Terror suspects held 'illegally' in Afghanistan prison named by charity
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/15/terror-suspects-afghanistan-bagram
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After years of investigation, a charity called Reprieve named the two men Amanatullah Ali and Yunus Rahmatullah, who were previously unidentified when transferred from British to US forces in Afghanistan and held in Bagram.
The article states, that the MoD didn't release their names (not even to the families) because it would 'would be in breach of the Data Protection Act.'-Guardian.
However, in the article it is clear the two men were left in a 'legal black hole' because of this. The charity states the two men weren't insurgents and were unable to gain access to any lawyers or their families. There is also evidence that the transfer was known about in 2004 by the defence secretary John Hutton.
With the news concentrating more on the debates this week, I recommend giving this article a good read because it might be a while before it's addressed on other news outlets.
"The British legal aid system will not allow his family to bring a case because there is insufficient proof Saleh was the prisoner rendered to Afghanistan, though only the British government had proof, Reprieve said."
"In his statement last year, Hutton referred to allegations first made in 2008 by Ben Griffin, a former SAS soldier, that British troops had handed over to the US detainees who were then rendered to Iraq. The MoD subsequently obtained a gagging order preventing Griffin from saying anything further."- The Guardian
The article states, that the MoD didn't release their names (not even to the families) because it would 'would be in breach of the Data Protection Act.'-Guardian.
However, in the article it is clear the two men were left in a 'legal black hole' because of this. The charity states the two men weren't insurgents and were unable to gain access to any lawyers or their families. There is also evidence that the transfer was known about in 2004 by the defence secretary John Hutton.
With the news concentrating more on the debates this week, I recommend giving this article a good read because it might be a while before it's addressed on other news outlets.
"The British legal aid system will not allow his family to bring a case because there is insufficient proof Saleh was the prisoner rendered to Afghanistan, though only the British government had proof, Reprieve said."
"In his statement last year, Hutton referred to allegations first made in 2008 by Ben Griffin, a former SAS soldier, that British troops had handed over to the US detainees who were then rendered to Iraq. The MoD subsequently obtained a gagging order preventing Griffin from saying anything further."- The Guardian
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