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19	Cageprisoners.com continues to be that platform for the victims and families of unjust imprisonment in this so-called war on terror. <br />
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It is a portal of information for campaigners in this field.<br />
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5	Scotland Against Criminalising CommunitiesA 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.<br />
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The asylum application for Saleh Moullef will by heard at the Immigration Court, Eagle Building, 215 Bothwell Street, Glasgow at 9.45 am on Friday 29th October. The application by Fouad Lasnami will be heard there at 9.45 am on Wednesday 3rd November. <br />
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The men left Algeria in the early 90's following a coup that reversed the result of a democratic election. Many thousands of people have died in the conflict that followed. Many � perhaps most � of them were killed either by the military regime or by �opposition� groups infiltrated and manipulated by it. Conservative reports place the number of dead at around 100,000; others would put the figure much higher. According to a report in the French newspaper Le Figaro, over 400,000 people had been killed by 1997, and another 30,000 had been �disappeared�. Members of the military junta responsible for these atrocities are still influential in Algeria. Their regime and its successors have encouraged governments around the world to victimise those who have sought to escape the killing. The British police and security services have placed the Algerian asylum-seekers in new danger. Despite charges against the men being dropped, they appeared on a list of terror suspects shared between British Security Services and Algerian Security. The least our country can do now is to offer them a safe haven.<br />
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This factsheet was compiled by Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (SACC). We believe it to be accurate, but it remains solely the responsibility of SACC, not of the men or their lawyer.<br />
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More information on www.sacc.org.uk<br />
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<b>ACTION PLAN </b><br />
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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.<br />
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Please sign our petition in support of the men's asylum claim, drafted in collaboration with their lawyer Aamer Anwar. <br />
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Please circulate the petition as widely as you can.<br />
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We, the undersigned, wish to express our support for the asylum applications by Saleh Moullef, Fouad Lasnami, Hakim Ziem, Ghalem Belhadj, and the several other Algerian men arrested in Scotland under the Terrorism Act 2000 in December 2002.<br />
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We note with concern that the men were arrested on the flimsiest of evidence, that their arrests sparked intense media coverage, and that it was almost a year before the charges were dropped. We think that it is clear to anyone with any awareness of the situation in Algeria that these circumstances would place the men in grave danger were they to be returned there. Despite their charges being dropped, they appeared on a list of terror suspects shared between British Security Services and Algerian Security, further placing their lives at risk if returned to Algeria. At best they would face imprisonment, at worse execution. We believe that the country now has a moral duty and a duty under international law to afford the men a safe refuge. We respectfully ask the court to uphold that duty.<br />
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Scotland Against Criminalising Communities (SACC), <br />
Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees, <br />
Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC), <br />
Positive Action in Housing, <br />
Muslim Association of Britain (MAB),<br />
Robin Harper MSP (Scottish Green Party), <br />
Tommy Sheridan MSP (Scottish Socialist Party).<br />
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Download the petition here in <a href="http://www.sacc.org.uk/resources/al_petition2.pdf">pdf format</a> or here in <a href="http://www.sacc.org.uk/resources/al_petition2.doc">word format </a><br />
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Date: Saturday 25th September 2004<br />
Time: 5.45pm<br />
Venue: National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Little Horton Lane, Bradford, BD1 1NQ<br />
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The writer of the play "Guantanamo - in Defence of Freedom and Honour" Gillian Slovo, Vivian Yates of the Guantanamo Human Rights Commission, and Mr Azmat Begg, the father of Moazzem Begg (currently held as an "Enemy Combatant" will be the guest speakers.<br />
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Moazzem Begg has been held in Cuba with no access to independent legal advice and might even face a 'court martial'. This is a contradiction as a court martial is a form of trial for military personnel but Moazzem has been denied any Prisoner of War rights under the Geneva Convention!<br />
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All brothers and sisters are invited to attend, ask questions and show their support. For more information visit the following website:<br />
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	Event: Camp X Ray: Ghosts of Guantanamo
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Hazel Blears� comments that Muslims should expect to be stopped and searched as part of counter-terrorism measures was an admission of the Labour government's policy towards Muslims.<br />
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They have been guilty of passing more draconian legislation than any other government and the impact has been felt by the Muslim community both here and abroad. As well as killing thousands of innocent people in Afghanistan and Iraq, the government has colluded in the torture of British Muslims in Guantanamo Bay and has allowed the rendition of numerous others to brutal regimes in the Middle East for the sake of "intelligence".<br />
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On the domestic front Muslims have been detained without trial and some driven to insanity while hundreds of others have been arrested in high-profile raids and then quietly released without an apology. The government has also been attempting to extradite British citizens like Babar Ahmad to the US to face terror charges despite being cleared of any of any crime in the UK.<br />
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During this witch-hunt there have been brave parliamentarians who have consistently opposed the authoritarian measures adopted by the government and have acted as the moral conscience of this country. However in this list of courageous people, the parliamentarians who are conspicuous by their absence are our "pioneering" Muslim MPs. Both Mohammed Sarwar and Khalid Mahmood shamelessly voted for the new �Prevention of Terrorism Bill� that allows suspects to be placed under house arrest despite widespread opposition even within their own party. Since we the public are those who are paying for the salaries of these public servants then it is high time they were called to account and if not fulfil their Islamic duty of protecting their brothers and sisters then at least to fulfil their humanitarian duty to stand for truth and justice and not to be cowed in to party lines.<br />
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To this end we call on you to contact our Muslim parliamentarians and ask them whether they will continue to vote for future anti-terrorism legislation and what support they are lending to the Babar Ahmad campaign. You should also ask them as to why they voted for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and whether their parties are really friends of Muslims. Now is the time for the Muslims to get up and stand up for their rights and account their politicians. Give the Muslim MP�s a ring now or email them:<br />
