Binyam Mohamed

Binyam Mohamed

Date of Birth: 24 July 1978
Arrested: April 2002
Held: Pakistan, Morocco, Guantanamo Bay
Released: February 2009


  1. New report on Binyam Mohamed v Foreign Office: the myth of the ‘leaky’ case and why the security services want us to believe it

    Reprieve has today released an analysis of the case of Binyam Mohamed v Foreign and Commonwealth Office aimed at debunking the dangerous myths around the case.

    27 March 2012

  2. Justice Secretary Ken Clarke “unsettled” by expert lawyers’ opposition to secret justice – he must now act

    The Justice Secretary today admitted that he was “unsettled” by the response of a group of expert lawyers to the Government’s controversial secret justice plans.

    06 March 2012

  3. Scotland Yard Report Finds British Citizen Was Tortured in Secret CIA Site

    by Raymond Bonner, The Atlantic, 12/01/12

    12 January 2012

  4. CIA's victims should not have to fight the system for justice

    by Cori Crider, The Independent, 10/09/2010

    10 September 2010

  5. US government uses state secrecy to block lawsuit for CIA rendition and torture victims

    The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled by a 6-5 majority that ex-prisoners cannot sue Jeppesen Dataplan, a Boeing subsidiary that arranged extraordinary rendition flights for the CIA, after the Obama administration invoked ‘state secrets’ privilege.

    09 September 2010

  6. State Secrets

    by Jane Mayer, New Yorker, 09/09/2010

    09 September 2010

  7. Torture is a crime, not a secret.

    New York Times, 08/09/2010

    08 September 2010

  8. Government memos show Prime Minister Tony Blair ordered the Foreign Office to violate its legal obligation to assist British citizens abroad - bowing to pressure from President George W Bush

    Documents released last night in the Binyam Mohamed civil court case reveal that then-Prime Minister Tony Blair personally overruled the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's demand for consular access to British 'ghost' prisoners.

    14 July 2010

  9. Torture Complicity Under the Spotlight in Europe (Part One): The UK

    by Andy Worthington, The Public Record, 06/07/2010

    12 July 2010

  10. Judges ban secret evidence in Guantánamo compensation case

    by Frances Gibb, The Times, 05/05/10

    05 May 2010

  11. Court of Appeal overturns Government's attempt to defend Guantánamo torture claims with secret evidence

    The Court of Appeal has today “firmly and unambiguously” rejected the government’s argument that it is open to a Court, in the absence of statutory power, to order a “closed material procedure” in relation to the trial of an ordinary civil claim, such as the claims of former Guantanamo detainees brought against the British Security Services and various government departments for alleged complicity in their torture and maltreatment over several years.

    04 May 2010

  12. After a full year, the British Government still refuses to reveal its ‘Torture Policy’-- reneging on assurances that it would be published before today’s Parliamentary debate on torture

    One year ago today, on March 18 2009, Gordon Brown promised to publish the new ‘Torture Policy’ – guidance for intelligence officers who find evidence of torture in the field.

    18 March 2010

  13. Banned text on UK's MI5 published

    by Al Jazerra English, 26/02/10

    01 March 2010

  14. Binyam Mohamed: A victory for open justice and the rule of law

    by Afua Hirsch, The Guardian, 26/02/10

    01 March 2010

  15. Judges Reveal 'Missing' Torture Criticism

    by Ruth Barnett, Sky News, 26/02/10

    26 February 2010

  16. Secret paragraph in Binyam Mohamed judgment published

    The Appeal Court today published their original judgment in the Binyam Mohamed case, revealing controversial paragraph that the Foreign Office's barrister sought to suppress.

    26 February 2010

  17. Files that reveal how MPs were misled over torture

    by Tim Shipman, The Daily Mail, 16/02/10

    16 February 2010

  18. MI5 chief may be to blame for complicity in torture, Binyam Mohamed lawyer claims

    by Peter Walker, The Guardian, 15/02/10

    16 February 2010

  19. How MI5 kept watchdog in the dark over detainees' claims of torture

    by David Leigh and Richard Norton Taylor, The Guardian, 15/02/10

    15 February 2010

  20. A stuffed toy can't stop prisoner abuse, Mr Howells

    It is said that the very existence of the Security Services (SyS) involves violating, if not our own laws, the laws of other countries.

