FROM BBC NEWS
Three UK residents held at Guantanamo Bay have been "severely tortured and suffered inhuman and degrading treatment", their lawyer said.
The men have asked the High Court to force Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to press for their release.
Lawyer Timothy Otty told the court there was "compelling evidence" of abuse - a claim denied by the US.
The government says it cannot represent Bisher al-Rawi, Jamil el-Banna and Omar Deghayes as they are not UK citizens.
But it says it has conveyed concerns about the men to the US on a purely humanitarian basis.
The men are among at least five UK residents still thought to be held at the US-run camp in Cuba.
Are they poor hard-done-by wee lambs who the british government (yes the government whose troops they were fighting against) should be breaking their back to help?
Or should they have been strung up long ago?
Three UK residents held at Guantanamo Bay have been "severely tortured and suffered inhuman and degrading treatment", their lawyer said.
The men have asked the High Court to force Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to press for their release.
Lawyer Timothy Otty told the court there was "compelling evidence" of abuse - a claim denied by the US.
The government says it cannot represent Bisher al-Rawi, Jamil el-Banna and Omar Deghayes as they are not UK citizens.
But it says it has conveyed concerns about the men to the US on a purely humanitarian basis.
The men are among at least five UK residents still thought to be held at the US-run camp in Cuba.
Are they poor hard-done-by wee lambs who the british government (yes the government whose troops they were fighting against) should be breaking their back to help?
Or should they have been strung up long ago?
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