On Tuesday, Binyam Mohamed, a 29-year old British resident in Guantánamo, sued the British government for refusing to produce evidence which, his lawyers contend, would demonstrate that he was tortured for 27 months by or on behalf of US forces in Morocco and Afghanistan, that any “evidence” against him was only obtained through torture, and that the British government and intelligence services knew about his torture and provided personal information about him — unrelated to terrorism — that was used by the Americans’ proxy torturers in Morocco. Andy Worthington reports.

Media Workers Against the War reports on the case of Sami al-Haj, recently released from Guantanamo Bay – and on the media’s near silence on the issue.

British Attorney Philippe Sands speaks to Democracy Now about the White House role in sanctioning torture.

British agents are alleged to have questioned men at a Pakistani interrogation centre after they had been brutally mistreated. Ian Cobain reports.

Gareth Peirce looks at the position of Muslims in Britain today, comparing it with that of the Irish during the Troubles.

When talking about Iranian asylum seekers, activists should be careful not to play the Home Office’s game. Scott Long of Human Rights Watch reports.

The Ministry of Defence has at last admitted that the rights of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi who died in British detention, were violated in 2003. The human rights organsiation Liberty reports.

The government has tried to silence a former SAS soldier who tried to set the record straight on the UK’s complicity in torture. Marcus Morgan reports.

David Miliband is the good guy, supposedly untainted by the decision to invade Iraq. He even apologises for having misled the House of Commons on rendition – when it was all the Americans’ fault, really.

Ben Griffin is the former SAS soldier who has decided to go public about British complicity in torture and rendition. See his statement just after the Government imposed a gagging order on him.

Philip Zimbardo’s analysis of how, psychologically, we permit torture is spot-on, says Phil Shiner. But how did we allow it politically?

David Milliband’s ‘apology’ means nothing, while British military personnel continue to hand detainees over to US forces in the sure knowledge that they will be tortured. Former SAS officer Ben Griffin speaks from personal experience about the UK’s violation of international law in Iraq.

Torture, show trials and execution – former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Moazzam Begg talks to Socialist Worker about the reality of US policy

The Guantánamo returnees should be treated first and foremost as victims of a serious miscarriage of justice – having suffered ‘rendition’, secret detention and alleged torture, say Amnesty International.

Andy Worthington explains why news that four British residents are to be released from Guantánamo provides grounds for cautious celebration, but also points out that two British residents will not be coming home.

If Nato investigated the treatment of its detainees in Afghanistan, it would no doubt find a disturbing reality, writes Amir Attaran.

Thousands of people whose application for asylum has been declined are now living destitute in Britain. Many of them have chose a life of abject poverty in the UK to the torture they fear they will face if they return home. Britain doesn’t care.

One of the more sordid and long-running stories in Anglo-American colonial history reared its ugly head again on Friday when the UK’s all-party foreign affairs committee announced plans to investigate long-standing allegations that the CIA has, since 2002, held and interrogated al-Qaeda suspects at a secret prison on the island of Diego Garcia.

Political leaders as much as military bosses need to face up to our brutal detention policy in Iraq, writes Phil Shiner.