Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident held in Guantánamo Bay. Photograph: PA (The Guardian)Top US Lawyer Warns Of Deaths At Guantánamo -- The Guardian
Lieutenant-Colonel Yvonne Bradley, an American military lawyer, will step through the grand entrance of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London tomorrow and demand the release of her client - a British resident who claims he was repeatedly tortured at the behest of US intelligence officials - from Guantánamo Bay. Bradley will also request the disclosure of 42 secret documents that allegedly chronicle not only how Binyam Mohamed was tortured, but may also corroborate claims that Britain was complicit in his treatment.
But first, Bradley, a US military attorney for 20 years, will reveal that Mohamed, 31, is dying in his Guantánamo cell and that conditions inside the Cuban prison camp have deteriorated badly since Barack Obama took office. Fifty of its 260 detainees are on hunger strike and, say witnesses, are being strapped to chairs and force-fed, with those who resist being beaten. At least 20 are described as being so unhealthy they are on a "critical list", according to Bradley.
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More News On Guantanamo
On the trail of torture -- Times Online
UK government suppressed evidence on Binyam Mohamed torture because MI6 helped his interrogators -- The Telegraph
Tell us the truth about torture, Mr Miliband -- The Guardian
Detainee 'just skin and bones' after six years in custody -- The Guardian
GITMO Contradictions (?)-- Threatswatch
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