There was extensive press coverage this week of the settlement between the UK government and our client, #torture victim and #Guantanamo ‘forever prisoner’ #AbuZubaydah. I am pleased that most reports emphasize that compensation is significant but insufficient - and note the importance of securing his release and relocation after 24 years of arbitrary detention without charge or trial.
Watch BBC News' Daniel De Simone’s report and BBC Radio 4 Today programme (below)
See also coverage by The Guardian Julian Borger (https://tinyurl.com/2m2uvwrk), Daily Mail online Arthur Parashar (https://tinyurl.com/53z6fbkk), The Washington Post (https://tinyurl.com/4scba5vc ), AP (https://tinyurl.com/3bhu6j4y), FRANCE 24 (https://tinyurl.com/2p9su4dc ), Sky News (https://tinyurl.com/mw5rejf6), as well as the FT, Wall St Journal, The Times, Islam TV, The Times of Israel, Middle East Eye, and the Telegraph, among others.