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| UK government forced to publish US torture allegations |
| 12 Feb 2010 |
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The British government has lost a legal battle to prevent the disclosure of secret US intelligence material relating to allegations of "cruel and inhuman" treatment involving the CIA.
London's Court of Appeal has rejected a request by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband to prevent senior judges from disclosing claims of torture.
The claims relate to former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed who had reportedly been shackled and subjected to sleep deprivation and threats while in US custody.
Mr Miliband had argued that full disclosure of the redacted claims might make the United States less willing to share intelligence and thus prejudice Britain's national security.
But last October, two High Court judges ruled there was "an overwhelming public interest" in releasing the details, a decision the Appeal Court upheld on Wednesday.
938LIVE's Tamal Mukherjee speaks to anti-terrorism expert Clive Williams at the Australian National University, to know more about the impact of releasing sensitive intelligence material.
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