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Mohammed Sarwar (Labour MP, Glasgow, Govan)<br />
(mob) 07976942159, (work) 01414275250, e-mail [email protected]<br />
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Khalid Mahmood (Labour MP, Birmingham, Perry Barr)<br />
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Asbo's, Stop & Search, Detention without trail, Guantanamo Bay, Racism & Islamaphobia...<br />
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FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER.<br />
7PM Onwards at INDUS Restaurant, 587 Stockport Road, Longsight.<br />
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Join us for a discussion, food & short film with <br />
* Anas Al Tikriti, Respect<br />
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* Janet Alder, Sister of Christopher who was killed in police custody<br />
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	Event: Civil Liberties Under Threat
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Ahmed Abu-Ali is a 23-year-old U.S. citizen born in Texas and raised in Virginia. He is an honor student who graduated valedictorian of his high school class.<br />
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Ahmed Abu-Ali was tortured while being unlawfully detained in Saudi Arabia for over a year. Neither the U.S. nor Saudi Arabia has filed charges against him.<br />
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According to Saudi authorities, the U.S. government ordered Mr. Abu-Ali's detention. Saudi Arabia has officially stated to the U.S. that it is ready to release Ahmed, pending a formal request from the U.S. Government. The U.S. government has not yet processed this request.<br />
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Abu-Ali has been detained for 514 days.<br />
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Washington Post Andrew Mosher (202) 344-5651 [email protected]<br />
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Reuters David Wiessler (202) 898-8383 [email protected]<br />
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Keep your comments brief, focused, and please be polite. <br />
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If you want to help organize in your area, please give the Freedom Foundation a call at (202) 496-1288.<br />
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The Freedom Foundation is the public affairs arm of the Muslim American Society (MAS), a national grassroots religious, social, and educational organization. MAS is America's largest grassroots Muslim organization with over 50 chapters nationwide. Learn more at www.masnet.org.	Join the "Free Ahmed Abu-Ali" Campaign
3	We Were Detained The Day Babar Ahmad Was Detained <br />
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Stop Police Terror Action Alert <br />
06 August 2004<br />
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Stop Police Terror Calls The British Public To Stop Being Bullied By Bush & Blair <br />
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In light of Thursday�s (5 August 2004) arrest of Babar Ahmad by Anti-Terrorist officers acting upon an extradition request from the US, incredulously alleging that he is responsible for planning attacks and laundering money to terrorists, Stop Police Terror urges all British people to stop being bullied by Bush and Blair and fight injustice by attending the forthcoming conference in Tooting, South London this Sunday. <br />
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The high-profile case of Mr. Ahmad, formerly referred to as Suspect A, who was arrested as part of the December raids, was the foundation and inspiration for the Stop Police Terror campaign. Therefore it comes as no surprise that the British establishment are seeking to remove this thorn in their side only two days before the South London Stop Police Terror conference was due to be held. Moreover, his arrest comes at a time while investigations as part of the official complaint he lodged are still pending in this case which had attracted much media attention and aroused deep anger in the community. It is rather convenient that the British establishment are now seeking to eliminate the very individual who has exposed and widely publicised the extent of police brutality and the arbitrariness of their arrests. <br />
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Mr. Ahmad is a law-abiding, upright British citizen, born and educated in South London, Described as an �intelligent, articulate graduate with a lovely family�, he is a well-known, highly beneficial member of the community, who has contributed particularly to the preservation of the Muslim youth and ensuring they are occupied with Islamic activities. Is he really a dangerous terrorist, a key Al-Qaeda planner of operations as they would have us believe, or simply a political pawn? Where is the much-lauded British justice? Why must we bend at Bush�s every beck and call? <br />
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Was it not sufficient that the Anti-Terrorist officers burst into his home and brutally beat Mr. Ahmad, inflicting more than 50- potentially life-threatening- injuries in December 2003? Was it not sufficient to imprison him in solitary confinement and interrogate him for 10 days, subjecting him to psychological abuse, only to release him as a free man without a single charge levelled against him. Surely if there had been a shred of incriminating evidence it would have been found in the forensic searches of his property, in the intricate scans of his computers or in the raid of his workplace. And if that were not enough, then exhaustively sending samples of his DNA and fingerprints around the globe should have been more than adequate in securing some charge, but unsurprisingly � yet again � they were able to find nothing. So from where arises the need to extradite this British citizen to a country infamous for its human rights abuses? <br />
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Can we really have faith in an administration which has arrested more than a staggering 5,000 Muslims on its own soil since 2001, whose soldiers continue to torture and humiliate innocent civilians from Afghanistan to Iraq to Guantanamo? Can we rely upon an administration which extracts confessions under torture and duress - or who renders individuals to foreign governments to torture on their behalf - and makes such confessions the basis for arrests and charges levelled against individuals across the globe? Can we trust an administration which deprives its detainees of legal counsel, of access to witnesses, to independent enquiry for years, who evade the rulings of their own Supreme Court? Can we trust such an administration to treat Mr. Ahmad with fairness and justice, when its interests lie in raising and lowering the terror alert at whim, to secure their seat in the upcoming elections, who revel in creating an atmosphere of fear and paranoia amongst the British and American people? <br />
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Let us not forget recent examples of the December and the Manchester raids, where all detainees were released without charge, or the arrests of Algerians in Scotland, whose lives were destroyed in spite of their innocence now being established. Let us not forget the 594 arrests with only 6 charged. Let us not forget the extradition proceedings against Lofti Raissi which was thrown out in a British court for �lack of evidence� and more recently, the charges levelled against Abu Hamza extracted from a Guantanamo detainee interrogated under torture in legal limbo, and as part of a plea bargain from a �man forced to buy his liberty with his conscience�. We must not allow another miscarriage of justice and must refuse this extradition. We demand that his case is transparent and that if charges are brought against him, that he should be entitled to a fair trial, with access to a lawyer on British soil. <br />
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Stop Police Terror urges all Muslims and non-Muslims alike to protest this outright denial of justice and show their support for the campaign by attending this Sunday�s Denial of Justice conference in Tooting, South London. There will subsequently be NO ENTRY FEE required. <br />
