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Cageprisoners.com
4th December 2004, 12:40 AM
"Why is it that Non Muslims are eager to listen and help get justice for my son and the other captives but the Muslims seem to stay away? I gave out 5 000 flyers in a door-to-door campaign in predominantly Muslim areas, all the shops and mosques had posters in them. Yet when we have a public meeting the only faces I see are non-Muslims”. (Father of Ruhal Ahmad, former Guantanamo detainee)


INSIDE HELLMARSH
Interview With Former Belmarsh Detainee (http://www.cageprisoners.com/interviews.php?aid=4053)

“The brothers are slowly, slowly becoming mad.”

KM was arrested in December 2002 ostensibly on immigration charges and detained in Belmarsh Prison for over a year. As he tells his story exclusively to Cageprisoners.com, KM reveals the conditions inside 'Britain's Guantanamo Bay' and the impact of his detention upon his family. He provides an insight into the lives of some of the Muslim detainees, held under anti-terrorist legislation, and how they cope with their day-to-day lives in captivity. His story exposes the absolute injustice behind detention without trial, based on "secret evidence", and how suspicions and lies led to the loss of fourteen precious months of his life behind bars.

“They really hurt me, they put me on the floor, put my face on the floor, pushed me hard, wringing my wrists, really hard. I was feeling the pain, in my knees as well. They put me in that position, and then they got the Crack team…” [More] (http://www.cageprisoners.com/interviews.php?aid=4053)


CAMPAIGNS

STOP SECRET TRIALS IN CANADA (http://forums.cageprisoners.com/sho...=2696#post26967)

Five Muslim men have been held, as of November 2004, a collective total of 169 months in Canadian prisons, much of it in solitary confinement, without charge, without bail, on secret "evidence" which neither they nor their lawyers are allowed to see. They are men with wives and children they cannot touch or hug. None has ever been convicted of any criminal offence in Canada. Welcome to Canada's own Guantanamo Bay.

For further information, click here (http://forums.cageprisoners.com/sho...=2696#post26967).

ACT NOW! SIGN ON TO STOP SECRET TRIALS IN CANADA

You can also protest against their detention by signing on, online (http://www.nowar-paix.ca/action/signon.php?petitionID=5).

Ali At Timimi

The trial is only two months away and Ali Al Timimi’s legal bills have grown astronomically. Donate to Ali’s legal fund:

National Liberty Fund
P.O. Box 3568
Washington, DC 20007
USA

For more information on how you can help the Support Committee, visit www.altimimi.org.

Cageprisoners.com
4th December 2004, 12:42 AM
EVENTS

CANADA:
JOIN NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST SECRET TRIALS IN CANADA
(http://forums.cageprisoners.com/sho...p=2699#post2699)
FRIDAY DECEMBER 10th 2004

As you read this, five Muslim men remain detained without charge or bail on secret evidence neither they nor their lawyers are allowed to see, in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. They have been behind bars anywhere from 18 months to over four years, denied a fair trial, and are at risk of deportation to torture.

The families of these men and their supporters are calling for a NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION on FRIDAY 10 DECEMBER to call for FOUR things:
Click here for more information


SCOTLAND:
GUANTANAMO: WAR ON TERROR OR WAR ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Amnesty International, MAB, SACC
Friday 3 December 7pm
Moir Hall, Mitchell Theatre, Granville Street, Glasgow
Speakers: Azmat Begg (father of Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg); Dr Salah Beltagi (President, Muslim Association of Britain); Kate Allen (Director, Amnesty International UK)


LONDON:
“O WOMEN OF THE UMMAH” (http://forums.cageprisoners.com/showthread.php?p=2688)
Stop Political Terror in Association with Muslimaat UK
Hear Their Cries & Answer Their Call
Saturday 18th December 11am-4pm
East London Mosque
Speakers: Lindsey German (Stop The War Coalition), Wife of Babar Ahmad
Women Only * Three Course Meal Provided * Creche
For more information click here
click here (http://forums.cageprisoners.com/showthread.php?p=2688).

IN PICTURES:
YELLOW RIBBON PROTEST (http://forums.cageprisoners.com/showthread.php?p=2686)
Last week Khalid al Odah and other family members of the Kuwaiti 12 came to London for a peaceful march in protest of their sons’ detention in Guantanamo Bay. Here’s the march and the Kuwaiti Family Committee in pictures.

CREATIVE PROTEST

'Abd Al-'Aziz - I Am A Believer And You Are A Believer (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4031)
Anonymous
A thought crossed my mind and I saw you
A picture passed before my eyes and I caught a glimpse of you
My conviction screamed in my heart and I remembered you
I read the verses of my Lord in His Book and I left your affair to Him.
For I am a believer and you are a believer

Visions of a Prisoner (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4017)
Anonymous
Prisoner
the vision of
gun metal grey –
Galvanized wayward strays,
Social dismay.

Cageprisoners.com
4th December 2004, 12:45 AM
NEWS


Red Cross Finds Detainee Abuse In Guantanamo (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4044)

Defense Spokesman Says US Doesn't Share Red Cross View of 'Torture' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4045)

No Ruling Yet From High Court in Guantanamo Case (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4046)

Panel Orders 17 Detainees to Remain Held (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4047)

Group That Won Guantánamo Ruling Targets U.S. Over Abu Ghraib (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4048)

Rights Groups Urge Scrutiny Of Gonzales (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4049)

Blunkett Launches ID Cards Bill (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4050)

Mubanga: Case Illustrates Difficulties In Identifying Dangerous Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4038)

Protest Held For Terror Suspect (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4039)

Two Out of Five Met Officers Were Deaf to Racism Claims (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4040)

Tribunal Keeps Abassi Inside (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4041)

Blair Set To Back ID Cards (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4043)

Guantanamo Briton Mubanga Faces US Allegations (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4033)

Law Change Call For Terror Cases (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4034)

King Urged To Raise Detainees Case In US (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4035)

Guantanamo Review Hears Accused Militants (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4036)

Blunkett To Unveil ID Legislation (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4037)

UK Urged To Review Terrorism Laws (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4020)

Britain Pushed to Publish Iraq Abuse Findings (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4021)

Liberal Groups Challenge AG Nominee (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4022)

Islamophobia On The Rise, Says Howard (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4023)

Government Opposes Hamdan Fast-Track Request (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4024)

Redgraves Launch New Political Party (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4025)

Professor Of International Law Accuses Harvard Of Hiring "War Criminal" (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4026)

Murdered Inmate 'Feared Racist' (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4027)

Spain Accused of 'Guantanamo-Style' Detention (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4012)

Lord Steyn Attacks Fellow Law Lord Over Guantanamo Bay Detainees (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4013)

Anwar To Campaign Against Detention Without Trial (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4014)

Fouad Lasnami's Asylum Hearing (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4015)

Abu Ghraib-Style Torture Was Used On Us, Say German Army Conscripts (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4016)

Three Accused of Taliban Ties at Tribunals (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4003)

General Who Ran Prisons Gets Pentagon Job (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4004)

US 'Alienating' World's Muslims (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4005)

Jack Roche In Prison Food Protest (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4006)

Jakarta Court Says Cleric Bashir Trial Can Proceed (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4007)

Companies Running Detention Centers Can Be Sued for Human Rights Violations (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4008)

Basra Police Arrest Five Arab Fighters (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4009)

Bush: CIA Must Grow By 50% (http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=4010)


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