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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harry Davies

Guantánamo detainee accuses UK agencies of complicity in his torture

A watchtower at the Guantánamo Bay base in Cuba, with a US flag sign fixed to the wall
A watchtower at the Guantánamo Bay base in Cuba, pictured in 2014. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri has been detained at the site since 2006. Photograph: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images

A Guantánamo Bay prisoner tortured by the CIA has accused British intelligence agencies of complicity in his mistreatment in a new case before one of UK’s most secretive courts.

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who is alleged by the US to have plotted al-Qaida’s bombing of an American naval ship, is seeking to persuade the court to consider his complaint against MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.

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