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| Government loses torture appeal | Government loses torture appeal |
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| Foreign Secretary David Miliband has lost a bid to prevent the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident. | Foreign Secretary David Miliband has lost a bid to prevent the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident. |
| Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed says UK authorities knew he was tortured at the behest of US authorities during seven years of captivity. | Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed says UK authorities knew he was tortured at the behest of US authorities during seven years of captivity. |
| Mr Miliband had said releasing the material would harm national security. | Mr Miliband had said releasing the material would harm national security. |
| But judges ruled the documents, which say his treatment was "cruel, inhuman and degrading", should be released. | |
| The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, said the court would now publish a summary of what the CIA had told British intelligence officials about Mr Mohamed's treatment in 2002. | The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, said the court would now publish a summary of what the CIA had told British intelligence officials about Mr Mohamed's treatment in 2002. |
| Mr Mohamed was secretly flown to Morocco in 2002 having been arrested in Pakistan over a visa irregularity and handed to US officials. | Mr Mohamed was secretly flown to Morocco in 2002 having been arrested in Pakistan over a visa irregularity and handed to US officials. |
| There, he says, he was tortured while interrogators asked him questions about his life in London that could only have come from British intelligence officers. | There, he says, he was tortured while interrogators asked him questions about his life in London that could only have come from British intelligence officers. |