British resident wins Guantanamo ruling

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LONDON (AFP) — A British resident held at Guantanamo Bay won a court ruling Thursday that Britain must disclose material he believes supports his claim that evidence against him was obtained by torture.

Binyam Mohamed, 30, an Ethiopian national being held at the US detention camp on Cuba, is facing a US military trial and possibly the death penalty if found guilty on terrorism charges.

Two judges at London's High Court concluded that British Foreign Secretary David Miliband was under a duty to "disclose in confidence" to Mohamed's legal advisers in Guantanamo Bay certain information relating to him "which is not only necessary but essential for his defence."

Mohamed, who was detained in Pakistan in 2002, is the last remaining Guantanamo detainee with a right...