Rabinder Singh QC at the Baha Mousa enquiry – Monday 21st September 2009 … reminding us that there was no judicial process to determine whether there was any evidence to hold the detainees let alone determine whether they were guilty of any charge. http://www.bahamousainquiry.org/
“…The detainees were not terrorists or insurgents. They were never tried or convicted of any offence. They were eventually released after an unreasonable time in detention without even being charged. This was not on any view the ‘ticking bomb’ scenario that apologists for torture usually imagine when they contemplate the possibility of legalising torture. So it is that there is a path that leads from such clinical musings in ivory towers to a man dying in a filthy latrine in Iraq…”
Mr Singh’s opening remarks should be read with Mr Barr’s who sets out the Army’s apology and determination to seek answers to prevent a reoccurence. Mr Garnham representing other witnesses to the Inquiry added some context to attempt to put their side of the story. A brilliant resource for HRs and one to watch for developments this term.