    15 February 2010

  21. A mockery of justice

    by Paddy McGuffin, The Morning Star, 10/02/10

    15 February 2010

  22. Binyam Mohamed ruling a 'tactical retreat'

    by Penny Ayres, Channel 4 News , 10/02/10

    11 February 2010

  23. U.S. data about Guantanamo detainee's treatment is revealed in Britain

    by Karl Adam, The Washington Post, 11/02/10

    11 February 2010

  24. Binyam Mohamed: text of letter which reveals court's criticism of 'deliberately misleading' security service

    the Guardian, 10/02/10

    11 February 2010

  25. British Government attempts to change Court of Appeals judgment after losing Binyam Mohamed secrecy case

    In an extraordinary and disturbing development in the Binyam Mohamed case, it emerged that the British Government’s barrister wrote a note to one of the Court of Appeal judges in an attempt to manipulate the draft judgment.

    10 February 2010

  26. Foreign Secretary loses Appeal in Binyam Mohamed torture case

    The Court of Appeals today ordered the publication of seven paragraphs that the Foreign Secretary had sought to suppress. Here are the paragraphs:

    10 February 2010

  27. Guantánamo Bay: Binyam Mohamed v Foreign and Commonwealth Office case briefing

    A summary of the litigation Reprieve has conducted on behalf of Binyam Mohamed in the English Courts.

    10 February 2010

  28. Binyam Mohamed torture case appeal court ruling due

    by the Press Association, 10/02/10

    10 February 2010

  29. Foreign Office backs down over Binyam Mohamed censorship

    by Matthew Moore, The Telegraph, 17/12/09

    17 December 2009

  30. Binyam Mohamed case: David Miliband steps up bid to hide proof of torture

    by Richard Norton Taylor and Afua Hirsch, The Guardian, 13/12/09

    15 December 2009

  31. Minister attacks judges in Binyam Mohamed torture case

    by BBC News, 14/12/09

    15 December 2009

  32. Torture cover-up continues

    In the government's desperate commitment to cover up British complicity in torture, the drip-drip-drip of evidence seeping out continues.

    20 November 2009

  33. British government uses 'Alice in Wonderland' argument to cover up torture of Binyam Mohamed

    The Foreign Secretary is attempting to suppress details of torture methods used on Binyam Mohamed, citing US disapproval - despite the fact that the methods have already been published by the Obama Administration.

    19 November 2009

  34. Reprieve is dismayed by today’s High Court judgment allowing evidence of government collusion in torture to be heard in special secret courts.

    In an alarming decision, Mr Justice Silber has approved in principle the introduction of a new category of ‘secret evidence’, including that detailing the illegal detention and torture of British citizens and residents.

    18 November 2009

  35. Letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown querying his failure to fulfil his promise to release secret intelligence policy

    Clive Stafford Smith asks why, after eight months, the Government has failed to release the guidance given to Security Service agents on how to deal with evidence of torture abroad.

    18 November 2009

  36. Guantánamo torture: UK wants claims of complicity to be heard in secret

    by Vikram Dodd and Richard Norton Taylor, The Guardian, 26/10/09

    27 October 2009

  37. Ban on 'torture documents' lifted

    by BBC News, 16/10/09

    19 October 2009

  38. UK defeated over 'torture documents'

    by Andrew Woodcock and Mike Taylor, Press Association, 16/10/09

    19 October 2009

  39. Release Of 'Torture' Files 'Poses Risk To UK'

    by Hazel Tydesley, Sky News, 16/10/09

    19 October 2009

  40. Binyam Mohamed: Judges overrule attempt to suppress torture evidence

    by Richard Norton-Taylor, Guardian, 17/10/09

    17 October 2009

  41. Hiding proof of torture is not in the public interest, Mr Miliband

    At long last, two High Court judges have told the Government what any sane person already knew.

    17 October 2009

  42. Why fume over press freedom?

    David Miliband insists--again--that lofty principles require keeping just seven paragraphs on the abuse of Binyam Mohamed out of the public domain. We should rejoice that the British justices knew better.

    16 October 2009

  43. Judges reject Government attempt to suppress information about the torture of Binyam Mohamed

    In a great victory for press freedom and open democracy, the High Court today ruled that seven paragraphs of their judgment in the Binyam Mohamed case, which the Foreign Secretary sought to suppress, must be reinstated and released to the public.

