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Guantanamo Briton 'tortured'
Oct 1 2004
A British citizen, from Birmingham, has been tortured in Guantanamo Bay according to documents newly declassified by the United States government, lawyers claimed today.
A letter hand-written by Moazzam Begg contains claims that he watched as two fellow detainees were allegedly killed in US custody.
The detainee's father, Azmat Begg, said his 36-year-old son made allegations of "continuous torture" in the four-page note.
"It is a very heartbreaking sort of letter," said Mr Begg, 65, a former bank manager. "He must be a very brave boy, a very strong boy, because no ordinary man could cope with this.
"The letter says they have been beating and continuously torturing and asking them (the detainees) to sign papers.
"They killed two prisoners in front of them, it says, and then they put a gun in front of him, against his head, and said 'Now it's you'.
"They pulled all the clothes from his body and asked him to parade in front of all the cameras."
Begg has been held at the US military base in Cuba for more than two years. His lawyers said the document revealed he "has been, and continues to be, abused and tortured by the United States".
The letter also revealed "shocking evidence concerning the US motive in continuing to hold him under inhumane circumstances", it was claimed.
His UK solicitor, Gareth Peirce, and his US counsel, Clive Stafford Smith, will unveil full details at a central London press conference.
