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The legal charity Reprieve said: "Rahmatullah had been unable to contact his family or a lawyer and was in a legal black hole". Mr Rahmatullah"s mother, Fatima, said: "Our family was shocked when we learnt that the British Government might have been behind Yunus"s disappearance. I cannot bear further suspense.
After seven years Rahmatullas" family has asked the Lahore Court in Pakistan to secure his immediate release.
Reprieve"s Legal Director Cori Crider said: "We hope that tomorrow the families of seven Pakistanis languishing in Bagram may finally get some answers from Lahore"s High Court. The Court of Appeal by the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger, Lord Justice Maurice Kay and Lord Justice Sullivan granted a writ of habeas corpus to Rahmatullah on December 14, 2011.
They determined that because he was captured in Iraq by British Forces the United Kingdom justice system had standing to rule on his detention. Lord David Neuberger, the senior judge on the three judge panel said there was:
"a substantial case for saying that the United Kingdom government is under an international legal obligation to demand the return of the applicant, and the United States government is bound to accede to such an request."
The Court of Appeal agreed Rahmatullah"s detention was "unlawful" and ordered Britain to pursue his release until January 18, 2012.
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