Cageprisoners.com
7th October 2004, 10:23 PM
"One month is like a year here, and I have considered pleading guilty in order to get out of here."(Salim Ahmad Hamdan, Yemeni held in solitary confinement in Guantamamo)
MOAZZAM BEGG: ‘I WAS PHYSICALLY ABUSED, DEGRADINGLY STRIPPED BY FORCE, SUBJECT TO PERNICIOUS THREATS OF TORTURE, ACTUALY VINDICTIVE TORTURE AND DEATH THREATS’
Lawyers for the British Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg received the first uncensored letter from him in two-and-a-half years, written in July 2004, just six weeks before he was due to have his first meeting with a lawyer.
Moazzam Begg, 36, is being held hostage by the US government in Guantanamo Concentration Camp, without trial, where he has been held in solitary confinement 24 hours a day.
In this heartbreaking letter, he reveals the horrific reality and illegal nature of his detention. He speaks of death threats, torture, racial and religious abuse, confessions signed under duress. He discloses the real reason that the US perhaps have kept him hidden from the other detainees for 3 years – he has been a witness to the deaths of at least two other prisoners in US custody.
As his US counsel, Clive Stafford Smith, put it, “this letter is just the tip of the iceberg.”
Click here (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3436) to read the text of Moazzam’s letter in full.
Click here (http://www.cageprisoners.com/images.../moazletter.pdf) for a scanned version of the original letter from Guantanamo in his handwriting.
BABAR AHMAD: BAIL HEARING
British Political Prisoner, Babar Ahmad, who has been interned in HMP Woodhill for the past two months, will have a bail hearing tomorrow, Thursday 7th October. We urge you all to remember him in your supplications and to pray that he is released so that he can spend this Ramadhan at home with his family and loved ones, and not buried alive in a concrete coffin.
CAMPAIGNS
SUPPORT ALI AL TIMIMI (http://forums.cageprisoners.com/sho...p=2518#post2518)
Shaikh Ali Al Timimi is a well known scholar and educator, who is not only respected in the U.S. but also around the world. Many of us are aware of the false charges that have been brought against him. The Ali Al Timimi Support Committee is requesting ALL fellow Muslims to show their support for the Shaikh by writing a simple letter. This letter will only take 5 minutes, of your time.
PETITION: REFUGE FOR INNOCENT VICTIMS OF THE WAR ON TERROR
(http://www.cageprisoners.com/forums...p=2508#post2508)
A number of Algerian men were arrested in Scotland under the Terrorism Act 2000 in December 2002. Others were arrested in London and brought to Scotland for questioning. The arrests received intense coverage in the Scottish media. The resulting racist backlash against Muslims in Edinburgh led to the creation of Scotland Against Criminalising Communities. Charges against nine of the men were allowed to lie until December 2003, even though the men had been released on police bail in March. It was quite clear by then that there was no evidence against them. The men were all asylum-seekers and have now filed fresh asylum applications based on the danger to which they have been exposed by their arrest, by the attendant media coverage, and by the sharing of information between the British and Algerian security services. If the men are returned to Algeria they will face imprisonment or execution.
The men need the strongest possible show of support, to demonstrate that we uphold their right to a safe refuge, to show beyond all doubt that they are welcome in this country, and to show that we hold in contempt the disinformation and racism that surrounded their arrests.
Sign the petition!
Click here (http://www.cageprisoners.com/forums...p=2508#post2508) for more information, and to download copies of the petition.
STOP TORTURE: EVIDENCE GAINED BY TORTURE MUST BE INADMISSABLE (http://forums.cageprisoners.com/showthread.php?p=2506)
On August 11, 2004 the Court of Appeal in London ruled against ten men who were challenging their indefinite detention without charge or trial in Belmarsh and Woodhill prisons. The men's lawyers argued that the secret evidence against them may have been obtained by torture from detainees in US military camps at Guantanamo Bay or Bagram. The judges ruled that British courts could use evidence extracted under torture, as long as British agents were not complicit in the abuse.
