Court Rebukes Government Attempt to Use Secret Evidence in Torture Lawsuit

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Source: AFP

Court rebukes government attempt to use secret evidence in torture lawsuit

By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 -- 6:28 pm

A court rejected Tuesday a government attempt to use secret evidence to defend alleged conspiracy in torture, in a ruling welcomed by former Guantanamo Bay inmates.

Three Court of Appeal judges ruled that secret evidence cannot be used in civil proceedings brought by six ex-detainees of the notorious US prison camp, including high-profile former British resident Binyam Mohamed.

"We applaud the Court of Appeal's excellent decision to keep our courts open, so that the British public may continue to see justice done in their name," said Clive Stafford Smith, head of legal charity Reprieve.

Sapna Malik of lawyers Leigh Day and Co added that he was "delighted that the Court of Appeal has fully accepted... that the government has been seeking to introduce, via the backdoor, unconstitutional and manifestly unfair measures.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0504/court-rebukes-government-attempting-secret-evidence-torture-lawsuit

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