after his inauguration, U.S President Barack Hussein Obama had signed an executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay
Binyam Mohamed, a former British resident held at Guantanamo Bay, has arrived in the United Kingdom after being released from the United States prison camp.
Mohamed, who landed at RAF Northolt in London, has spent seven years in US captivity without charge, with more than four of those at the camp in Cuba.
He claims he was tortured in custody, after being arrested in Pakistan in 2002 on suspici
on of training and plotting to set off a radioactive bomb.
Mohamed said in a statement: "I have been through an experience that I never thought to encounter in my darkest nightmares.
"It is difficult for me to believe that I was abducted, hauled from one country to the next, and tortured in medieval ways, all orchestrated by the United States government."
Clive Stafford Smith, Mohamed's lawyer and the founder of Reprieve, a UK-based legal action charity, said he hoped the British government would "allow Binyam's immediate release".
Stafford Smith said: "He is a victim who has suffered more than any human being should ever suffer.He just wants to go somewhere very quiet and try to recover. Every moment that he is held compounds the abuse he has endured."
In a statement, Reprieve said Mohamed said he wished to thank "all those in Britain who have worked for his freedom, including many members of the British government".
Mohamed, whose British residency has expired, was accompanied by UK police officers and could be sent back to his native Ethiopia.
Courtesy: Al Jazeera..more..
Mohamed, who landed at RAF Northolt in London, has spent seven years in US captivity without charge, with more than four of those at the camp in Cuba.
He claims he was tortured in custody, after being arrested in Pakistan in 2002 on suspici
on of training and plotting to set off a radioactive bomb.Mohamed said in a statement: "I have been through an experience that I never thought to encounter in my darkest nightmares.
"It is difficult for me to believe that I was abducted, hauled from one country to the next, and tortured in medieval ways, all orchestrated by the United States government."
Clive Stafford Smith, Mohamed's lawyer and the founder of Reprieve, a UK-based legal action charity, said he hoped the British government would "allow Binyam's immediate release".
Stafford Smith said: "He is a victim who has suffered more than any human being should ever suffer.He just wants to go somewhere very quiet and try to recover. Every moment that he is held compounds the abuse he has endured."
In a statement, Reprieve said Mohamed said he wished to thank "all those in Britain who have worked for his freedom, including many members of the British government".
Mohamed, whose British residency has expired, was accompanied by UK police officers and could be sent back to his native Ethiopia.
Courtesy: Al Jazeera..more..
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