Sixteen people who were allegedly tortured at the behest of the Americans are being paid millions of pounds in compensation by the British taxpayer, ministers confirmed... more
Equality chiefs accused of wasting taxpayers’ money after threatening to sue the Government over new guidelines on how British agents should deal with terror suspects facing torture overseas... more
The Government’s announcement of an inquiry into British complicity in torture is long overdue. Now it is essential that the judge-led inquiry is thorough and that its lessons are learned by the security services... more
Some MI5 officers accused of having a 'dubious record' over telling the truth as the Court of Appeal publish full details of controversial ruling on Binyam Mohamed case... more
Written guidelines for British secret agents on how to interrogate prisoners held overseas will face a legal challenge in the courts, a human rights group announce... more
Head of MI5 strongly defends work of the Security Service in the face of damaging accusations that it sought to cover up its involvement in the torture of detainees... more
By coincidence, the Mayor, Boris Johnson, has held an emergency summit with rail operators on the same day that a report on the Eurostar debacle at Christmas is launched... more
Stricter scrutiny of MI5 should be introduced to boost public confidence in the way that Britain’s security and intelligence operations are carried out, the Government’s terrorism watchdog said... more
Secret evidence describing how former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed was tortured was finally published after a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal... more
Perhaps the only thing to be said about the economic crisis in Greece is that it makes every other EU economy, ours included, look good by comparison... more
Foreign Secretary will ask the Court of Appeal to block disclosure of intelligence material in the case of former terror detainee Binyam Mohamed... more
The US government has threatened to withhold future intelligence from Britain if a court releases details of the torture of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed... more
Former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed is “emaciated and weak” and struggling to deal with life since returning to Britain, his family and friends told the Evening Standard... more
Now that Binyam Mohamed has returned to the UK from detention at Guantanamo Bay, there must be quite a few Whitehall mandarins — not to mention some ex-ministers — who are wandering Westminster frantically trying to clean the blood from their hands... more
Lawyers acting for a London resident who claims he was tortured before being flown to Guantanamo Bay are launching a new High Court bid to have alleged evidence of his ill treatment made public... more
Foreign secretary David Miliband faces claims of a cover-up over allegations that British security services colluded in the torture of a terror suspect... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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