Sixteen Guantanamo detainees, including one who is still in the US military prison, are to share a pay-out of £14m, it can be disclosed.
The sums will be paid not just to the detainees who brought legal action against the government but to an additional four who were not involved in the court cases but could have sued.
They include Shaker Aamer, 40, a Saudi citizen with a British wife, who is still being held by the Americans.
The US authorities allege that Aamer was close to Osama bin Laden, acted as an al-Qaeda recruiter and visited members of an al-Qaeda cell in London....