Torture: the 10 claims against the Army

Jenny Booth, Times Online
Lawyers for Baha Musa claimed today that the case had uncovered evidence that the Government approved the systematic torture of detainees. Today a panel of five law lords ruled that Mr Musa, a hotel receptionist who died of multiple injuries after two nights in British military custody, was entitled to the protection of the UK's Human Rights Act while held by British soldiers. The verdict has set a precedent that the rights of foreign detainees abroad must be protected against torture and abuse in the same way as British citizens in the UK...
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