Liberty welcomes the return of the last four British citizens who were held in Guantanamo Bay and reminds the Government that detention without trial is as unacceptable in the United Kingdom as it is abroad.

Director of Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti, said

"The scandals of Guantanamo and Belmarsh show that you cannot advance human rights with unclean hands. The US and UK governments should act now to end policies relying on detention without trial and torture."

Liberty hopes that the returned men are willing and able to be interviewed on their treatment in detention and submit to medical and psychiatric examination.

We urge the Government to take this opportunity to end detention without trial in Britain and denounce its use, and the use of torture, anywhere in the world.