Peace and Justice in East London demands that Her Majesty's Government and her Courts uphold the principle contained in the Geneva Convention, that all prisoners have to be treated humanely. If torture is unlawful and wrong, then any information extracted under torture must also be unlawful and wrong.
Sign the petition!
For more information, click link above.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: FBI BEGINS PRE-ELECTION QUESTIONING OF MUSLIMS
The FBI and The Department of Homeland Security have announced another round of questioning of Muslims and Arabs as part of a pre-election initiative to thwart any possible terrorist attack. An article in Newsweek reported that the Bush administration will launch "a new pre-election antiterrorism campaign this week that will include the likely arrests of hundreds of aliens from Middle Eastern and other countries known to be havens for terrorists. Homeland Security has targeted for possible detention as many as 2,000 foreigners who are believed to be in violation of their visas and about whom there is soft intelligence suggesting possible terror connections." If you have been or could be approached, you need to know your rights.
Click here (http://forums.cageprisoners.com/sho...p=2519#post2519) to find out more.
EVENTS
ARTICLES
The Real Truth About Camp Delta (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3452)
by David Rose
America's prison camp at Guantánamo Bay holds detainees in extreme conditions. But David Rose, in this extract from his remarkable new book, says the intelligence gathered has failed to stop any terror attacks.
Rule of Violence (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3453)
by David Rose
Inside Camp Delta, the British former Guantánamo prisoner Shafiq Rasul told me: 'There's only one rule that matters. You have to obey whatever US government personnel tell you to do.'
Guantánamo: America’s War On Human Rights (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3426)
by David Rose
The experience of the hundreds of men incarcerated on a United States military base on the eastern tip of Cuba contains important truths about the “war on terror”, writes David Rose in an exclusive extract from his new book, Guantánamo.
Judgment That Will Be Make Or Break For Blunkett (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3472)
by Alan Travis
The four-day House of Lords hearing this week is make or break for the home secretary David Blunkett's emergency anti-terrorism legislation, with no appeal to the European court of human rights in Strasbourg if he loses.
Taking On The Home Secretary (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3473)
by David Barrett
Foreigners detained indefinitely without charge or trial under Britain’s emergency anti-terror laws took Home Secretary David Blunkett to the House of Lords this week. The main events are as follows…
Britain's Core Values Face Ultimate Trial (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3454)
by Ben Ward
A special panel of nine Law Lords will meet tomorrow to decide whether indefinite detention is acceptable under British and international law. The judges will also consider whether the government is entitled to rely on evidence obtained by the torture of people abroad. Nothing less than Britain's values are at stake.
‘These Letters Gave me Strength…’ (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3405)
by Stop Political Terror
"I have received many letters from brothers, sisters and even children. I was very happy, you can’t imagine how these letters gave me strength, steadiness and support to carry on in this way.” These are the words of a prisoner imprisoned in Britain’s very own Guantanamo Bay – Belmarsh prison. Words that reflect happiness and gratitude. Words that show us how a simple letter can do so much. Highlighting the importance of how we must strive to reach out to the prisoners who have been so unjustly detained in the West’s war of terror on ‘Terror.’
A Torture Killing By U.S. Forces in Afghanistan (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3427)
by Craig Pye
The incident at Gardez - which appears to be one of the worst instances of torture and prisoner abuse carried out by U.S. forces in Afghanistan - has never before been publicly reported. This account is based on the unpublished report by Afghan military investigators, a separate memorandum by officials of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), several other official Afghan documents, and interviews with a number of people with direct knowledge of the story. Together, these provide evidence not only of appalling mistreatment of detainees but also of an attempt to put pressure on local Afghan officials to cover up what had taken place.