    16 October 2009

  44. MI5 can't keep turning a blind eye to torture

    Torturing people doesn't keep us safe. MI5 should stop making policy by anecdote and condemn those who abuse prisoners

    16 October 2009

  45. Britain's 'wall of secrecy'

    by Andrew Wander, Al Jazeera English, 04/08/09

    05 October 2009

  46. Binyam Mohamed: I will fight for other prisoners

    by Cahal Milmo, The Independent, 31/08/09

    31 August 2009

  47. Promises broken on torture, transparency

    San Franciso Chronicle, 14/08/09

    14 August 2009

  48. MI5 'misled MPs during torture inquiry'

    by Robert Verlaik, The Independent, 08/08/09

    08 August 2009

  49. Reprieve has today written to the Intelligence and Security Committee alerting them to the fact that they were seriously misled by their own service.

    Reprieve has today written to the Intelligence and Security Committee, the body in charge of policing the British Secret Services, alerting them to the fact that they were seriously misled by their own Service about crimes committed under their watch.

    07 August 2009

  50. New revelations from High Court show far deeper British involvement in the torture of Binyam Mohamed and possible perjury by British Secret Agents

    British judges today revealed new details of the role of British Secret Services in the illegal detention and torture of Binyam Mohamed.

    31 July 2009

  51. New evidence in Binyam Mohamed 'torture' case

    by Richard Norton-Taylor, The Observer, 31/07/09

    31 July 2009

  52. Watch: CIA threaten intelligence sharing over redacted seven paragraphs regarding Binyam Mohamed's torture

    Clive Stafford Smith talks to BBC Newsnight.

    31 July 2009

  53. Watch: MI5 visited Binyam Mohamed in Morocco

    Clara Gutteridge speaks to Channel 4 News.

    31 July 2009

  54. UK opens Guantanamo justice centre

    YouTube, 30/07/09

    30 July 2009

  55. Binyam Mohamed High Court case: hearing tomorrow 10am

    Lawyers representing ex-Guantánamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed will tomorrow renew their efforts to persuade judges to release information detailing his torture.

    28 July 2009

  56. Binyam Mohamed’s allegations spark debate on British use of torture to combat terror threats

    by Sonya Sceats, freedetainees.org, 24/07/09

    24 July 2009

  57. Investigation into MI5 torture allegations could jeopardise national security

    by Benedict Brogan and Christopher Hope, The Telegraph, 18/07/09

    18 July 2009

  58. Musicians ask Obama to ban music torture

    by Mary Shaw, The People's Voice, 17/07/09

    17 July 2009

  59. Police to investigate MI5 over Binyam Mohamed torture claims

    by Duncan Gardham, The Telegraph, 10/07/09

    10 July 2009

  60. Disputing the Facts

    by Adam Serwer, The American Prospect, 09/07/09

    09 July 2009

  61. MP claims UK 'outsourced torture'

    BBC News, 08/07/09

    08 July 2009

  62. Former Gitmo prisoner says abuse photos exist

    by Nedra Pickler, Marine Corps Times, 07/07/09

    07 July 2009

  63. Former 'Gitmo' inmate: Photos show abuse - full interview with Ahmed Ghappour

    by Hermione Gee, Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, 07/07/09

    07 July 2009

  64. Alleged Torture Photos Slated for Destruction

    by Alexandra Jaffe, the Washington Independent, 07/07/09

    07 July 2009

  65. Former Inmate Says Photos Show Abuse at Guantánamo

    by Raymond Bonner, New York Times, 06/07/09

    06 July 2009

  66. Binyam Mohamed's appeal to US not to destroy torture evidence tests our freedom

    by Cindy Casella, DailyKos.com, 06/07/09

    06 July 2009

  67. Ex Gitmo Detainee says US to destroy evidence of torture

    by Naomi Fowler, Free Speech Radio News, 06/07/09

    06 July 2009

  68. Binyam Mohamed, the former Guantánamo detainee, fights legal battle to stop US destroying abuse evidence

    by Ben Leach, the Telegraph, 06/07/09

    06 July 2009

  69. Ex-Gitmo prisoner trying to save torture photo

    PressTv.com, 06/07/09

    06 July 2009

  70. Binyam Mohamed launches legal fight to stop US destroying torture images

    by Richard Norton Taylor, the Guardian 05/07/09

    05 July 2009

  71. Binyam Mohamed launches legal fight to stop US destroying torture images

    by Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, 05/07/09

    05 July 2009

  72. Beyond Iraq, a public inquiry that would really matter

    by Clive Stafford Smith, The Independent, 21/06/2009

    21 June 2009

  73. What does the government have to hide?

    David Miliband has again stonewalled allegations that Britain was complicit in Binyam Mohamed's torture. What is he hiding?

