UK Guantanamo inmate in legal bid - BBC News

A British occupant facing a military trial in Guantanamo Bay have launched a legal effort to do the United Kingdom authorities release grounds for his defence.

Lawyers playing for Binyam Mohamed, who was detained in Islamic Republic Of Pakistan in 2002, state the authorities have cogent evidence that his testimony was obtained under torture.

They are also seeking grounds he was subjected to "extraordinary rendition" - conveyance abroad for interrogation.

Mr Mohamed's legal squad state he could confront the decease punishment if convicted.

They lodged document at the High Court in Greater London on Tuesday seeking a judicial review.

British intelligence

Mr Mohamed was detained in April 2002 as he tried to go back to the United Kingdom from Pakistan.

He states he was taken from there to Islamic State Of Afghanistan and Kingdom Of Morocco for questioning before being transferred to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

His lawyer, Robert Clive Stafford Smith, said it had been established that Mister Mohamed was questioned by British People intelligence for three hours in Pakistan.

The existent issue here is some magnet of fearfulness that have drawn the moral compass of the United Kingdom authorities far from the way of human rights

Robert Clive Stafford SmithLaywer for Binyam Mohamed

Mr Mohamed states a British security service military officer indicated to him that he was to be taken to an Arab state - something his lawyers state turns out British government knew of a rendering plan.

Mr Stafford Ian Smith desires inside information of this interview to be released.

He is also seeking entree to flight records from the UK-dependent territory of Diego Garcia, which he states could set up that airplanes used for "extraordinary rendition" refuelled there.

And he states the authorities have cogent evidence that Mister Mohamed's genitalia were repeatedly slashed with a razor leaf blade while he was being held in Morocco.

Mr Stafford-Smith said on Tuesday: "The issue here is whether the British authorities have an duty to assist us, as Mister Mohamed's lawyers, turn out that torment grounds have been extracted from him and that is effectively the lone grounds that the United States armed forces is trying to utilize to convict him.

"The existent issue here is some magnet of fearfulness that have drawn the moral compass of the United Kingdom authorities far from the way of human rights."

Charges 'imminent'

The United States authorities have insisted the military courts at Guantanamo are fair, but critics disagree.

They state the criterion of cogent grounds required to convict is much less and those on trial only have got limited entree to the evidence used against them.

Mr Stafford Ian Smith said the substance was now pressing as he understood complaints against his client were "imminent".

Mr Mohamed came to United Kingdom as an refuge searcher in 1994, when he was 16.

Although his refuge claim was never finally determined, he was given leave of absence to remain, and went on to work as a cleansing agent in West London.

But in 2001 he travelled to Islamic State Of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he was later detained.