts I have to ask myself what kind of people are these who are governing Britain? Clearly, the rule of law means nothing to them. They prefer the legal fiction (and science fiction) of the discredited war on terror.

I think there needs to be a concerted effort to get David Milliband out of public life. He is an unfit person to be elected.

This government has set some dangerous precedents in interfering in the BBC and with the judiciary. If the Conservatives (who are honest enough to spell their name like this) win the election, they will use these precedents to push further into the dark realm of the securitised state.

Good job we have these current rulings to keep them in check for the time being. “Whoever governs us from Friday would be wise to bear this in mind.” (LIKE)