    16 June 2009

  74. Tortuous evasions on torture

    by Clive Stafford Smith, Guardian 16/06/09

    16 June 2009

  75. Latitude Festival

    Reprieve Director Clive Stafford Smith will speak at the the Latitude Festival's Literary Arena on Saturday 18th July.

    11 June 2009

  76. Torture cover-up continues: British government refuses to name the source of a letter claiming to represent the views of President Obama on Binyam Mohamed case

    The British government today used a letter from an ‘unnamed official‘ in the Obama Administration to justify suppressing details of the torture of former Guantánamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed.

    01 June 2009

  77. More twists in the tale of Binyam Mohamed

    by Andy Worthington, The Guardian 23/05/09

    26 May 2009

  78. Rendition Monologues: Southwark Theatre

    Based on transcripts from Reprieve's client interviews, iceandfire's documentary play will be performed at the Southwark Playhouse in London.

    24 May 2009

  79. Clive Stafford Smith will describe new evidence of UK complicity in torture at a Foreign Affairs Committee hearing tomorrow

    Reprieve director Clive Stafford Smith will give evidence at the Foreign Affairs Committee’s Inquiry on Human Rights, which begins tomorrow

    19 May 2009

  80. MI5 'used Muslim 007' to turn British torture victim in Moroccan

    by Vanessa Allen, Mail Online, 16/05/09

    16 May 2009

  81. 'Make sure you say that you were treated properly.'

    by Gareth Peirce, London Review of Books, 14/05/09

    14 May 2009

  82. Binyam Mohamed ruling: Judges will re-consider public disclosure of UK complicity in torture

    The High Court has announced that it will re-open its original judgment that details of the torture of former Guantánamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed should remain secret in the interests of national security.

    08 May 2009

  83. Binyam Mohamed American litigation win: US Court of Appeals rejects the Obama Administration’s use of state secrets privilege to block case

    The Obama Administration cannot use state secrecy doctrine to block Binyam Mohamed’s litigation against aviation company Jeppesen Dataplan, a US Federal Court ruled yesterday.

    29 April 2009

  84. Torture cover-up continues: FCO submits to the British court that the Obama Administration wants evidence of Binyam Mohamed’s torture to remain suppressed

    The British Government today attempted again to persuade High Court judges not to allow the release of information about the torture of Binyam Mohamed, reiterating the US government’s hard-line position on the case, supposedly continued under President Obama.

    22 April 2009

  85. Rhetoric and Reality

    Franck Martin speaks to Clive Stafford Smith about Guantánamo Bay and the profound significance of the legal case of Binyam Mohamed.

    21 April 2009

  86. Government makes 'unprecedented' apology for covering up Binyam torture

    by David Rose, Daily Mail 19/04/09

    19 April 2009

  87. Music Torture Conference, Bard College NYC

    Reprieve attends Music Torture conference at Bard College, New York.

    14 April 2009

  88. Defense Department threatens Gitmo lawyer with jail for writing to President Obama

    by Daphne Eviatar, The Washington Independent 06/04/09

    06 April 2009

  89. Investigation launch over torture claims

    The Muslim Weekly 05/04/09

    05 April 2009

  90. Watch: Explosive case of complicity in torture

    Clare Algar talks about Binyam Mohamed on CNN.

    27 March 2009

  91. Reprieve welcomes the decision by the Attorney General to refer allegations of collusion in Binyam Mohamed’s torture to the Metropolitan Police

    Reprieve is delighted by the Attorney General’s announcement that she has referred Binyam Mohamed’s case to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

    26 March 2009

  92. Watch: Pressure building on British Government over MI5 torture allegations.

    Clive Stafford Smith and Clare Algar speak to BBC World News Today about Binyam Mohammed.

    26 March 2009

  93. Watch: Police investigation of MI5 'appropriate'.

    Clare Algar and Clive Stafford Smith speak on Channel 4 News.

    26 March 2009

  94. Watch: Police investigation of MI5 'appropriate'

    Clive Stafford Smith talks on Binyam Mohamed's on Channel 4 News.

    26 March 2009

  95. Watch: Police will investigate MI5 chain of command

    Clare Algar talks about the investigation into MI5's role in Binyam Mohamed's case on Sky News.

