UK ‘pays substantial sum’ to tortured Guantánamo Bay detainee

Key Highlights

• Abu Zubaydah was the first detainee subjected to CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques post-9/11.
• The UK government acknowledged its intelligence services' complicity in Zubaydah's torture.
• Zubaydah has been held at Guantánamo Bay without trial for almost 20 years.
• The settlement was reached out of court, resulting in substantial financial compensation.