My First Night In Guantanamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3487)
by Simon Hattenstone
It took a very special play to turn Desmond Tutu into an actor. He tells Simon Hattenstone about the role he could not refuse
Mamdouh Habib's Lawyer Hopeful of His Release From Guantanamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3488)
by Tony Eastly
Lawyers for the Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib are extremely confident that he could be released in the near future, after the Deputy Commander of the facility at Guantanamo Bay indicated as much in a recent newspaper interview.
A Letter From A Palestinian Prisoner (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3480)
By Rima Merriman
“My precious mother, my dear father, my brothers and sisters who are dear to my heart, I say to you, be patient. I say it while I am missing you very, very much. Mother, do not cry for me. I had wished for martyrdom, but God has instead allowed me this imprisonment.”
The Hamdi Case Mocks Justice (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3474)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Why did the government choose to release Hamdi instead of charging him with a crime, such as terrorism or treason?
How The Law Stands in Europe (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3475)
by Alan Travis
The way other European countries deal with suspected international terrorists was examined by the Home Office when Britain's anti-terrorism law was drafted after September 11 2001.
Who are the Law Lords? (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3476)
Nine Law Lords are hearing a challenge in the House of Lords over the government's right to detain terror suspects without trial or sentence.
Slow Justice For Hamdi (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3461)
It would be a stretch to say that Yaser Edam Hamdi is a free man.
Summary of the Stop Political Terror Beyond the Law Conference (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3455)
by Stop Political Terror
Crowds converged at London Muslim Centre for the Stop Political Terror Conference, well not quite.
My Tortured Clients (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3445)
by Louise Christian
As the lawyer acting for two of the four British citizens and a long-term British resident still remaining in Guantánamo Bay, I plead with the British government to do something for them…
Stand Up For Justice and Speak Out On Behalf of the Oppressed (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3446)
by Stop Political Terror
If you want to have a future in this country, then you are going to have to struggle for it. Because if we just keep quiet, then sooner or later, this growing Islamophobia will come to us in some shape or form. It will come to us and our families and our communities, maybe even years from now. But then it will be too late to realise that maybe we should have stood up and done something when we had a chance.
No Entry For Murat Kurnaz (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3428)
A mother and her lost son. A pile of photos is all that is left from her son for Rabiye Kurnaz.
Bremen Guantanamo Inmate's Fate Unclear (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3429)
Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish national and the only prisoner from Germany at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, has been held there since early 2002. He now may have lost his right of residence in Germany.
Prisoner Releases Expose Illegal Nature Of Guantanamo Bay Detentions (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3430)
by Richard Phillips
The Bush administration has provided yet another demonstration of the criminal character of its so-called “war against terror” with the release of over 46 Afghan and Pakistan prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in the last two weeks.
So This is 'Success' in War on Terror (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3431)
by Chris Brauchli
The war against terror continues to be accompanied by critical acclaim from its authors, George W. Bush, Richard Cheney and John Ashcroft and criticism from much of the rest of the country. A study of its successes explains why.
Imploding Terror Cases (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3432)
Saddam Hussein is getting fairer legal treatment than the U.S. citizens whom the Bush administration has deemed "enemy combatants."
Pentagon Was Wrong To Pursue Gitmo Case (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3433)
by Robert Dorr
Here are my predictions about the case of Senior Airman Ahmad Al Halabi, 25, who was arrested on July 23, 2003, in what was once called a roundup of an al-Qaida spy ring. Al Halabi will be exonerated. No one will notice.
The Release of Yaser Hamdi: Legal Manipulation of “Enemy Combatant” Cases (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3415)
by John Andrews
Hamdi’s release has been widely viewed by legal commentators as “damage control” by the Bush administration, which got as much mileage as it could from the case and wanted to avoid a potentially embarrassing courtroom showdown.
I Was Wrong About Steyn (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3406)
by Marcel Berlins
No fewer than nine law lords will hear the lawyers for the Belmarsh detainees argue that their detention is unlawful. But the nine will not include Lord Steyn, a law lord generally considered to be one of the very best judges of our time. He's been bumped off the case at the government's request.