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ACTION ALERT <br />
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1. The minimum but the most effective means of helping Babar Ahmad is to supplicate for him - Make dua for Babar Ahmad in your tahajud (night) prayers, while you are fasting and in the places and times where du�a is most likely to be accepted. Take advantage of the fact it is Yawm Al-Jumuah, make du�a between the adhan and the iqamah and in the hour (the last hour before Maghrib on a Friday) in which supplications are not rejected. <br />
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2. Advise all Muslims and non-Muslims you know to attend this conference <br />
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3. Attend this Friday's demonstration outside the Home Office. Publicise the demonstration in every way that you can - distribute flyers, send out e-mails. <br />
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4. Raise awareness for this case by mentioning it in your Khutbahs (Friday sermons), lectures, and by referring people to StopPoliceTerror.com. Print off this action alert and post it up in your mosques, universities.<br />
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5. Write letters of complaint to Mr. Ahmad�s MP, Tom Cox, and to David Blunkett. (see attachment for model campaign letter)<br />
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6. Write to him. This can be done irrespective of geographical location, providing that the letters will reach him in sufficient time. Send words of encouragement and support, exhorting him to be patient and steadfast, reminding him of his reward and of those who are being tested more severely.<br />
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If you do not have time to write a letter, then at the very least send a �Thinking of you� card.<br />
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With respect to the Muslims, this is something our faith has obligated upon us and which carries a great reward, as the Prophet (salla Allahu �alayhi was-salam) said, �Whoever relieves a believer�s distress of the distressful aspects of this world, Allaah will rescue him from a difficulty of the difficulties of the hereafter� Allah is helping the servant as long as the servant is helping his brother." (Muslim). <br />
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Please send letters to:<br />
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B Ahmad MX5383<br />
HMP Woodhill<br />
Tattenhoe Street<br />
Milton Keynes<br />
Bucks<br />
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Please ensure that all letters will reach Woodhill Prison by Friday 13th August since there is a strong likelihood that he may move locations thereafter.<br />
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7. Send similar messages of support to his family <a href="http://forums.cageprisoners.com/showthread.php?p=2380#post2380">here</a>. The Prophet (salla Allahu �alayhi was-salam) said �...the most beloved of deeds to Allah is to make another Muslim happy�� (at-Tabarani).<br />
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We must stand up in support of the victims of Police Terror before we ourselves become the victims. Refusing to attend out of fear or paranoia that we will become guilty by association is simply playing into the hands of Bush and Blair. Our previous conferences have reiterated the message of the story of the �Day The White Bull Was Eaten� - Do not fail to act before one day it is said, �We were detained the day Babar Ahmad was detained."<br />
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The friends and family of Qaiser Shariff appeal to all to come forward and stand up for our right to exist without discrimination.<br />
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Eight men arrested in raids across London and the country were charged last week and are now being held in Belmarsh and Woodhill. One of these eight is Qaiser Shaffi, a much loved person whose first crime was to be a Muslim.<br />
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Smart, kind, extremely generous - Qaisar Shaffi is the type of person that you don't encounter very often. The kind of person who, even if you had only met him, he would treat you better than he would treat his own brother, who loves him deeply, looks up to him, as do the many other young people in the London area whom he has come into contact with, either through his work or personal life.<br />
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Qaiser went to work every day for the past six years with a mobile phone company. He always helped individuals that no one else would think twice about, the deprived, the young, the old - he would go out of his way to help them find work or sufficient training with which they use as a foundation for a career. <br />
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As for their employers, they equally admired Qaiser and were extremely fond of him. He had a presence that would cheer the saddest of souls. He helped support his family which was his foremost concern. He never upset anyone, always endeavouring to ensure that those around him were secure financially or just personally. <br />
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To claim that Qaiser was planning some terrorist attack is completely ludicrous. He was left in shock after seeing the September 11th attacks that the terrorists had attacked a public place. He felt for all the husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters who had lost their loved ones. To those who would speak badly of the innocent victims who had been killed, he would respond by reminding them, "imagine if it were your loved ones", which usually brought it home to them. He always reminded his brother and others to take care of your family and to put them first.<br />
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It is therefore no surprise that his arrest, let alone the charges levelled against him, have left his family completely devastated, and all those who know him in deep shock and disgust. <br />
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The police claim that papers were found in his house - the type of information that was widely available over the internet which many may have been curious to read. He was never interested in terrorising anyone, let alone conspiring to murder.<br />
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We must not allow our rights to be slowly taken away from us. We are stopped more often by the police than ever. It can only get worse.<br />
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Now is the time to set aside our differences and show this country that you care - it could be your son, your father, or your brother NEXT.<br />
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Let them know how you feel by attending the Free Qaiser Shaffi Silent Protest<br />
25th August at the Old Bailey<br />
St Pauls Tube<br />
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ACT NOW!<br />
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For more information contact:<br />
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Taiyeb 07951197279<br />
Faisal 07930881100<br />
Iffy 07960786808<br />
Rizy 07940786016<br />
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SOURCE: Stop Political Terror <br />
	Free Qaiser Shaffi Silent Protest
1	British Foreign Secretray Jack Straw announced on Tuesday 11th January that the four Britons detained at Guantanamo Bay would be released from the US gulag after enduring 3 years of torture and human rights abuses. They are expected to be returned to the UK within a few weeks.<br />
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Meanwhile in Australia, it was announced that Australian detainee Mamdouh Habib would also be released and free to return home.<br />
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In close anticipation of their arrival, we would like to dedicate <a href="http://forums.cageprisoners.com/showthread.php?t=1058"> this thread</a> as a warm welcome for them, their families and supporters on this joyous occasion. Please post your comments and messages of support for them, and we will ensure that they read them inshaa`allaah.<br />
	Welcome Home Moazzam, Mamdouh, Feroz, Martin and Richard!
