A CABINET committee to review the law and ensure gardaí have the power to board and search suspected rendition flights has only met twice in one year, according to Amnesty International.

THE recent decision by an American court to clear the way for two British residents who were released from Guantanamo Bay to sue a subsidiary of Boeing over complicity in their rendition is to be welcomed.

A British resident held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years arrived back in the UK today.

A British resident held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years is expected to be released today, his lawyer said.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband was tonight urged to intervene after an extraordinary row erupted between the British courts and the US administration over the release of documents relating to allegations of torture.

Europe’s governments are under pressure today to back their words of support for Barack Obama with action to help the new US President close Guantanamo Bay.

THE Pentagon said yesterday it has dropped war crimes charges against five Guantanamo Bay detainees after the former prosecutor in their cases complained that the military was withholding evidence helpful to the defence.

The US government was today accused of “farce” after dropping all charges against a British resident held at Guantanamo Bay.

The US government was accused today of using a “strategy of delay” to avoid having to disclose evidence that could support a Guantanamo Bay detainee’s torture allegations.

A lawyer representing British residents who are reportedly set to be released from Guantanamo Bay said today they would be cleared in any fair trial.

The British government today requested the release of five former UK residents being held in Guantanamo Bay.