The British government Wednesday suffered a setback in its efforts to keep secret a dossier of crucial intelligence evidence relating to torture allegations made by a former Guantanamo detainee, DPA reported.
In a landmark ruling, the Court of Appeal in London said that information concerning torture allegations made by Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed, 31, should be published.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who had filed the appeal, said the government accepted the decision that the relevant documents should be released.
Mohamed, who alleges he was tortured during seven years of captivity, including time in Pakistan and Morocco, returned to Britain, his country of residence, after his release from Guantanamo in January 2009.
He was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and became one of the first detainees to be freed from Guantanamo after the inauguration of President Barack Obama last year.
Miliband had argued that publication of the material in question would have harmed national security and damaged confidential intelligence cooperation with the US.
British court orders publication of "secret" Guantanamo papers
The British government Wednesday suffered a setback in its efforts to keep secret a dossier of crucial intelligence evidence relating to torture allegations made by a former Guantanamo detainee.
