Libyan dissident tortured by Gaddafi to sue Britain over rendition

[alp227]

Source: The Guardian

A Libyan dissident is launching legal action against the British government after a cache of secret documents discovered in Tripoli exposed the pivotal role played by MI6 in his rendition to one of Muammar Gaddafi's jails.

In a case that threatens to cause acute discomfort to some former ministers in the last Labour government as well as senior intelligence officers, Sami al-Saadi is claiming damages from the UK for the years of torture he subsequently suffered.

Saadi has hired the same teams of lawyers who represented Binyam Mohamed, the former Guantánamo inmate. They have lodged a claim which names as defendants not only MI6 but also MI5, the Foreign Office, the Home Office and the attorney general's office. They have also called on Scotland Yard to launch a criminal investigation.

Earlier this week the lawyers demanded the government disclose copies of all communications mentioning the joint UK-Libyan rendition operation. It is unclear whether any of these communications identify the ministers said by Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6, to have authorised the operation.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/06/libyan-dissident-tortured-sues-britain

[Demeter]

1. Sue them, Prosecute them, Rule of Law Regain

[pinboy3niner]

2. +1

[joshcryer]

3. Good. Fuck rendition.

Hate that Obama still utilizes it. It's a mark on his anti-torture policies because rendition is torture. Still can't believe MI6 maintained contact all the way up until Tripoli fell.