NEWS
Habib Will Be Freed, Says Lawyer (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3477)
UK Aims To Deport Terror Suspects (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3481)
Danish Police Place Ex-Gitmo Detainee Under Surveillance (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3482)
U.S. Defends Detentions (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3483)
Criticism of Guantanamo Hearings Grows (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3484)
Foreign Suspects Pay 'Political Price' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3485)
Moscow Summons Danish Ambassador Over Support to Chechen Rebels (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3486)
Guantanamo General Expects Release of Prisoners (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3462)
Terror Laws 'Violate Democracy' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3464)
Supreme Court Will Not Hear Enemy-Combatant Case (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3465)
Support From Northern Ireland For Detention Changes (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3466)
Muslim Lawyer Sues FBI, Ashcroft For Wrongful Imprisonment (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3467)
Indonesia Arrests McDonald's Blast Mastermind (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3468)
Terror Suspect Linked To Freed Utrecht Family (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3469)
Bashir Won't Be Released For Iraq Hostages (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3470)
Turkey Arrests Four Suspects Involved In Over 100 Attacks (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3471)
Alleged Shoebomb Conspirator Badat Indicted in U.S. (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3478)
Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-run Prisons in Iraq (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3479)
Lords To Rule On Belmarsh Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3456)
Protest Attacks Terror Detentions (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3457)
Counter-terror Measures Are Top Of Blunkett's Priorities (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3458)
Terrorist's Wife Now Suspect (ttp://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3459)
Time Claims Britons Were Building Dirty Bomb (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3460)
Guantanamo Has 'Failed To Prevent Terror Attacks' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3447)
Prison Protest Over Belmarsh Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3448)
Police Examine 'Swap Detainees For Bigley' Offer (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3449)
Iraq Militants Ask Indonesia To Free Detained Cleric (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3450)
Feds Quiz Ariz. Muslims Before Election (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3451)
Guantánamo Briton 'Tortured In US Custody' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3434)
'Tortured' Guantánamo Briton Could Face Serious Mental Health Problems (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3435)
Annual Reviews of Detainee Cases to Begin at Guantanamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3441)
Three on Terror Charges (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3442)
Prison Conditions Relaxed For Hamdi (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3443)
Guantánamo Bay Prisoner's Letter Claims He Was Witness To Murders (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3444)
Ex-Gitmo Detainee Vows To Fight Russia (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3416)
Powell: U.S., Saudi Weigh Suspect (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3417)
Six Prisoners Have Hearings at Guantanamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3418)
'Terror Plot' Suspect Is Released (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3419)
Saudi Cleric Awdah Linked To Madrid Bombing Suspect (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3421)
U.S. And France Join Forces To Fight Terror (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3422)
Lawyer in Abu Ghraib Case Says Government Trying Intimidation (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3423)
Ashcroft 'To Defend' Patriot Act (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3424)
Nigeria Holds 'Taleban' Militant (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3425)
Hamdi's Release Delayed, Saudi Objects To Terms of Release (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3408)
Guantanamo Hostage’s Father Gives Support (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3409)
Prisoner Boycotts Hearing At Guantanamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3410)
Agencies Interrogating Pakistanis Released From Afghanistan (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3411)
US Troops Seize Iraqi Suspect (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3412)
Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3413)
'They Were Beastly. We Were Held Three Hours' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3414)
Cole Bombing Suspects Sentenced To Death (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3395)
'Release Guantanamo Brits': Waite (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3396)
US To Keep Holding 10 Guantanamo Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3397)
Moussaoui Appeals Death-Penalty Issue (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3398)
Jailed 'American Taliban' Seeks Early Release (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3399)
Detainee's Death Greeted With Suspicion, Grief (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3400)
Indonesia Arrests Hambali Aide (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3401)
Nine Islamic Militants Face Death Sentence In Indonesia (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3402)
Pakistan Holds "al-Qaeda" Suspects (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3403)
Indonesian Police Re-arrest 2 Men For Jakarta Bombing (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3404)
Tribunals Are 'US Insult To Britain' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3407)
COMING SOON
Special Ramadhan Campaign
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MOAZZAM BEGG: ‘I WAS PHYSICALLY ABUSED, DEGRADINGLY STRIPPED BY FORCE, SUBJECT TO PERNICIOUS THREATS OF TORTURE, ACTUALY VINDICTIVE TORTURE AND DEATH THREATS’
Lawyers for the British Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg received the first uncensored letter from him in two-and-a-half years, written in July 2004, just six weeks before he was due to have his first meeting with a lawyer.
