UK urged to reveal ‘torture’ file

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A legal charity has begun a legal fight to force the UK government to reveal what it knew about an alleged CIA “rendition flight” in 2002. Reprieve is to bring a case on behalf of a man who says he was tortured in Egypt after being flown there via the British territory of Diego Garcia. Iqbal Madni, who was freed from Guantanamo Bay last year, claims he was tortured during a CIA interrogation. The Foreign Office said the UK condemned torture “unreservedly”. Last year, Foreign Secretary David Miliband admitted Diego Garcia had been used for rendition flights, but the UK government has so far refused to reveal what else it knew about the flights.

Reprieve is taking legal action to obtain the release of UK government information relating to the flight involving Mr Madni, who spent six years in Guatanamo Bay detention camp.

Mr Madni, who was arrested on 11 January 2002 in Jakarta, Indonesia, believes his journey to Cairo took in a refuelling stop at a US facility in Diego Garcia.

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