Abu Zubaydah endured waterboarding, beatings, and years of torture. The UK government has now paid compensation for their role in his abuse. The CIA built and tested it torture programme on him, a stateless Palestinian. In recent years, he won one legal battle after another against countries complicit in his torture, yet he remains imprisoned in Guantánamo without charge or trial. This latest win shows us that during the “War on Terror”, the UK was directly involved in crimes, breaking internati