British police investigating alleged torture of former Guantanamo detainee

October 9th, 2009 Former Guantanamo detainee arrives in BelgiumBRUSSELS — The Belgian government says a former detainee of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay has arrived in the country where he will be granted residency.

September 16th, 2009 Hungary to accept 1 Guantanamo detaineeBUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's prime minister says his country will accept one prisoner from the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military detention center that President Barack Obama has pledged to close.

September 11th, 2009 UK: Police to investigate MI6 over torture claimLONDON — British police say they are investigating an allegation that the country's foreign spy agency was complicit in torture. Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who oversees MI6, said Friday the agency had referred a case itself to the country's chief legal adviser, who ruled police should carry out an inquiry.

September 11th, 2009 UK police probe spy agency MI6 on torture claimLONDON — British police are investigating an allegation that the country's MI6 overseas spy agency was complicit in torture, the second inquiry launched in recent months examining the conduct of the country's spies. Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who oversees MI6, said the agency had referred a case to the government's chief legal adviser Patricia Scotland, who ruled that police should carry out an inquiry.

September 11th, 2009 UK police to investigate spy over torture claimLONDON — Britain's foreign intelligence agency MI6 reported one of its officers to authorities amid new concerns over the country's possible complicity in torture, prompting police to launch an investigation Friday, officials said. MI6 referred an incident to the government's chief legal adviser, Patricia Scotland, who ruled police should carry out an inquiry, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said.

September 4th, 2009 Belgium to take in 1 former Guantanamo inmateBRUSSELS — The Belgian government says it has accepted a U.S. request to take in one detainee from U.S.

August 25th, 2009 Canada to appeal ruling on Guantanamo detaineeTORONTO — The government plans to appeal a court ruling that directs it to ask the U.S. to return the last Western detainee at Guantanamo Bay to Canada.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - The British Government has said that an inquiry into whether Britain's intelligence services have been involved indirectly in the torture of terrorist suspects by foreign agencies is not necessary. The decision follows after the head of MI6, Sir John Scarlett, publicly insisted that none of his intelligence officers could be accused of complicit involvement in torture.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - The British government came under increased pressure Tuesday to answer allegations that its intelligence agencies were complicit in the torture of terrorism suspects abroad. The Joint Human Rights Committee of the British parliament said in a report that there was now a "disturbing number of credible allegations" of British complicity in torture concerning suspects detained in the wake of the Sep 11, 2001 attacks in the US.

July 22nd, 2009 Guantanamo trial moved away from 9/11 anniversaryNEW YORK — The 2010 trial for a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa has been moved further from the anniversary of the Sept.

July 2nd, 2009 Detainee attorney seeks to suppress interrogationsWASHINGTON — Attorneys for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner asked a federal judge Wednesday to exclude as evidence against him the statements he made during at least 57 interrogations since his capture, saying they were the result of torture and other coercion. Because of the detainee's treatment, some of his statements have already been suppressed by a U.S.

June 16th, 2009 UK: Hard to eradicate risk some allies use tortureLONDON — Britain has abandoned some attempts to gather intelligence from detainees held overseas for fear they may be abused, the foreign secretary said Tuesday. But David Miliband also said he could not guarantee that Britain's allies would refrain from abusing detainees.

June 9th, 2009 1st Gitmo detainee brought to US pleads not guiltyNEW YORK — The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be brought to the United States for trial has pleaded not guilty in two embassy bombings. Ahmed Ghailani entered the plea Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan.

April 29th, 2009 Amnesty: Obama sends mixed message on human rightsLONDON — President Barack Obama has not yet managed to shake off the legacy of torture, impunity and unlawful detention he inherited from the previous U.S. administration, a leading human rights organization said Wednesday.

February 24th, 2009 LONDON - The first prisoner to be released from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, since US President Barack Obama ordered a review of all detainee cases, arrived in Britain Monday alleging that he was subjected to 'medieval' torture in which British intelligence services had been complicit. Binyam Mohamed, a 30-year-old Ethiopian national who lived in Britain before his arrest in Pakistan in 2002, touched down at a military airport near London, accompanied by a doctor and government officials.