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| A senior Tory MP has joined calls for an inquiry into whether UK resident and former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed was tortured. | A senior Tory MP has joined calls for an inquiry into whether UK resident and former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed was tortured. |
| David Davis said he was "convinced" that Mr Mohamed was tortured and that the government may have known about - or even colluded with - the torture. | David Davis said he was "convinced" that Mr Mohamed was tortured and that the government may have known about - or even colluded with - the torture. |
| Mr Mohamed, who was detained for seven years, says his torturers received assistance from British intelligence. | Mr Mohamed, who was detained for seven years, says his torturers received assistance from British intelligence. |
| Ministers say a decision on an inquiry must await their own investigations. | Ministers say a decision on an inquiry must await their own investigations. |
| But they are facing increasing pressure from senior figures - including their own terror watchdog Lord Carlile - to set up a full judicial inquiry. At the moment we have got an investigation by the Attorney General Harriet Harman MP | But they are facing increasing pressure from senior figures - including their own terror watchdog Lord Carlile - to set up a full judicial inquiry. At the moment we have got an investigation by the Attorney General Harriet Harman MP |
| Mr Davis, a former shadow home secretary, told the BBC's Andrew Marr: "I am convinced... that Binyam Mohamed was actually tortured. | Mr Davis, a former shadow home secretary, told the BBC's Andrew Marr: "I am convinced... that Binyam Mohamed was actually tortured. |
| "I am pretty convinced that we knew about it, and I'm reasonably convinced - I think there's a prima facie case - that we colluded in it in some way". | "I am pretty convinced that we knew about it, and I'm reasonably convinced - I think there's a prima facie case - that we colluded in it in some way". |
| He said if the allegations were true then "a huge number of laws had been broken", and to attempt to cover it up was also a breach of the law. | He said if the allegations were true then "a huge number of laws had been broken", and to attempt to cover it up was also a breach of the law. |
| He said he favoured a "judge-led inquiry" into the torture claims, echoing calls from Lord Carlile who accused ministers of providing only a "limited" account of the UK's role in the abduction and alleged torture of terror suspects. | He said he favoured a "judge-led inquiry" into the torture claims, echoing calls from Lord Carlile who accused ministers of providing only a "limited" account of the UK's role in the abduction and alleged torture of terror suspects. |
| Lord Carlile told the Sunday Times that a judicial inquiry was needed to look into the claims made Mr Mohamed. | Lord Carlile told the Sunday Times that a judicial inquiry was needed to look into the claims made Mr Mohamed. |
| He also favoured an inquiry into the treatment of two al-Qaeda suspects in Afghanistan who the government has now admitted were handed over to American forces by the SAS in 2004. | He also favoured an inquiry into the treatment of two al-Qaeda suspects in Afghanistan who the government has now admitted were handed over to American forces by the SAS in 2004. |
| Torture claims | Torture claims |
| Mr Mohamed has said British agents supplied "questions and material" to his torturers after he was abducted and flown to Morocco by his American captors. | Mr Mohamed has said British agents supplied "questions and material" to his torturers after he was abducted and flown to Morocco by his American captors. |
| He was subsequently transferred to Guantanamo Bay, from where he was released to the UK on Monday. | He was subsequently transferred to Guantanamo Bay, from where he was released to the UK on Monday. |
| The government has responded to his allegations by asking the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, to decide whether there should be a criminal investigation. | The government has responded to his allegations by asking the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, to decide whether there should be a criminal investigation. |
| Asked whether there should be a public inquiry into Mr Mohamed's case, Deputy Prime Minister Harriet Harman told the BBC: "Lord Carlile stands outside the government and gives the government very important advice on this. | Asked whether there should be a public inquiry into Mr Mohamed's case, Deputy Prime Minister Harriet Harman told the BBC: "Lord Carlile stands outside the government and gives the government very important advice on this. |
| "Obviously we will have to listen to what he says but at the moment we have got an investigation by the Attorney General." | "Obviously we will have to listen to what he says but at the moment we have got an investigation by the Attorney General." |
| Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said: "Lord Carlile is the government's own reviewer and from a government point of view has always been a safe pair of hands. | |
| "When even he feels a need to call for a judicial inquiry the game must be up and the inquiry will no doubt soon follow." | |
| But there has been mounting criticism at the length of time being taken to decide whether police should investigate the allegations. | But there has been mounting criticism at the length of time being taken to decide whether police should investigate the allegations. |
| This week Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said: "To take four months to make a decision of this kind is a very long time. I think we need a decision now." | This week Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said: "To take four months to make a decision of this kind is a very long time. I think we need a decision now." |
| The Conservatives say there is an "urgent need" for the government to be as transparent as possible about rendition as well as the Binyam Mohamed case. | The Conservatives say there is an "urgent need" for the government to be as transparent as possible about rendition as well as the Binyam Mohamed case. |
| A spokesman said: "If it fails to do so the case for a wide-ranging inquiry will become steadily stronger." | A spokesman said: "If it fails to do so the case for a wide-ranging inquiry will become steadily stronger." |