    26 March 2009

  96. Torture cover-up continues: FCO submits to the British court that the Obama administration wants evidence of war crimes committed against Binyam Mohamed to remain suppressed

    Yesterday afternoon, the FCO submitted additional documentation to the British judges sitting on the case of Binyam Mohamed stating that the US government continues to demand the suppression of evidence concerning the torture of Binyam Mohamed.

    25 March 2009

  97. A Rendition of Justice

    This article is a plea for help in tracing those ultimately responsible for the rendition to torture of Binyam Mohamed, who spent seven years suffering one form of degradation or another, from Pakistan to Morocco to Afghanistan to Guantánamo Bay.

    24 March 2009

  98. British court releases some of the confidential material in the case of Binyam Mohamed: US military tried to get him to sign a false statement saying he had never been abused as condition for his rele

    Today, the two British judges sitting on the case of Binyam Mohamed have revealed how the US government tried to get Binyam Mohamed to sign an agreement stating that he had never been tortured, to promise not to speak with the media upon his release, and to plead guilty as a condition of his release back to Britain – all without his lawyers being allowed access to evidence that would help prove his innocence.

    23 March 2009

  99. Watch: Attorney General asks for Scotland Yard to investigate MI5

    Clive Stafford Smith speaks to BBC News about Binyam Mohammed.

    23 March 2009

  100. Watch: Was MI5 complicit in torture of Binyam Mohamed

    legal Director Zachary Katznelson speaks on BBC Newsnight about Binyam Mohammed.

    23 March 2009

  101. Watch: Scotland Yard to see whether British spies broke the law

    Clare Algar talks about Binyam Mohamed on ITV News.

    23 March 2009

  102. Reprieve welcomes Gordon Brown’s announcement on intelligence-gathering and new ISC report on Binyam Mohamed

    Reprieve welcomes the British government’s decision to publish guidance issued to intelligence officers and military personnel on the questioning of detainees held overseas, and the news that intelligence Services Commissioner Sir Peter Gibson will monitor compliance and report annually.

    18 March 2009

  103. Watch: Police to investigate claims MI5 colluded in torture of Binyam Mohamed

    Clive Stafford Smith speaks to BBC News about Binyam Mohammed.

    09 March 2009

  104. Watch: Binyam Mohamed reveals MI5 complicit in his torture

    Clare Algar talks to BBC News about Binyam Mohammed.

    08 March 2009

  105. Watch: Reprieve demands inquiry into allegations that MI5 witnessed torture

    Clare Algar talks about Binyam Mohamed on Channel 5.

    08 March 2009

  106. Watch: Binyam Mohamed reveals telegrams showing British collusion in his torture

    Clare Algar talks to BBC News about Binyam Mohammed.

    07 March 2009

  107. Watch: MI5 contributed to the questioning of Binyam Mohamed

    Clive Stafford Smith speaks to Channel 4 News about Binyam Mohamed.

    03 March 2009

  108. Binyam Mohamed returns from Gitmo

    How Binyam is coping with his first few days of freedom.

    01 March 2009

  109. Binyam Mohamed: ‘British officers were allies of my abusers’

    by Esme Choonara, Socialist Worker Online, 28/02/09

    28 February 2009

  110. 'US to decide' on Binyam evidence

    BBC News Online, 28/02/09

    28 February 2009

  111. SACC welcome return of Binyam Mohamed

    by Scotland Against Criminalising Communities, 24/02/09

    24 February 2009

  112. Guantánamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed released back to Britain

    After a long battle with the US authorities, Reprieve is pleased to announce that Binyam Mohamed has been released from Guantanamo Bay and will today arrive in Britain.

    23 February 2009

  113. Binyam Mohamed press conference scheduled 11.45am today Monday 23rd February

    Reprieve and Amnesty International UK will hold a press conference today at 11.45am on Guantánamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed's return to Britain.

    23 February 2009

  114. It's time to come clean about a shameful chapter in our history

    Clare Algar questions the role played by the British government in the detention of Binyam Mohamed.

    23 February 2009

  115. A statement from Binyam Mohamed

    Reprieve client Binyam Mohamed issues a statement through Clive Stafford Smith following his release from Guantanamo Bay.

    23 February 2009

  116. Reprieve is delighted at the news that Guantánamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed will be released back to Britain.

    Reprieve welcomes the Foreign Office announcement that Binyam Mohamed will return to the UK as soon as practicable.

