Cageprisoners.com
2nd January 2007, 05:32 PM
"If he was dead, I could cry my heart out. I could bury him, I could see him, I could compromise in the end. But when he is disappeared, I cannot compromise, I cannot forget him ever, I cannot stop being desperate."
(Amina Masood, wife of Masood Janjua, disappeared in Pakistan)
A Letter from Reda Dendani
Reda Dendani
HMP Long Lartin
24.12.06
I shall start this letter by announcing that I refuse to be called “Q” any more. I am Reda Dendani, 31, Algerian national, married and have a step daughter of 7. I’ve been living in the UK since 1998 as an asylum seeker. Calling me “Q” was not designed by the Home Office to protect me from the public. It was the opposite in fact. Labelling me like an object concealed the human being I am and facilitated the grip of allegations from the Home Office in the media.
The Home Office issued me with a deportation order 16 months ago on 11.8.05. This was after I had spent 2 and a half years in Woodhill and Belmarsh prisons, then freed on control orders after the House of Lords made my detention illegal under the Anti Terrorism Act 2001 on December 2004.
[More] (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18090)
Don't Forget The Prisoners This 'Eid
These are the best days of the year - a time for the Muslims to increase in worship; what could be better at this time than performing “one of the greatest compulsory deeds and one of the greatest ways to come close to Allah”, in the words of Ibn Taymiyyah - namely in fulfilling our obligations to the Muslim prisoners.
Freeing the prisoners is one of the greatest compulsory deeds and spending ransom money and other means towards that, is one of the greatest ways to come close to Allah.
Mark the occasion of 'Eid by sending a card to the former detainees, those who remain in prison and their families - let them know that they have not been forgotten but rather that they are constantly in our thoughts and prayers. If you have children or if you are a teacher, encourage them to make cards also.
[More] (http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=437)
Events
International Day to Shut Down Guantánamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=415)
Thursday, January 11, 2007 The 5 year anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to Guantánamo
Campaigns
Action Alert: Muslim Cleric Faces Trial For ‘Extremism’ in Russia (http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=436)
IHRC calls on all campaigners to contact the Foreign Office or Minsitry of Foreign Affairs in their country and the Russian Embassy to urge for the immediate release of Imam Anton (Abdullah) Stepanenko, imam of Pyatigorsk mosque (Stavropol Territory).
Add Your Name to the Parliamentary Petition for the Return of Jamil Al Banna (http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=435)
The Petition of the supporters of Jamil el-Banna declares that they wish to see him returned to the UK from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, whereupon he should either face trial or be released.
From Behind Bars
Letter from Farid Hilali (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18074)
I take this opportunity to thank you all, everyone in Cageprisoners and Hhugs, for the support and care...
Islamic Focus
Lambs to the Slaughter (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18085)
As the festival of Eid-ul-Adhaa approaches billions of Muslims all over the world are preparing for this day. Many thousands have made the journey to Makkah for Hajj whilst others have begun their preparations at home, buying new clothes and preparing menus.
Cage (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18075)
A poem about the prisoners
Articles
Innnocents Abroad (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18073)
by Dave Lindorff
Bush Cracks Down on Gitmo Detainees, Despite Overwhelming Evidence Most are Not Terrorists
The Abandoned Abu Ghraib Whistleblower (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18049)
by Nat Hentoff
In his farewell address at the Pentagon, Donald Rumsfeld said that the worst day of his nearly six years as Secretary of Defense was the disclosure to the world of the photographs of the abuses at Abu Ghraib.
Report Exposes European Complicity in CIA Torture Flights (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18052)
by Niall Green
The European parliament has produced a report on the complicity of European governments in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) practice of extraordinary rendition—the illegal transferring of detainees to locations where they stand a high risk of being tortured.
Judge in Padilla Case Orders Mental Evaluation (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18034)
by Tom Carter
On Monday, US District Court Judge Marcia G. Cooke ordered an independent evaluation of the mental state of Jose Padilla, the US citizen who was held for years without charge as an “enemy combatant” and now faces trial in Miami on charges of providing aid to a terrorist organization.