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In the last fortnight the family of British resident held in Guantanamo, Omar Deghayes, appealed publicly for the first time in the three years he has been detained. With the declassification of certain information, his solicitor was able to reveal that in addition to a catalogue of other abuses suffered, Omar has been permanently blinded in one eye by military police in Guantanamo. <br />
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The British government have already abandoned Omar to the hands of his US torturers in Cuba for the past three years. Complicit in his interrogations, they now threaten to deliver him to certain death by failing to intervene and secure his release and allowing his transfer to Libya, from where his family fled persecution following the assassination of his father by the Gaddafi regime. <br />
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ACT NOW! Refuse to allow the British government to ignore its moral and legal obligations to Omar � Write now to Jack Straw to complain and demand Britain secures his release and safe return to the UK. <a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/dn_files/omarletter.doc">Click here for a sample letter.</a><br />
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� <a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/interviews.php?aid=5632">READ CAGEPRISONERS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH HIS SISTER, AMANI DEGHAYES</a><br />
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� <a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?aid=5631">Omar Deghayes and the Long History of Persecution</a> � tracing the story of Omar�s life from his childhood in Libya where his father, Amer executed by Gaddafi to his life in Britain. Read how the British government has been complicit in his detention from the outset, and the sinister role of the Libyan officials who visited him in Guantanamo.<br />
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� <a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/dn_files/cssdegstraw.doc">Clive Stafford Smith�s Letter to Jack Straw </a> <br />
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� <a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?pri_id=172">More articles and photos of Omar and his family</a><br />
</b>	Blinded By The USA - Omar Deghayes
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Date: Sunday 10th October 2004<br />
Time: 11am - 1pm<br />
Venue: Froud Centre, 1 Toronto Avenue (off Romford Road), Manor Park,<br />
London, E12 5JF<br />
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A few weeks ago, three Muslim women who travelled to Palestine to teach Palestinian children as part of Project Hope, were detained, body searched and taken to court upon "secret" evidence that they were terrorists by ruthless Israeli security services. In court the judge eventually threw out these baseless accusations, but initially placed them under house arrest at their hostel until deportation. However, the deportation process was frustrated by the police who refused to return the women's passports and arrange for a flight. After campaigners contacted the British Foreign Office, the three sisters found themselves taken to court once more, and finally all allegations against them were dropped. They recently returned to the UK but are still traumatised by these shocking incidents.<br />
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Insha'Allah the sisters will be sharing their harrowing experiences with us this Sunday. Come and find out what happened and learn more about the brutal reality of the situation in Palestine <br />
	Event: The Detention of British Muslimahs In Palestine
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Huddersfield Stop The War Coalition will be holding a public meeting to demand justice for Omar Deghayes. <br />
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The appeal will be headed by his sister Amani and journalist and human rights activist Victoria Brittain.<br />
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The meeting will be held at the Hudawi Centre on Great Northern Street on Thursday, April 21 from 7.30pm.<br />
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Contact the Huddersfield Stop The War Coalition on 01484 846209.<br />
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THE SISTER of a former Huddersfield University student held at Guantanamo Bay is coming to town to demand justice for her brother.<br />
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Amani Deghayes will be addressing a meeting next month to call for a fairer deal for her brother Omar.<br />
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Law student Omar has been held by the USA at the military base since early 2002.<br />
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He joined a legal practice course at Huddersfield University in 1998 but never completed his course.<br />
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Supporters say he was kidnapped in Pakistan and transferred to the controversial prison camp, where he is alleged to have been tortured.<br />
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Mr Deghayes, 35, came to the UK from Libya with his family in 1986 - six years after his father, Ahmer, was allegedly assassinated by Colonel Muammar Gadaffi's regime.<br />
	Omar Deghayes - Stop The War Huddersfield Meeting
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FreeTayseer.Com<br />
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A Statement about the Imprisonment of Al-Jazeera's Tayseer Allouni <br />
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As the restrictions imposed by the American war machine on the free and independent media continues, and the pressure on them intensifies, so do the massacres and human rights violations committed by the American military wherever they happen to have a foothold. This aggressive war machine continues to endeavour tirelessly to gag every free, independent and self respecting media organization in the world that tries to convey a message of truth to others without distortion or perversion. <br />
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Perhaps it was no surprise, then, the first of the American forces' achievements upon entering Baghdad without resistance was the shedding of the blood of a Spanish journalist whose only crime was to watch the invading army pouring into the Iraqi capital from the balcony of his Palestine hotel room. The treacherous bullets did not wait long to spill his innocent blood, and in doing so marking a new and unprecedented ****** page of targeting the free media in the history of warfare. <br />
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It may also be worth mentioning, at a time when we're recalling the events surrounding the tragic deaths of many journalists at the hands of the American military in Iraq, that Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel has had its fair share of this mistreatment. This channel that has raised the banner of independence and committed itself to broadcasting news both professionally and with credibility has, in the eyes of many, proven to be a trend setter in the world of Arab media. Al � Jazeera through its performance has managed to provoke imperialistic powers which have strived to fight it both overtly and covertly. We are all familiar with the bombing of Al-Jazeera's offices in Kabul. <br />
