US to suspend Camp X-Ray trials

The Government has said the United States is to suspend military proceedings against the British detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.

Feroz Abbasi, 23, from London, and Moazzam Begg, 35, from Birmingham, are being held at Camp X-Ray in Cuba.

Their families have campaigned tirelessly for their transfer to Britain for a fair trial and access to legal advice and defence.

Moazzam Begg

The US will suspend the threat of military commission hearings against the two British terror suspects pending talks between the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith and American authorities, a Downing Street spokesman said.