Statement from Les Thomas (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18036)
Over the past five years, my family has paid close attention to the case of David Hicks, which wouldn’t come as a surprise given our own experiences over the same period.
[More Articles at Cageprisoners.com (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?type=Articles)]
News
GUANTANAMO
Lone Christmas Plea For Detainee (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18092)
Saudi Frees 18 Former Guantanamo Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18093)
[B]Pentagon Approves 46 Guantanamo Detainees For Transfer in 2006 (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18076)
Juma's Ordeal at Guantanamo Hospital (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18079)
Guantanamo Returnee on One-Month Detention (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18062)
3 Kazakhs Released From U.S. Prison at Guantanamo Bay Return Home (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18037)
Saudi Frees 11 Former Guantanamo Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18038)
Fears For Sanity of UK Resident in Guantánamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18040)
Pakistani Court Orders Authorities To Explain Detention of Man Held By US (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18039)
GHOST
Sisters Accused of Plotting Suicide Attacks Released (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18077)
Rice Says U.S. Will Review Rendition Case Involving Canadian (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18070)
Minister Denies 'Secret' CIA Flight Allegations (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18057)
Hundreds Disappear Into the Black Hole of the Kurdish Prison System in Iraq (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18094)
UK
PM Shelves Islamic Group Ban (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18078)
Islamist Threat Greater Than IRA Ever Posed, Says Police Chief (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18068)
High Court Gives Certification for the House of Lords Regarding Babar Ahmad (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18046)
US
Judge Allows Courtroom Competency Evaluation of Terror Suspect Padilla (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18061)
MISCELLANEOUS
Jack Thomas To Be Re-Tried (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18081)
Rashid Rauf’s Detention Extended For 90 Days (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18082)
Notices Issued to AG, IGP on Illegal Detention Plea (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18067)
Khawaja Decision Hampers Toronto Terror Cases (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18071)
Sept. 11 Terrorist Appeals Verdict, Constitutional Court Says (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18055)
Cleric Cleared Over Bali Bombings (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18044)
[More News on the War on Terror at Cageprisoners.com (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?type=News)]
(Amina Masood, wife of Masood Janjua, disappeared in Pakistan)
A Letter from Reda Dendani
Reda Dendani
HMP Long Lartin
24.12.06
I shall start this letter by announcing that I refuse to be called “Q” any more. I am Reda Dendani, 31, Algerian national, married and have a step daughter of 7. I’ve been living in the UK since 1998 as an asylum seeker. Calling me “Q” was not designed by the Home Office to protect me from the public. It was the opposite in fact. Labelling me like an object concealed the human being I am and facilitated the grip of allegations from the Home Office in the media.
The Home Office issued me with a deportation order 16 months ago on 11.8.05. This was after I had spent 2 and a half years in Woodhill and Belmarsh prisons, then freed on control orders after the House of Lords made my detention illegal under the Anti Terrorism Act 2001 on December 2004.
[More] (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18090)
Don't Forget The Prisoners This 'Eid
These are the best days of the year - a time for the Muslims to increase in worship; what could be better at this time than performing “one of the greatest compulsory deeds and one of the greatest ways to come close to Allah”, in the words of Ibn Taymiyyah - namely in fulfilling our obligations to the Muslim prisoners.
Freeing the prisoners is one of the greatest compulsory deeds and spending ransom money and other means towards that, is one of the greatest ways to come close to Allah.
Mark the occasion of 'Eid by sending a card to the former detainees, those who remain in prison and their families - let them know that they have not been forgotten but rather that they are constantly in our thoughts and prayers. If you have children or if you are a teacher, encourage them to make cards also.
[More] (http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=437)
Events
International Day to Shut Down Guantánamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=415)
Thursday, January 11, 2007 The 5 year anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to Guantánamo
Campaigns
Action Alert: Muslim Cleric Faces Trial For ‘Extremism’ in Russia (http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=436)
IHRC calls on all campaigners to contact the Foreign Office or Minsitry of Foreign Affairs in their country and the Russian Embassy to urge for the immediate release of Imam Anton (Abdullah) Stepanenko, imam of Pyatigorsk mosque (Stavropol Territory).