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Then came the bombing of its Baghdad offices and the assassination of its reporter Tariq Ayoub. We are currently going through the phase of the closure of Al-Jazeera's offices in Baghdad on the orders of the interim Iraqi government, itself appointed by the Americans. Last but not least, comes the arrest for the second time running of Tayseer Allouni under some flimsy pretexts to say the least. We all know that the arrest of Tayseer Allouni comes in the context of Americans pressures on Al- Jazeera in order to force it to divert from its policy which is perceived to be harmful to American hegemony which it tries to exercise on the hearts and minds of millions of viewers. <br />
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As we strongly condemn and denounce the Spanish government's yielding to American pressure and arresting Allouni and leave him to languish in jail despite his poor health, which reconsider a violation of basic human rights and the principle of free press which the West has long been paying lip service to. The Spanish government, in our view, has done itself a great disservice by giving in to the demands of the Americans. It has thus proven once again to be an obedient servant of the American imperialists. In the process, the Spanish judiciary has inflicted upon itself a great deal of damage to its credibility and honour. <br />
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We therefore call upon human rights organisations and all those who concern themselves with defending the rights of journalists to bring pressure to bear on the Spanish government and through lawful means to bring about a speedy release of Mr. Allouni. We believe this matter to be of great urgency in view of what has reached us from reliable sources of the conditions surrounding Mr. Allouni's incarceration. He is being kept in a tiny cell (2.5 by 1.6 m ). He is also being subjected to near total solitary confinement and not allowed outside his cell except for two hours in the morning and two in the evening, and even this is only into a small space in which he is not allowed to see more than five inmates on the strict condition of not engaging in any form of conversation and under close guard. The temperature in the cell where he is being kept is very cold reaching below zero at times. The heating is only switched on for two hours a day which has severely aggravated the back pain Mr Allouni suffers from. He is only allowed two visitors a time which means that he is deprived of seeing his entire family together. <br />
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We appeal to all the press unions and syndicates in the Arab and Muslim countries to engage more proactively in condemning this preposterous act. We further urge them to rally Arab and Western public opinion to perform acts of solidarity with Tayseer's case. We remind every body of their moral duty to help and support Tayseer the journalist. We believe this solidarity to be one with the credibility of free media and its professional independence and integrity. <br />
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We also urge everybody concerned to stand by Al-Jazeera in these trying times and the ordeal it faces at the hands of American imperialism which is desperately trying to gag the free and independent media. At the same time we call upon Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel to remain faithful to its balanced approach and not to give in to American pressures. We hereby remind Al-Jazeera that it was the first to commit itself to the principle of ' Opinion and the other Opinion'. Consistency is the path to success.<br />
	FreeTayseer.Com - Campaign for the Release of Journalist Tayseer Allouni
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Civilian attorneys in the United States have filed cases on behalf of over 60 prisoners in Guant?namo Bay seeking their release from unlawful detention. We are working with the New York-based human rights organization, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). Cases have already been filed on behalf of prisoners from the U.K., Kuwait, Germany, France, Bahrain, Bosnia, Yemen, and Qatar. <br />
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Volunteer attorneys are available to provide legal representation to the remaining 500 prisoners. If you would like to file a U.S. case on behalf of a family member seeking their release, please contact:<br />
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Gitanjali Gutierrez, Esq.<br />
CCR Cooperating Attorney<br />
Gibbons Del Deo<br />
One Riverfront Plaza<br />
Newark, New Jersey 07102<br />
USA<br />
[email protected]<br />
1 011 607-973-4493 (USA)<br />
	Free Legal Assistance Available for Guant?namo Prisoners
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Islamic Human Rights Commission<br />
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Call for the immediate release of Aljazeera reporter, Taysir Alouni, who has been imprisoned for the last 3 months in Spain on charges of membership of the Al-Qaeda �terror network�. <br />
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1. Background<br />
2. Suggested Action<br />
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Background:<br />
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Taysir Alouni is a reporter for AlJazeera who is currently in prison in Spain on charges of membership of a �terrorist organisation�. Alouni, a Syrian-born Spaniard, was arrested in September 2003 in his home in Granada, but 5 weeks later was released on bail, after the court heard his health was suffering. He was rearrested in November 2004 and has been in custody without bail ever since. <br />
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Alouni has repeatedly denied allegations that he has any connection to al-Qaida and that he took part in operations of financing al-Qaida and in recruiting activists. The allegations stem primarily from an interview conducted by Alouni with Usama bin Laden in October 2001, during which the latter called for jihad. But Spanish investigators also have used wiretap evidence to present their case. Alouni claims that his conversations have been mistranslated due to his Syrian dialect. He has expressed his readiness to explain �point by point� the telephone calls that took place between him and presumed members of al-Qaida.<br />
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Taysir Alouni is credited as being the only journalist based in Afghanistan in October 2001 to show the world what the US war machine was doing to one of the world's poorest countries. His coverage triggered international outrage over the US action in Afghanistan. Alouni also covered the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and miraculously survived the US bombing of the Aljazeera Baghdad bureau which killed his colleague, Tariq Ayub. Due to his work in Iraq and Afghanistan, Alouni was awarded a peace prize in December 2003 by the Francsica Mateos foundation, a Spanish NGO dedicated to international cooperation and social work in Spain. Previous recipients of the award include exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. In awarding him the prize, the Foundation stated, "You are not only innocent, you are a good professional, a hero and an example to be followed."<br />
