Seeking the truth behind detentions

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10 questions on the British Guantánamo Bay detainees

Vikram Dodd
Wednesday January 26, 2005
The Guardian

1 Were the four Britons tortured? If so by whom and in what ways?
Even the FBI raised concerns about prisoner treatment at Guantánamo, as has the Red Cross, which has access to the camps, giving credence to claims of torture.

Moazzam Begg alleges he was beaten and threatened, and Mr Mubanga says that he was shackled, humiliated, and subjected to extremes of temperature. Both Mr Begg and Feroz Abbasi suffered 18 months of isolation, triggering a breakdown for Mr Abbasi, according to his US lawyer.

2 When did British officials know of the torture and did MI5 try to exploit the men's suffering and question them?

The Britons who returned last year claimed they had told Foreign Office officials of their ill treatment and nothing was done. The British government denies this.

Did British security services, who questioned the men many times, know of their conditions?

3 What "security guarantees" did the UK give the US to secure their release?

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