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| Tory MP demands torture statement | |
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| A senior Conservative says ministers must urgently respond to allegations that Britain was complicit in torture. | A senior Conservative says ministers must urgently respond to allegations that Britain was complicit in torture. |
| David Davis said a High Court ruling on Wednesday alleged a British resident held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba had been tortured. | David Davis said a High Court ruling on Wednesday alleged a British resident held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba had been tortured. |
| The ruling suggested the US threatened to withdraw intelligence help from the UK if details were released, Mr Davis claimed in the House of Commons. | The ruling suggested the US threatened to withdraw intelligence help from the UK if details were released, Mr Davis claimed in the House of Commons. |
| The BBC's Nick Robinson said the claims were "extraordinarily serious". | The BBC's Nick Robinson said the claims were "extraordinarily serious". |
| The allegations relate to Binyam Mohamed, a British resident held in Guantanamo, who alleges he was tortured in Pakistan, Morocco and Afghanistan. | |
| Mr Davis said a High Court ruling, which pointed to complicity by the UK and US authorities in his torture, was prevented from being published after the US put pressure on the UK. | |
| He said the US had threatened to withdraw intelligence co-operation from the UK if this happened. | |
| The former shadow home secretary raised the case in a point of order in the House of Commons. | |
| He said Foreign Secretary David Miliband should make a statement to MPs about the issue as soon as possible to "explain what the devil is going on". | |
| Mr Davis said the US authorities should not interfere with the UK judicial process. | |
| He also said the UK government should make it "plain" that it did not support torture in any circumstances. |