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Alouni is being kept in horrific conditions. His imprisonment conditions are such that his health has deteriorated significantly. He is being kept in a tiny cell (2.5 by 1.6 m). He is also being subjected to near total solitary confinement and not allowed outside his cell except for two hours in the morning and two in the evening, and even this is only into a small space in which he is not allowed to see more than five inmates on the strict condition of not engaging in any form of conversation and under close guard. The temperature in the cell where he is being kept is very cold reaching below zero at times. The heating is only switched on for two hours a day which has severely aggravated the back pain Alouni suffers from. He is only allowed two visitors a time which means that he is deprived of seeing his entire family together. Alouni suffers from an acute heart condition and had recently undergone a heart Catharsis operation. Any prolonged captivity would put his life in jeopardy. <br />
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In late January 2005, Alouni asked for �conditional release�. He argued that there is no risk that he will leave Spain because all of his family are Spanish and his four children live and go to school in Spain. Furthermore, Alouni has contended that he has no interest in escaping because he will lose his professional credibility. <br />
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His imprisonment is symbolic of the witch-hunt taking place against Muslims all over the world. Numerous Western journalists, including Robert Fisk, have interviewed Usama bin Laden and many other unsavoury characters; yet none of them have been charged, arrested or imprisoned for membership of a terrorist organisation. Why has Taysir Alouni been singled out for this treatment? Imprisoning a journalist for doing his job is a grave violation of freedom of the press, so often lauded as a symbol of democracy. <br />
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Suggested Action:<br />
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1. Send a letter of support to Taysir Alouni<br />
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Taysir Kate Alony (Preventivos<br />
Centro Penitenciario Madrid 2<br />
Carretera De Meco Km, 5<br />
Alcal? De Henares � Madrid<br />
C.P. 28805<br />
Spain <br />
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2. Send a letter to Judge Baltasar Garson demanding that Mr Alouni be released immediately. He can be contacted at [email protected] <br />
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3. Contact the relevant authorities below urging them to immediately release Taysir Alouni on bail on humanitarian grounds. He suffers from serious health problems and is being detained in extremely harsh conditions. Explain your belief that Mr Alouni is totally innocent and will comply with his bail conditions and present himself on the trial date to the Spanish courts. <br />
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Royal Palace<br />
Address: Palacio de la Zarzuela 28071, Madrid, Spain<br />
e-mail: [email protected] <br />
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Presidency Office<br />
Complejo de la Moncloa 28071, Madrid, Spain<br />
e-mail: [email protected] <br />
[email protected] <br />
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4. Send a letter to the Foreign Secretary in your country raising your concerns about the latest stage in the persecution of Muslims and those who dare stand by them. A sample letter can be found below.<br />
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5. Contact the High Commission of Human Rights calling for them to intervene for the release of Alouni who is the latest victim of the neo-McCarthyism which has infected the world since 9-11. <br />
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Ms Louise Arbour<br />
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights <br />
8-14 Avenue de la Paix<br />
1211 Gen�ve 10 <br />
Switzerland<br />
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6. Write letters to national and international newspapers expressing your outrage at what is happening. Your individual letter may not be printed but if enough people write, the chances of one of those letters being printed are highly increased. <br />
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7. Sign the petition calling for Taysir Alouni to be freed. You can sign at http://www.freetayseer.com/signe/ <br />
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8. For more information on Taysir Alouni�s case, please see the following links<br />
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www.taysiralouni.net <br />
www.freetayseer.com <br />
www.alonysolidarity.net/ (Arabic)<br />
http://alonysolidarity.monsite.wanadoo.fr/ (French)<br />
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exe...1744C2197D7.htm <br />
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[Your Name]<br />
[Your Address]<br />
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[Date]<br />
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Rt. Hon. Jack Straw MP<br />
Foreign & Commonwealth Office<br />
King Charles Street<br />
London<br />
SW1A 2AH<br />
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Dear Mr. Straw:<br />
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RE: Spanish Imprisonment of al-Jazeera reporter, Taysir Alouni<br />
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I am writing out of deep concern about the continuing witch-hunt of Muslims throughout the world as part of the �war on terror�, and in particular the imprisonment of Aljazeera journalist, Taysir Alouni in Spain. <br />
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Mr Alouni has been detained in horrific conditions in Spain since November 2004. He faces charges of membership of a terrorist organisation. Much of the �evidence� stems from Mr Alouni�s interview with Usama bin Laden in October 2001 and his journalistic contacts in al-Qaeda. As you are probably aware, it is part and parcel of investigative journalism to make contacts with people at the centre of a story, regardless of how unsavoury they may seem. If journalists ought to stand trial for interviewing individuals suspected of terrorism or war crimes, then hundreds of American and European journalists should also line up in courts. Even the respected Western journalist, Robert Fisk, has interviewed Usama bin Laden. Yet, only Taysir Alouni has been singled out for this kind of treatment. <br />
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I strongly urge you to raise these concerns with your Spanish counterparts and demand that Taysir Alouni be freed immediately on bail. Such shocking treatment of a respected reporter who was simply doing his duty, is symbolic of the extent to which traditional civil liberties and democratic values such as the freedom of the press are rapidly evaporating in Western society. <br />
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I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience,<br />
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Sincerely, <br />
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___________________ <br />
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[Your Name]<br />
	ALERT: Free Aljazeera Reporter, Taysir Alouni
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Solidarity Fast on Paddington Green, London - Monday 06/09/04 12noon - Sunday evening- 12/09/04 <br />