Moazzam Begg, 36, is being held hostage by the US government in Guantanamo Concentration Camp, without trial, where he has been held in solitary confinement 24 hours a day.
In this heartbreaking letter, he reveals the horrific reality and illegal nature of his detention. He speaks of death threats, torture, racial and religious abuse, confessions signed under duress. He discloses the real reason that the US perhaps have kept him hidden from the other detainees for 3 years – he has been a witness to the deaths of at least two other prisoners in US custody.
As his US counsel, Clive Stafford Smith, put it, “this letter is just the tip of the iceberg.”
Click here (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3436) to read the text of Moazzam’s letter in full.
Click here (http://www.cageprisoners.com/images.../moazletter.pdf) for a scanned version of the original letter from Guantanamo in his handwriting.
BABAR AHMAD: BAIL HEARING
British Political Prisoner, Babar Ahmad, who has been interned in HMP Woodhill for the past two months, will have a bail hearing tomorrow, Thursday 7th October. We urge you all to remember him in your supplications and to pray that he is released so that he can spend this Ramadhan at home with his family and loved ones, and not buried alive in a concrete coffin.
CAMPAIGNS
SUPPORT ALI AL TIMIMI (http://forums.cageprisoners.com/sho...p=2518#post2518)
Shaikh Ali Al Timimi is a well known scholar and educator, who is not only respected in the U.S. but also around the world. Many of us are aware of the false charges that have been brought against him. The Ali Al Timimi Support Committee is requesting ALL fellow Muslims to show their support for the Shaikh by writing a simple letter. This letter will only take 5 minutes, of your time.
PETITION: REFUGE FOR INNOCENT VICTIMS OF THE WAR ON TERROR
(http://www.cageprisoners.com/forums...p=2508#post2508)
A number of Algerian men were arrested in Scotland under the Terrorism Act 2000 in December 2002. Others were arrested in London and brought to Scotland for questioning. The arrests received intense coverage in the Scottish media. The resulting racist backlash against Muslims in Edinburgh led to the creation of Scotland Against Criminalising Communities. Charges against nine of the men were allowed to lie until December 2003, even though the men had been released on police bail in March. It was quite clear by then that there was no evidence against them. The men were all asylum-seekers and have now filed fresh asylum applications based on the danger to which they have been exposed by their arrest, by the attendant media coverage, and by the sharing of information between the British and Algerian security services. If the men are returned to Algeria they will face imprisonment or execution.
The men need the strongest possible show of support, to demonstrate that we uphold their right to a safe refuge, to show beyond all doubt that they are welcome in this country, and to show that we hold in contempt the disinformation and racism that surrounded their arrests.
Sign the petition!
Click here (http://www.cageprisoners.com/forums...p=2508#post2508) for more information, and to download copies of the petition.
STOP TORTURE: EVIDENCE GAINED BY TORTURE MUST BE INADMISSABLE (http://forums.cageprisoners.com/showthread.php?p=2506)
On August 11, 2004 the Court of Appeal in London ruled against ten men who were challenging their indefinite detention without charge or trial in Belmarsh and Woodhill prisons. The men's lawyers argued that the secret evidence against them may have been obtained by torture from detainees in US military camps at Guantanamo Bay or Bagram. The judges ruled that British courts could use evidence extracted under torture, as long as British agents were not complicit in the abuse.
