Key dates in life of Binyam Mohamed

Key dates in the life of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed, who returned to Britain on Monday:

_July 24, 1978: Born in Ethiopia.

_March 9, 1994: Comes to the U.K.; asks for political asylum because family opposed Ethiopian government. Asylum is rejected but he is allowed to remain; he studies electrical engineering and works as a janitor in London.

_June 2001: Travels to Pakistan and then to Afghanistan. He says he made the trip to kick a drug habit and to see for himself the Taliban's version of Islamic rule. The U.S. military alleges he went to an al-Qaida training camp, fought for the Taliban and planned to detonate a bomb in the United States_ all of which he denies. Returns to Pakistan after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.

_April 2002: Arrested at Karachi airport while trying to fly back to Britain on a false passport. During three months of detention in Pakistan, he is allegedly tortured by Pakistani agents.

_May 17, 2002: Interrogated by officer of British security service in Pakistan.

_July 22, 2002: Mohamed says he was handed over to U.S. personnel and taken to Morocco on a secret CIA rendition flight. He claims he is tortured during 18 months in Morocco, including having his penis cut. Most of the interrogators are Moroccan but at least one is likely to have been a CIA agent, his legal team says.

_Jan. 21 or 22, 2004: Taken to a prison in Afghanistan. He alleges he undergoes almost constant interrogation by the CIA and is again tortured.

_May 2004: Taken to the U.S. prison at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, where he signs a confession he later claims was extracted under duress.

_Sept. 20, 2004: Flown to the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay.

_November 2005: Charged with conspiracy to plan terror attacks in the U.S.

_Oct. 20, 2008: U.S. military prosecutors drop all charges.

_January 2009: Goes on hunger strike until guards start force feeding; President Barack Obama issues an executive order establishing a review of all cases at Guantanamo.

_Feb. 23, 2009: Arrives in Britain.