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Activists with experience of human rights work in occupied Palestine begin a week-long water-only fast and vigil in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners who have temporarily suspended (they have agreed to drink a little milk) an open-ended hunger strike to engage in negotiations with Israeli prison authorities regarding basic humanitarian conditions. <br />
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Over 3000 Palestinian political prisoners joined the hunger strike, initiated August 15th, demanding an end to arbitrary beatings, prolonged solitary confinement, the firing of teargas canisters into cells, and physical and psychological torture. Further demands include the right to increased family visits, telephone access, the right to continue with higher education by correspondence, removal of glass divides between prisoners and their families during visits and an end to public strip searches. <br />
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The solidarity fast also seeks to draw attention to the alarming increase in internment without trial and the denial of basic human rights being endured by Iraqis, Afghanis and others interned in US and UK administered detention centres and prisons worldwide. <br />
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The lack of due process, the lack of disclosure, use of secret evidence and detention without trial affecting hundreds of UK and foreign nationals in Britain mirrors similar policies practised in the United States and Israel and the territories they are occupying. <br />
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A fast and vigil tent will be maintained 24-hours a day from September 6th to 12th on Paddington Green to highlight the detention of UK and foreign nationals in Britain. <br />
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Activists from Palestine, Iraq, Britain, South Africa, Poland, Ireland and the US will be taking part in the fast and vigil. <br />
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The fast will commence at 1 p.m. on Monday the 6th of September <br />
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For further information please contact Caoimhe (Cueeva) on 07771584133, Romany on 07866474408, or Osama on 07833381660.<br />
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http://frompalestinetopaddingtongreen.blogspot.com/<br />
	From Palestine to Paddington Green - Internment Continues
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Speakers include:<br />
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* Sr Yvonne Ridley (Freelance Journalist)<br />
* Sr Natalia Garcia (Human Rights Lawyer, Tyndallwoods Solicitors)<br />
* Br Ashfaq Ahmad (Father of British Political Prisoner, Babar Ahmad)<br />
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Date: Wednesday 22nd September 2004<br />
Time: 6.30 pm (prompt start)<br />
Venue: Carrs Lane Church Centre, Carrs Lane, Birmingham, B4 7SX <br />
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History has begun to repeat itself, oppression and humiliation has come to many through the decades and centuries. First it was the black community, and then it was the time of the Irish community, now it is the Muslim community. Babar Ahmad was illegally arrested last month by anti-terrorist officers acting upon an extradition request from the US. He is currently detained in Woodhill Prison. Brothers and sisters are urged to attend this meeting regarding the political terror our community is being subjugated to.<br />
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The father of the brother who has been imprisoned will be attending, insha'Allah. How do you think your father would feel if he called upon the Ummah when his son was being persecuted and no one replied? We should take it upon ourselves and show him that we are from the Ummah of Muhammad (pbuh) and we answer the calls of the oppressed and the weak.<br />
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For more details contact:<br />
Tel: 07779 006 932<br />
E-mail: [email protected]<br />
Website: www.stoppoliticalterror.com<br />
	The Grip of State Terror - SPT Birmingham Conference
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Rachid Ramda, an Algerian asylum seeker, has been detained in Belmarsh maximum security prison for the last nine years - even though he has not been convicted of any crime.<br />
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Rachid was initially arrested on an extradition warrant from France in 1995 in connection with bomb attacks in Paris. In June 2002, the High Court refused to extradite him after it found that the key evidence provided by the French authorities was inconsistent and had been obtained by beating and otherwise ill-treating another man arrested in connection with the case. It found that there was a 'real risk' that Rachid would suffer ill-treatment if he were sent back to France.<br />
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Rachid spent the first six years of his detention in a Special Secure Unit (SSU), where his mental and physical health suffered. But he now acts as a lifeline for others and interprets for some of the men held without charge under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.<br />
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Right to education<br />
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After his six years in SSU, Rachid got access to education and completed an Open University course in English literature. He would like to study another two Open University subjects this year. However, the prison authorities have raised a variety of objections; the latest is funding. If Rachid is to enrol for the courses in time for the new term he needs to pay around �500. His solicitor is appealing for donations to raise this sum. <br />
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If you would like to make a contribution, please send a cheque made out to 'Birnberg Peirce & Partners' (with a note saying it is for Rachid's education) to Rachid's lawyers:<br />
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Daniel Guedalla, <br />
Birnberg Peirce & Partners, <br />
14 Inverness Street, <br />
Camden Town, <br />
London NW1 7HJ. <br />
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Any surplus funds raised will be spent on educational materials.<br />
Related: <a href="http://forums.cageprisoners.com/showthread.php?t=801">Click here to read Rachid's thank you letter to all who supported him </a>	Books Not Bars For Rachid Ramda
3	Download the PDF attachment	Model Letter To David Blunkett On Case of Babar Ahmad
11	Support Lynne Stewart: Latest Victim of the 'War on Terror' <br />
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IHRC calls on all campaigners to support civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart who has been convicted of "aiding terrorism" due to her representation of Egyptian cleric Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman. Stewart (65) now faces a possible 40 years in prison. <br />
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1. Background<br />
2. Suggested Action<br />
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Background:<br />
</b><br />