Peace and Justice in East London demands that Her Majesty's Government and her Courts uphold the principle contained in the Geneva Convention, that all prisoners have to be treated humanely. If torture is unlawful and wrong, then any information extracted under torture must also be unlawful and wrong.
Sign the petition!
For more information, click link above.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: FBI BEGINS PRE-ELECTION QUESTIONING OF MUSLIMS
The FBI and The Department of Homeland Security have announced another round of questioning of Muslims and Arabs as part of a pre-election initiative to thwart any possible terrorist attack. An article in Newsweek reported that the Bush administration will launch "a new pre-election antiterrorism campaign this week that will include the likely arrests of hundreds of aliens from Middle Eastern and other countries known to be havens for terrorists. Homeland Security has targeted for possible detention as many as 2,000 foreigners who are believed to be in violation of their visas and about whom there is soft intelligence suggesting possible terror connections." If you have been or could be approached, you need to know your rights.
Click here (http://forums.cageprisoners.com/sho...p=2519#post2519) to find out more.
EVENTS
ARTICLES
The Real Truth About Camp Delta (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3452)
by David Rose
America's prison camp at Guantánamo Bay holds detainees in extreme conditions. But David Rose, in this extract from his remarkable new book, says the intelligence gathered has failed to stop any terror attacks.
Rule of Violence (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3453)
by David Rose
Inside Camp Delta, the British former Guantánamo prisoner Shafiq Rasul told me: 'There's only one rule that matters. You have to obey whatever US government personnel tell you to do.'
Guantánamo: America’s War On Human Rights (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3426)
by David Rose
The experience of the hundreds of men incarcerated on a United States military base on the eastern tip of Cuba contains important truths about the “war on terror”, writes David Rose in an exclusive extract from his new book, Guantánamo.
Judgment That Will Be Make Or Break For Blunkett (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3472)
by Alan Travis
The four-day House of Lords hearing this week is make or break for the home secretary David Blunkett's emergency anti-terrorism legislation, with no appeal to the European court of human rights in Strasbourg if he loses.
Taking On The Home Secretary (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3473)
by David Barrett
Foreigners detained indefinitely without charge or trial under Britain’s emergency anti-terror laws took Home Secretary David Blunkett to the House of Lords this week. The main events are as follows…
Britain's Core Values Face Ultimate Trial (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3454)
by Ben Ward
A special panel of nine Law Lords will meet tomorrow to decide whether indefinite detention is acceptable under British and international law. The judges will also consider whether the government is entitled to rely on evidence obtained by the torture of people abroad. Nothing less than Britain's values are at stake.
‘These Letters Gave me Strength…’ (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3405)
by Stop Political Terror
"I have received many letters from brothers, sisters and even children. I was very happy, you can’t imagine how these letters gave me strength, steadiness and support to carry on in this way.” These are the words of a prisoner imprisoned in Britain’s very own Guantanamo Bay – Belmarsh prison. Words that reflect happiness and gratitude. Words that show us how a simple letter can do so much. Highlighting the importance of how we must strive to reach out to the prisoners who have been so unjustly detained in the West’s war of terror on ‘Terror.’
A Torture Killing By U.S. Forces in Afghanistan (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3427)
by Craig Pye
The incident at Gardez - which appears to be one of the worst instances of torture and prisoner abuse carried out by U.S. forces in Afghanistan - has never before been publicly reported. This account is based on the unpublished report by Afghan military investigators, a separate memorandum by officials of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), several other official Afghan documents, and interviews with a number of people with direct knowledge of the story. Together, these provide evidence not only of appalling mistreatment of detainees but also of an attempt to put pressure on local Afghan officials to cover up what had taken place.
My First Night In Guantanamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3487)
by Simon Hattenstone
It took a very special play to turn Desmond Tutu into an actor. He tells Simon Hattenstone about the role he could not refuse
Mamdouh Habib's Lawyer Hopeful of His Release From Guantanamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3488)
by Tony Eastly
Lawyers for the Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib are extremely confident that he could be released in the near future, after the Deputy Commander of the facility at Guantanamo Bay indicated as much in a recent newspaper interview.
