been held in at least two secret detention facilities, in addition to military prisons;
73.
Is deeply disturbed by the testimony of Binyam Mohammed's lawyer, who gave an
account of the most horrific torture endured by his client to the official delegation of the
Temporary Committee to the United Kingdom;
74.
Emphasises that the former UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs, Jack Straw, conceded in December 2005 that UK intelligence officials met
Binyam Mohammed when he was arrested in Pakistan; points out in this respect that
some of the questions put by the Moroccan officials to Binyam Mohammed appear to
have been inspired by information supplied by the UK;
75.
Condemns the extraordinary rendition of UK citizen Martin Mubanga, who met the
official delegation of the Temporary Committee to the United Kingdom, and who was
arrested in Zambia in March 2002 and subsequently flown to Guantánamo; regrets the
fact that Martin Mubanga was interrogated by British officials at Guantánamo, where he
was detained and tortured for four years without trial or any form of judicial assistance
and then released without charge;
76.
Thanks Craig Murray, former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan, for his very valuable
testimony to the Temporary Committee on the exchange of intelligence obtained under
torture and for providing a copy of the legal opinion of Michael Wood, former legal
advisor to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office;
77.
Is outraged by Michael Wood's legal opinion, according to which 'receiving or
possessing' information extracted under torture, in so far as there is no direct
participation in the torture, is not per se prohibited by the UN Convention against
Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; expresses
its outrage at any attempt to obtain information by means of torture, regardless of who
is involved;
78.
Expresses serious concern about the 170 stopovers made by CIA-operated aircraft at UK
airports, which on many occasions came from or were bound for countries linked with
extraordinary rendition circuits and the transfer of detainees; deplores the stopovers at
UK airports of aircraft which have been shown to have been used by the CIA, on other
occasions, for the extraordinary rendition of Bisher Al-Rawi, Jamil El-Banna, Abou
Elkassim Britel, Khaled El-Masri, Binyam Mohammed, Abu Omar and Maher Arar and
for the expulsion of Ahmed Agiza and Mohammed El Zari;
GERMANY
79.
Acknowledges the good cooperation on the part of the German Government by
providing restricted documents to the Chairman and the rapporteur of the Temporary
Committee; regrets, on the other hand, that no representative of the German
Government was able to appear before the Temporary Committee;
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