Cyclone Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 And who would pay for the court case? The loser typically has to pay for the costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamston Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 The losers are British taxpayers who will be funding Shaker Aamer's compensation . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukdobby Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Have brought this up considering what's happened in Mosul,this guy got 1million quid for being detained falsely in Guantanamo bay,he's now blown himself up being a suicide bomber. Maybe his lawyer should tell us why he/she defended him and got him his compo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I've not read the full story, but maybe he was originally innocent, and being incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay turned him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Different bloke than this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtkate Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I've not read the full story, but maybe he was originally innocent, and being incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay turned him? That's a possibility. It's one of those where both sides will claim utterly different stances. Authoritarians will say it proves the purpose of Guantanamo as holding dangerous people Libertarians will say it proves that Guantanamo creates terrorists but treating them inhumanely Neither side will ever really know the truth but I expect many, many pages of arguments regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfox Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Have brought this up considering what's happened in Mosul,this guy got 1million quid for being detained falsely in Guantanamo bay,he's now blown himself up being a suicide bomber. Maybe his lawyer should tell us why he/she defended him and got him his compo. Why should his lawyer tell us anything? If the Govt had done its job properly in the first place and not "falsely detained" him he would not have had a case would he? Your asking the wrong person the wrong question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukdobby Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Why should his lawyer tell us anything? If the Govt had done its job properly in the first place and not "falsely detained" him he would not have had a case would he? Your asking the wrong person the wrong question. His lawyer said he wasn't a danger to society,he was picked up in Afghanistan and has been on the watch pits from 1992,not only his lawyer needs asking but so does the Governent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Why does his lawyer need asking anything? Did his lawyer blow himself up as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfox Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 His lawyer said he wasn't a danger to society,he was picked up in Afghanistan and has been on the watch pits from 1992,not only his lawyer needs asking but so does the Governent. Nope - his lawyer simply acted on his instructions from his client - thats what lawyers do you know. You are however correct to ask what the government was doing paying out when it seems fairly obvious that the security services knew a very great deal about him but for whatever reasons the Govt did not want the activities of its security services getting out (possibly because what they were upto was not authorised and not lawful) More questions to follow for those who made decisions at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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