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Human rights laws 'apply to Iraq death'

The prospect of an independent public inquiry into the case of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died in British military custody, was raised last night.

The prospect of an independent public inquiry into the case of Baha Mousa, an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died in British military custody, was raised last night after a panel of Law Lords ruled that human rights legislation did apply to his case.