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Originally Posted by Pierre
Why aren't they suing the good old US of A?
They may be innocent, they may be not.
Them winning this compensation doesn't make them innocent. I'm sure some are just as I'm sure some aren't.
If they are to be compensated, then as long as they're not receiving vast extravagant sums then, if that's what it takes for them to go away, then I suppose it's worth doing.
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I'm quite sure the USA (and others) will factor at some stage.
This particular case was based on allegations that the UK was complicit in torture - it has nothing to do, whatsoever, with the perceived guilt or innocence of the plaintiffs (had they been accused or charged).
Either way - as far as the UK is concerned torturing a person, whether guilty or innocent, is illegal.
They didn't "win" this compensation, they were offered / awarded it by way of an attempt to make them "go away" as you put it.