£1million Compensation Claim for UK "Approved" Libyan Torture

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Terrorist Suspect Claims Compensation for Torture in Libya [16th Apr 2012]

A terror suspect has claimed he was tortured in a Libyan prison after he was handed over by the UK Foreign Office in 2004. Abdel Hakim Belhadj is asking for compensation of £1 million after evidence has emerged which shows that the 'rendition' was signed off by Jack Straw at the time. Mr Straw is now being asked to explain his actions and give the man an apology for the way he was treated by the Gadaffi regime when he arrived in Libya. When questioned about this event last year, Mr Straw denied any evidence and stated that his government was opposed to rendition and torture and that they would not turn a blind eye to it. However document have since emerged which show this was not the case when it came to Belhadj. Mr Straw has since said that while court action is taking place he is not in a position to comment. It has been suggested that the government will pay the compensation to avoid having to declare the facts in court.

It has been announced that victims of overseas terrorist attacks can now claim compensation from the UK government as long as they have lived in the UK for at least three years prior to the attack. The Justice Minister Crispin Blunt has said that payments will only be made to people who have a clear connection to the UK. He points out that the point of this change to the compensation law is to show solidarity with all communities of the UK, especially taking into account the political statements made by terror attacks. Only those who have lived in the UK for at least three years before they are involved in a terror attack overseas will be eligible and they must have ongoing disability due to injuries. Anyone injured in a terror attack in the UK is already compensated under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.

A football player who was expected to have a successful international career has been denied compensation for an injury which ended his career, even though he claims his surgery was negligent. Sjaru Naraji had asked for £10 million in compensation, but the judge in the case found that it was his injury which ended his career, not the surgery, which was admittedly performed negligently. His damaged cruciate ligament was operated on in America, but he never recovered enough stability to play professionally again. The ex-footballer is expected to take the case to the Appeal Court in the early part of next year. It was stated by Mr Naraji's agent that he had a strong career ahead of him and now he is unemployed with mounting legal costs.

80 Tesco workers in Ireland have tried to claim 1400 Euros in compensation each after they were expected to relocate to a new store about one mile away. The claim was rejected by the courts despite the victims saying that the move caused them inconveniences and required more flexibility from the employees. It was also stated that Tesco had paid compensation in similar cases elsewhere. It was pointed out that Tesco had agreed to a one-off payment of 1400 Euros to the staff social fund, but the union, Mandate refused this offer. They wanted a similar amount, per employee. Tesco argued that the move had no impact on staff, while staff said that familiarising themselves with the new store and reorganising school runs was an inconvenience. Tescos have been told by the courts to offer an increased amount of 2,000 Euros for the staff fund and the union is deliberating on whether to accept this.

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