Torture/ U.K.

Government lawyers are arguing in Britain’s Court of Appeal that the case of a Pakistani man who claims he suffered brutal torture at the hands of British and American troops should not be heard in a court of law.

The UK government previously said the case would compromise relations with Washington.

Yunus Rahmatullah claims he was tortured for a decade following his capture by UK Special Forces in Iraq, and subsequent handover to American soldiers in Afghanistan.

He alleges his UK captors physically assaulted him, dragged him along the ground behind a moving vehicle, and hurled him into a pen filled with dogs.

Above the law? UK govt attempts to block torture, rendition lawsuit