A medical evaluation of Shaker Aamer has detailed the physical and psychological damage caused by his torture and ongoing abuse at Guantanamo Bay.

Ahead of a US Senate vote over whether to declassify a major report on CIA torture, one of the Agency’s victims has called for the “open acknowledgement of past wrongs.”

A court in the United Arab Emirates yesterday heard evidence detailing the torture by local police of a British man charged with drugs offences.

Six people facing trial for a peaceful protest at the London arms fair have been told that the charges have been dropped, only days before they were due in court.