A Letter From A Palestinian Prisoner (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3480)
By Rima Merriman
“My precious mother, my dear father, my brothers and sisters who are dear to my heart, I say to you, be patient. I say it while I am missing you very, very much. Mother, do not cry for me. I had wished for martyrdom, but God has instead allowed me this imprisonment.”
The Hamdi Case Mocks Justice (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3474)
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Why did the government choose to release Hamdi instead of charging him with a crime, such as terrorism or treason?
How The Law Stands in Europe (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3475)
by Alan Travis
The way other European countries deal with suspected international terrorists was examined by the Home Office when Britain's anti-terrorism law was drafted after September 11 2001.
Who are the Law Lords? (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3476)
Nine Law Lords are hearing a challenge in the House of Lords over the government's right to detain terror suspects without trial or sentence.
Slow Justice For Hamdi (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3461)
It would be a stretch to say that Yaser Edam Hamdi is a free man.
Summary of the Stop Political Terror Beyond the Law Conference (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3455)
by Stop Political Terror
Crowds converged at London Muslim Centre for the Stop Political Terror Conference, well not quite.
My Tortured Clients (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3445)
by Louise Christian
As the lawyer acting for two of the four British citizens and a long-term British resident still remaining in Guantánamo Bay, I plead with the British government to do something for them…
Stand Up For Justice and Speak Out On Behalf of the Oppressed (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3446)
by Stop Political Terror
If you want to have a future in this country, then you are going to have to struggle for it. Because if we just keep quiet, then sooner or later, this growing Islamophobia will come to us in some shape or form. It will come to us and our families and our communities, maybe even years from now. But then it will be too late to realise that maybe we should have stood up and done something when we had a chance.
No Entry For Murat Kurnaz (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3428)
A mother and her lost son. A pile of photos is all that is left from her son for Rabiye Kurnaz.
Bremen Guantanamo Inmate's Fate Unclear (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3429)
Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish national and the only prisoner from Germany at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, has been held there since early 2002. He now may have lost his right of residence in Germany.
Prisoner Releases Expose Illegal Nature Of Guantanamo Bay Detentions (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3430)
by Richard Phillips
The Bush administration has provided yet another demonstration of the criminal character of its so-called “war against terror” with the release of over 46 Afghan and Pakistan prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in the last two weeks.
So This is 'Success' in War on Terror (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3431)
by Chris Brauchli
The war against terror continues to be accompanied by critical acclaim from its authors, George W. Bush, Richard Cheney and John Ashcroft and criticism from much of the rest of the country. A study of its successes explains why.
Imploding Terror Cases (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3432)
Saddam Hussein is getting fairer legal treatment than the U.S. citizens whom the Bush administration has deemed "enemy combatants."
Pentagon Was Wrong To Pursue Gitmo Case (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3433)
by Robert Dorr
Here are my predictions about the case of Senior Airman Ahmad Al Halabi, 25, who was arrested on July 23, 2003, in what was once called a roundup of an al-Qaida spy ring. Al Halabi will be exonerated. No one will notice.
The Release of Yaser Hamdi: Legal Manipulation of “Enemy Combatant” Cases (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3415)
by John Andrews
Hamdi’s release has been widely viewed by legal commentators as “damage control” by the Bush administration, which got as much mileage as it could from the case and wanted to avoid a potentially embarrassing courtroom showdown.
I Was Wrong About Steyn (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3406)
by Marcel Berlins
No fewer than nine law lords will hear the lawyers for the Belmarsh detainees argue that their detention is unlawful. But the nine will not include Lord Steyn, a law lord generally considered to be one of the very best judges of our time. He's been bumped off the case at the government's request.
