London - The first prisoner to be released from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since US President Barack Obama ordered a review of all detainee cases, arrived in Britain Monday alleging that he was subjected to "medieval" torture in which British intelligence services had been complicit.
Binyam Mohamed, a 30-year-old Ethiopian national who lived in Britain before his arrest in Pakistan in 2002, touched down at a military airport near London, accompanied by a doctor and government officials.
He was detained by immigration officials for several hours of questioning but released Monday evening, London's Metropolitan Police said.
London, Apr 2 : Former terrors suspect Binyam Mohamed in a testimony has said that he witnessed Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafiya Siddiqui during her detention at the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, contradicting the official position forwarded by the US Government that she and her children were not in American custody prior to July 2008
London - A British resident held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp for more than four years is expected to be released shortly after an agreement was reached on his transfer to Britain, the government said Friday.
