Tory MP demands torture statement

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   A senior Conservative says ministers must urgently respond to allegations that Britain was complicit in torture. 
David Davis said a High Court ruling on Wednesday alleged a British resident held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba had been tortured. 
The ruling suggested the US threatened to withdraw intelligence help from the UK if details were released, Mr Davis claimed in the House of Commons. 
The BBC's Nick Robinson said the claims were "extraordinarily serious". 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7870049.stm

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	A senior Conservative says ministers must urgently respond to allegations that Britain was complicit in torture. David Davis said a High Court ruling on Wednesday alleged a British resident held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba had been tortured. The ruling suggested the US threatened to withdraw intelligence help from the UK if details were released, Mr Davis claimed in the House of Commons. The BBC's Nick Robinson said the claims were "extraordinarily serious". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7870049.stm