Six years in jail, no charge: war on terror's forgotten victim speaks |
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Six years in jail, no charge: war on terror's forgotten victim speaks |
 Jul 8 2010, 04:13 AM
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ShareThisSix years in jail, no charge: war on terror's forgotten victim speaks 08 Jul 2010 Babar Ahmad, 35, is the longest-serving prisoner held without charge or trial in the UK. In his first media interview since his arrest on a US extradition warrant in 2004, Mr Ahmad tells Robert Verkaik that he is the forgotten victim of the 'war on terror'. In March 2009, he was awarded £60,000 in compensation after an admission by the UK's anti-terrorist police that they subjected him to 'grave abuse, tantamount to torture' during his first arrest in December 2003. Corresponding via email from a secure isolation unit at Long Lartin prison, he calls on the Government to charge him or release him. Today, the European Court of Human Rights rules on his case.
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