The attempt to have unprecedented secret hearings comes as part of a case brought by four British residents and three UK citizens who were held in Guantánamo Bay. They are suing and allege the UK government and the security services were complicit in their rendition, unlawful detention and torture.
In documents presented as part of its case, the government has admitted:
• One Briton, Martin Mubanga, was repeatedly interviewed by security service officers while “restrained with plastic leg cuffs”;• That the British security services provided questions to be put to the detainees by others during interrogation sessions. The detainees maintain the questioning followed ill-treatment.
The case is being brought against the domestic security service, MI5, the foreign intelligence service, MI6, the home and foreign offices and the attorney general.
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