Gihan Shahine delves into the lives of Egyptians held in Guantanamo, the world’s most infamous prison
“My name’s Shafiq Rasul and I’m from Tipton. I tell them I am not Taliban but they don’t want to listen. You won’t believe I just came out here for my mate’s wedding, do you?”
The poignant scene is from the [...]
His thirst for scapegoats shows how poorly George Bush understands the meaning of Easter.
By Giles Fraser the vicar of Putney giles.fraser@btinternet.com
Somewhere in the Middle East, Jesus Christ is strapped to a bench, his head wrapped in clingfilm. He furiously sucks against the plastic. A hole is pierced, but only so that a filthy rag can [...]
In a rare direct appeal from inside Guantanamo Bay, a Chinese Muslim has said he is continuing to be held in harsh conditions at the US detention centre, despite being told years ago that he was innocent and would be released.
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In a letter released by his New York-based lawyers and obtained by the Associated Press, [...]
From cageprisoner.com
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I, Hider Hanani - also known as Amar Makhlulif - was born in Algeria to a modest family in 1966. I had a simple upbringing in which my family instilled into me values of love, tolerance and patience. When war broke out in Algeria in 1991-1992, something tragic happened to our beautiful [...]
http://www.gulfnews.com/world/U.S.A/10188471.html
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Published: February 10, 2008, 00:45
Guantanamo Bay: US Naval base, Cuba (Reuters) Military lawyers defending Osama Bin Laden’s former driver on terrorism charges in the US war court at Guantanamo Bay have offered a compromise in their quest to interview September 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad.
They promised not to ask Mohammad about his treatment in US [...]
By Andy WorthingtonOn February 5, the New York Times published a front-page story by Carlotta Gall and myself, Time Runs Out for an Afghan Held by the U.S., about Abdul Razzaq Hekmati, a 68-year old Afghan detainee who died in Guantánamo on December 30, 2007, in which we established that Mr. Hekmati, known to the [...]
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Patrick Porter at 6:04 PM ET
[JURIST] The US Department of Defense said Wednesday that two charges have been referred [PDF text; press release] against Guantanamo Bay detainee Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi [DOD materials; GlobalSecurity profile]. The military commission charges referred are “providing material support to terrorism and conspiring with Usama bin [...]
The American Bar Association’s letter to President Bush contends that the detainees held in Guantánamo will not receive fair trials.
Posted on Sun, Mar. 02, 2008
BY CAROL ROSENBERG
crosenberg@MiamiHerald.com
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