    20 February 2009

  117. Mr Miliband's Muddle

    How has a basically decent person such as David Miliband got himself into such a muddle over torture?

    12 February 2009

  118. Binyam Mohamed’s military lawyer Lt Col Yvonne Bradley to meet David Miliband and the ISC, and address Parliamentary Hearing and Press Conference.

    Lt Col Yvonne Bradley, the military counsel for British resident Binyam Mohamed, will tomorrow meet with highest level government figures in order to plead for his release from Guantanamo Bay.

    10 February 2009

  119. Parliamentarians, Member of Congress, and US military lawyer Lt Col Yvonne Bradley hold a day of events to raise the issue of torture in the case of Binyam Mohamed

    Lt Col Yvonne Bradley, the military counsel for British resident Binyam Mohamed, will tomorrow meet with parliamentarians and senior government figures in order to secure his release from Guantánamo Bay, and ensure that the public has the right to know about his torture.

    10 February 2009

  120. Feds unaware of role of Canadian in torture

    Stephen Thorne, Winnipeg Free Press 07/02/09

    07 February 2009

  121. UK government suppressed evidence on Binyam Mohamed torture because MI6 helped his interrogators

    by Tim Shipman and Melissa Kite, The Telegraph 07/02/09

    07 February 2009

  122. Further twist in torture case: Binyam Mohamed’s lawyers have applied to re-open yesterday’s judgement on the basis that the UK government misled the court.

    Leigh Day & Co and Reprieve are seeking to re-open Mohamed v. Secretary of State on the basis that the judgement relied on ‘misleading evidence’ provided by the UK Government.

    05 February 2009

  123. British resident Binyam Mohamed has been released from Guantanamo Bay, and returns to the UK after seven years of imprisonment, rendition and torture.

    Reprieve is delighted to welcome Binyam Mohamed home. We are relieved that his seven-year ordeal is finally over and hope that he will now be offered every support in rebuilding his life in Britain.

    31 January 2009

  124. High Court decries US bad faith in the case of Binyam Mohamed, British resident in Guantánamo Bay

    Reprieve (the legal action charity) and Leigh Day, who represent British resident Binyam Mohamed, announce that the UK High Court has, in harsh terms, condemned the actions of the US government in its mistreatment of Mr. Mohamed.

    22 October 2008

  125. US military drops Guantánamo charges against British resident Binyam Mohamed

    Reprieve, the legal action charity whose lawyers represent British resident Binyam Mohamed, announces that the US military has dropped all charges against Mr. Mohamed in his proposed trial by Military Commission at Guantánamo.

    21 October 2008

  126. Lush employees lead hunger strike on behalf of Guantánamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed

    As the case of British resident and Reprieve client Binyam Mohamed returns to the UK High Court, Lush Cosmetics is calling for a nation-wide hunger strike on 15th October to draw attention to Binyam’s torture and illegal imprisonment in Guantánamo Bay.

    14 October 2008

  127. Binyam Mohamed’s case returns to UK High Court

    Leigh Day & Co. and Reprieve are back in the UK High Court next week, representing British resident Binyam Mohamed, who has been in US custody since July 2002, and in Guantánamo since September 2004.

    10 October 2008

  128. US Government drops ‘dirty bomb plot’ allegation against British resident Binyam Mohamed

    Reprieve, the legal action charity whose lawyers represent British resident Binyam Mohamed, is delighted to announce that the central charge against Mr. Mohamed in his proposed trial by Military Commission at Guantánamo – that he was involved in a plot to set off a radioactive ‘dirty bomb’ in a US city – has been dropped by the US Government.

    07 October 2008

  129. Reprieve condemns “unlawful command influence” in Guantánamo’s military commissions

    Reprieve, the legal action charity, today condemns the politicisation of the military commission system at Guantánamo (the novel trial system for prisoners seized in the “War on Terror” that was conceived in November 2001), with particular reference to the case of British resident Binyam Mohamed.

    16 September 2008

  130. Other statements from Binyam Mohamed about life in Guantánamo

    11 August 2008 Speaking of his ill-health, Binyam said, “I’m sick, and I don’t know it. We got so used to being sick that we scarcely notice. Like a person limping who stops noticing, my health problems are so chronic that I barely notice them anymore.”

    08 September 2008

  131. Binyam Mohamed’s feelings on the British attitude to his case.

    After three weeks of the "welfare" visit from the British government, Binyam Mohamend is disappointed that his welfare has not improved.

