(UK) Guantanamo Bay detainees set for government payout

Source: BBC

Former detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp are set to be paid substantial compensation by the government, the BBC understands.

Six former prisoners, including Binyam Mohamed, had sought the compensation via the High Court.
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A lawyer connected to the Guantanamo detainees told the BBC that the government has settled a case, brought by a number of men, who have alleged that the British security services were complicit in their torture.

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with whom they were complicit.

Source: Washington Post

Britain to compensate ex-Guantanamo detainees alleging abuse
By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi
Special to The Washington Post
Tuesday, November 16, 2010; 5:24 AM

The British government will pay several million dollars in compensation in an out-of-court settlement to several former Guantanamo Bay detainees, according to media reports.

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke will reveal details of the settlement later this morning, government sources confirmed.

The move follows British Prime Minister David Cameron's decision in July to launch an inquiry into Britain's role in torture since the September 2001 terrorist attacks.

Cameron said then that the inquiry was intended to halt the number of claims being brought against the government by former prisoners alleging abuse sanctioned by ministers and MI5 and M16 intelligence officers. The prime minister added that the inquiry would only begin after the former detainees' cases had been resolved.

The former detainees were pursuing a high-profile court action accusing government ministers and intelligence agencies of colluding in torture and unlawful imprisonment in detention centers around the world, including in Pakistan, Morocco and Guantanamo Bay.




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Source: AFP

Britain to pay compensation to Guantanamo detainees

By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 -- 8:52 am

A British minister will address parliament Tuesday following media reports that the government is to pay millions of pounds in compensation to former Guantanamo Bay detainees.

The Cabinet Office, which handles government business, said in a statement that the government would update parliament about the case on Tuesday.

The settlement came after weeks of negotiations between the two sides, with two senior lawyers acting as independent arbiters, Independent Television News reported.

One former prisoner was in line to receive more than one million pounds (1.6 million dollars, 1.1 million euros), said ITN.

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