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Habib Will Be Freed, Says Lawyer (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3477)
UK Aims To Deport Terror Suspects (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3481)
Danish Police Place Ex-Gitmo Detainee Under Surveillance (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3482)
U.S. Defends Detentions (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3483)
Criticism of Guantanamo Hearings Grows (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3484)
Foreign Suspects Pay 'Political Price' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3485)
Moscow Summons Danish Ambassador Over Support to Chechen Rebels (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3486)
Guantanamo General Expects Release of Prisoners (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3462)
Terror Laws 'Violate Democracy' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3464)
Supreme Court Will Not Hear Enemy-Combatant Case (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3465)
Support From Northern Ireland For Detention Changes (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3466)
Muslim Lawyer Sues FBI, Ashcroft For Wrongful Imprisonment (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3467)
Indonesia Arrests McDonald's Blast Mastermind (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3468)
Terror Suspect Linked To Freed Utrecht Family (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3469)
Bashir Won't Be Released For Iraq Hostages (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3470)
Turkey Arrests Four Suspects Involved In Over 100 Attacks (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3471)
Alleged Shoebomb Conspirator Badat Indicted in U.S. (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3478)
Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-run Prisons in Iraq (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3479)
Lords To Rule On Belmarsh Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3456)
Protest Attacks Terror Detentions (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3457)
Counter-terror Measures Are Top Of Blunkett's Priorities (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3458)
Terrorist's Wife Now Suspect (ttp://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3459)
Time Claims Britons Were Building Dirty Bomb (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3460)
Guantanamo Has 'Failed To Prevent Terror Attacks' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3447)
Prison Protest Over Belmarsh Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3448)
Police Examine 'Swap Detainees For Bigley' Offer (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3449)
Iraq Militants Ask Indonesia To Free Detained Cleric (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3450)
Feds Quiz Ariz. Muslims Before Election (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3451)
Guantánamo Briton 'Tortured In US Custody' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3434)
'Tortured' Guantánamo Briton Could Face Serious Mental Health Problems (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3435)
Annual Reviews of Detainee Cases to Begin at Guantanamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3441)
Three on Terror Charges (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3442)
Prison Conditions Relaxed For Hamdi (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3443)
Guantánamo Bay Prisoner's Letter Claims He Was Witness To Murders (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3444)
Ex-Gitmo Detainee Vows To Fight Russia (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3416)
Powell: U.S., Saudi Weigh Suspect (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3417)
Six Prisoners Have Hearings at Guantanamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3418)
'Terror Plot' Suspect Is Released (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3419)
Saudi Cleric Awdah Linked To Madrid Bombing Suspect (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3421)
U.S. And France Join Forces To Fight Terror (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3422)
Lawyer in Abu Ghraib Case Says Government Trying Intimidation (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3423)
Ashcroft 'To Defend' Patriot Act (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3424)
Nigeria Holds 'Taleban' Militant (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3425)
Hamdi's Release Delayed, Saudi Objects To Terms of Release (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3408)
Guantanamo Hostage’s Father Gives Support (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3409)
Prisoner Boycotts Hearing At Guantanamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3410)
Agencies Interrogating Pakistanis Released From Afghanistan (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3411)
US Troops Seize Iraqi Suspect (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3412)
Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3413)
'They Were Beastly. We Were Held Three Hours' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3414)
Cole Bombing Suspects Sentenced To Death (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3395)
'Release Guantanamo Brits': Waite (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3396)
US To Keep Holding 10 Guantanamo Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3397)
Moussaoui Appeals Death-Penalty Issue (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3398)
Jailed 'American Taliban' Seeks Early Release (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3399)
Detainee's Death Greeted With Suspicion, Grief (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3400)
Indonesia Arrests Hambali Aide (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3401)
Nine Islamic Militants Face Death Sentence In Indonesia (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3402)
Pakistan Holds "al-Qaeda" Suspects (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3403)
Indonesian Police Re-arrest 2 Men For Jakarta Bombing (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3404)
Tribunals Are 'US Insult To Britain' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=3407)
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