    08 September 2008

  132. High Court judgement: UK Goverment fails to take sufficient account of Binyam Mohamed's torture

    Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones handed down their second judgment this afternoon on the case of Guantánamo Bay prisoner and British resident Binyam Mohamed.

    29 August 2008

  133. UK government strongly condemned for complicity in US crimes

    Lord Justice Thomas and Justice Lloyd Jones handed down their judgement this morning on the case of Guantánamo Bay prisoner and British resident Binyam Mohamed. Foreign Secretary David Miliband was given one week in which to reconsider the government’s refusal to share evidence with Mr. Mohamed that could help prove his innocence.

    21 August 2008

  134. Torture verdict in High Court tomorrow

    Reprieve (the legal action charity which represents 32 prisoners in Guantánamo Bay) announces that Lord Thomas is due to deliver his judgment tomorrow morning on the case of Guantanamo Bay prisoner, Binyam Mohamed.

    20 August 2008

  135. Torture verdict in High Court tomorrow

    Lord Thomas is due to deliver his judgment tomorrow morning on the case of Guantánamo Bay prisoner, Binyam Mohamed.

    30 July 2008

  136. Adding Insult to Injury

    Reprieve report on Torture in the Twenty-First Century: Refuting the ‘incredible’ US statement that Binyam Mohamed’s Description of his CIA-sponsored torture in Morocco is ‘not credible’

    30 July 2008

  137. Reprieve urgently requests Irish evidence of Binyam Mohamed’s torture crew

    On 25 July British legal charity Reprieve wrote to Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen requesting evidence central to Binyam’s defence (letter to Prime Minister attached). Both Binyam’s renditions to torture in Morocco and Afghanistan were enabled through Irish complicity.

    28 July 2008

  138. Binyam Mohamed hearing on torture evidence – Monday 10:30 Royal Courts of Justice, London

    This Monday, 28 July, Binyam will at last have his day in court – and a chance to obtain evidence of his torture in the possession of the UK government.

    25 July 2008

  139. Binyam Mohamed turns 30 in Guantánamo Bay

    Reprieve has repeatedly asked the British Government to intervene on Binyam’s behalf. We have just heard from the British Government that they asked the US in May to examine the question of Binyam’s ‘mistreatment’. The US Government has now responded, saying that, based on a review of their records and consultations, that the allegations made by Mr Mohamed are “not credible".

    24 July 2008

  140. On International Day Against Torture, Reprieve renews calls for release of torture victim Binyam Mohamed from Guantánamo

    Today, June 26, marks the 21st anniversary of the day that the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment came into force. Since 1998, it has been marked by the UN as the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture.

    26 June 2008

  141. As George Bush visits London, Reprieve tells Bush and Brown: Bring Binyam Back to Britain

    Representatives of Reprieve, including Director Clive Stafford Smith, released Guantánamo prisoners and other supporters will be meeting at 3 pm outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, where they will publicize Binyam’s plight.

    13 June 2008

  142. Human Cargo: Binyam Mohamed and the Rendition Frequent Flyer Programme

    Binyam Mohamed’s torture odyssey from Goldhawk Road to Guantánamo Bay.

    10 June 2008

  143. Britain’s moral compass gone awry

    Binyam Mohammad and the special relationship.

    29 May 2008

  144. Fair Trial My Arse

    Agent Provocateur and Lush Cosmetics help Reprieve to highlight the plight of prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay.

    01 February 2008

  145. Torture Team Book Launch

    Reprieve will attend and fundraise at the launch of Phillippe Sands' book Torture Team, which will be held at the Law Society in June.

    01 June 2007

  146. Human Rights: calling time on Guantánamo

    The Guantánamo military commission: commission or con-mission? It was designed to con the world into thinking the military respected due process...

    10 July 2006

  147. Case briefing: Binyam Mohamed vs Jeppeson Dataplan

    A summary of the litigation Reprieve is conducting on behalf of Binyam Mohamed and others in the US against Jeppeson Dataplan.

    22 June 2006

  148. Guantánamo Diary, March 2006

    Binyam Mohamed addresses ten questions to Senator John McCain about the realities of enforcing the McCain Amendment.

    14 March 2006

  149. The Special Relationship: Godfather to Godfather

    Its like the “Mafia Protocol”, the omertà or Code of Silence: if the Americans admit to torture, but object to anyone mentioning it, the British are apparently required to keep quiet...

    20 February 2005

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