14.01.2014 - 08:29 [ Guardian ]

Britons await human rights verdict in Saudi Arabia torture case

Ron Jones, who a Guardian investigation revealed could not have carried out a bombing in the capital Riyadh, is among those who say they were beaten, raped and subjected to sleep deprivation and psychological abuse. The European court of human rights is due to decide whether a decision that foreign states and their officials were immune from civil actions breached their right to access to court.