Add Your Name to the Parliamentary Petition for the Return of Jamil Al Banna (http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=435)
The Petition of the supporters of Jamil el-Banna declares that they wish to see him returned to the UK from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, whereupon he should either face trial or be released.
From Behind Bars
Letter from Farid Hilali (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18074)
I take this opportunity to thank you all, everyone in Cageprisoners and Hhugs, for the support and care...
Islamic Focus
Lambs to the Slaughter (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18085)
As the festival of Eid-ul-Adhaa approaches billions of Muslims all over the world are preparing for this day. Many thousands have made the journey to Makkah for Hajj whilst others have begun their preparations at home, buying new clothes and preparing menus.
Cage (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18075)
A poem about the prisoners
Articles
Innnocents Abroad (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18073)
by Dave Lindorff
Bush Cracks Down on Gitmo Detainees, Despite Overwhelming Evidence Most are Not Terrorists
The Abandoned Abu Ghraib Whistleblower (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18049)
by Nat Hentoff
In his farewell address at the Pentagon, Donald Rumsfeld said that the worst day of his nearly six years as Secretary of Defense was the disclosure to the world of the photographs of the abuses at Abu Ghraib.
Report Exposes European Complicity in CIA Torture Flights (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18052)
by Niall Green
The European parliament has produced a report on the complicity of European governments in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) practice of extraordinary rendition—the illegal transferring of detainees to locations where they stand a high risk of being tortured.
Judge in Padilla Case Orders Mental Evaluation (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18034)
by Tom Carter
On Monday, US District Court Judge Marcia G. Cooke ordered an independent evaluation of the mental state of Jose Padilla, the US citizen who was held for years without charge as an “enemy combatant” and now faces trial in Miami on charges of providing aid to a terrorist organization.
Statement from Les Thomas (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18036)
Over the past five years, my family has paid close attention to the case of David Hicks, which wouldn’t come as a surprise given our own experiences over the same period.
[More Articles at Cageprisoners.com (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?type=Articles)]
News
GUANTANAMO
Lone Christmas Plea For Detainee (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18092)
Saudi Frees 18 Former Guantanamo Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18093)
[B]Pentagon Approves 46 Guantanamo Detainees For Transfer in 2006 (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18076)
Juma's Ordeal at Guantanamo Hospital (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18079)
Guantanamo Returnee on One-Month Detention (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18062)
3 Kazakhs Released From U.S. Prison at Guantanamo Bay Return Home (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18037)
Saudi Frees 11 Former Guantanamo Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18038)
Fears For Sanity of UK Resident in Guantánamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18040)
Pakistani Court Orders Authorities To Explain Detention of Man Held By US (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18039)
GHOST
Sisters Accused of Plotting Suicide Attacks Released (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18077)
Rice Says U.S. Will Review Rendition Case Involving Canadian (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18070)
Minister Denies 'Secret' CIA Flight Allegations (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18057)
Hundreds Disappear Into the Black Hole of the Kurdish Prison System in Iraq (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18094)
UK
PM Shelves Islamic Group Ban (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18078)
Islamist Threat Greater Than IRA Ever Posed, Says Police Chief (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18068)
High Court Gives Certification for the House of Lords Regarding Babar Ahmad (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18046)
US
Judge Allows Courtroom Competency Evaluation of Terror Suspect Padilla (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18061)
MISCELLANEOUS
Jack Thomas To Be Re-Tried (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18081)
Rashid Rauf’s Detention Extended For 90 Days (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18082)
Notices Issued to AG, IGP on Illegal Detention Plea (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18067)
Khawaja Decision Hampers Toronto Terror Cases (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18071)
Sept. 11 Terrorist Appeals Verdict, Constitutional Court Says (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18055)
Cleric Cleared Over Bali Bombings (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=18044)
[More News on the War on Terror at Cageprisoners.com (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?type=News)]