Lynne Stewart (65) is a respected civil rights attorney who represents, among others, Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, a blind Egyptian cleric serving life in prison in Florida. Sheikh Omar is the spiritual leader of Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (The Islamic Group), a militant organisation in Egypt dedicated to overthrowing the oppressive Egyptian regime. On 10 February 2005, Stewart was convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to prepare to assist murder and lying to the government. She was accused of "aiding terrorists" by allegedly conveying "messages" from the Sheikh to his followers in Egypt. These instructions consisted of one public statement which Stewart read out in April 2000 to Reuters in which the Sheikh questioned the ceasefire that is currently in place between the Islamic Group and the Egyptian government. Sheikh Omar, a major political and religious figure in the Middle East, was anxious not to disappear into the black hole of U.S. prisons. Stewart insists she was simply doing her job. In doing so, it was held that Stewart evaded "Special Administrative Measures" (SAMs) which the Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons sometimes imposes to restrict and shut off communication between prisoners and the outside world. <br />
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Stewart's entire trial made a mockery of the system of due process and in particular, the age-old principle of attorney-client confidentiality. Following Stewart's arrest in 2002, then Attorney-General John Ashcroft went to the ruins of the World Trade Centre and later onto a late night nationwide TV show, Letterman, and told the people that he had arrested the terrorist grandma. Wiretaps carried on for over 13 years were used in evidence. Evidence obtained from secret audio and video recordings of conversations between Stewart and the Sheikh at the jail were used as evidence in gross violation of the attorney-client privilege. The worst kind of hearsay and prejudicial evidence supposedly connecting Osama bin Laden to one of Stewart's co-defendants was also allowed into the case. While the jury was considering her case, she received threats, via a printed flier, that denounced her, and Sheikh Omar, too, as "traitors to America." The Jewish Defense Organization, an extremist Jewish group, took credit for the flyer, copies of which were also put out on the streets around the federal courthouse where Stewart's jury was then deliberating, in downtown Manhattan, according to the New York Times. <br />
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The extent that civil liberties in the West have been suspended can be seen in Ms Stewart's conviction. It is the first time that the federal government has prosecuted a defense attorney in a terrorism case. Lawyers around the country fear the government's aim is to discourage them from representing unpopular clients. As Stewart herself stated following her conviction, "Lawyers cannot be locked up for doing their job." The other fear is that lawyers who do represent such clients will have a constant fear of being indicted like Lynne Stewart, thus putting the interests of the government ahead of their client's interests. The conviction is an attack on the First Amendment right of free speech, free press and petition and on the right to effective assistance of counsel. The 'evidence' in this case was gathered by wholesale invasion of private conversations, private attorney-client meetings and private faxes, letters and e-mails.<br />
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By targeting and convicting Lynne Stewart, the U.S. Justice Department hopes to make an example of an attorney with a long history of progressive political beliefs as well as a reputation for vigorously advocating on behalf of those whose lives have been entrusted to her. Her conviction is meant as a signal to the defense bar to cease and desist from zealous representation of persons criminalized by the Government.<br />
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Stewart will be returning to court to appeal her conviction in early March. Her sentencing has been set for June 15. If convicted, she faces up to 40 years in prison. <br />
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<b><br />
Suggested Action:<br />
</b><br />
1. Send a letter of support to Lynne Stewart<br />
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Lynne Stewart is a 65 year old grandmother who has fought for the oppressed and downtrodden her whole life. She now needs our support more than ever before. Send a message of support to [email protected] <br />
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2. Make a donation to the Lynne Stewart Defense Fund<br />
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Lynne Stewart Defense Committee<br />
351 Broadway, 3rd Floor<br />
New York, NY 10013 <br />
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Tel. 212-679-6018 extension # 21<br />
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To donate to the Lynne Stewart Defense Fund, please click the link below and download the Donation Form, available in PDF format. Fill the form out and mail it with your check to: <br />
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DONATION FORM IN PDF FORMAT <br />
Your donations are greatly appreciated! <br />
3. Send a letter to the Foreign Secretary in your country raising your concerns about the latest stage in the persecution of Muslims and those who dare stand by them. A sample letter can be found below.<br />
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4. Write letters to national and international newspapers expressing your outrage at what is happening. Your individual letter may not be printed but if enough people write, the chances of one of those letters being printed are highly increased. For more information, see www.lynnestewart.org <br />
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[Your Name]<br />
[Your Address]<br />
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[Date]<br />
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Rt. Hon. Jack Straw MP<br />
Foreign & Commonwealth Office<br />
King Charles Street<br />
London<br />
SW1A 2AH<br />
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Dear Mr. Straw:<br />
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RE: Conviction of American Civil Rights Attorney, Lynne Stewart<br />
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I am writing out of deep concern about the significant suspension of human rights and civil liberties in the US, highlighted recently by the conviction of respected civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart for "aiding terrorism". <br />
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Ms Stewart is the attorney for Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Group, who is serving life in prison in the US. Ms Stewart was convicted because she read out one public statement from her client in April 2000 to Reuters in which the Sheikh questioned the ceasefire that is currently in place between the Islamic Group and the Egyptian government. <br />
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What is most shocking about this entire case has been the unprecedented encroachment of civil liberties and due process such as the principle of lawyer-client confidentiality. For example, following Ms Stewart's arrest in 2002, then Attorney-General John Ashcroft went to the ruins of the World Trade Centre and later onto a late night nationwide TV show, Letterman, and told the people that he had arrested the terrorist grandma. Wiretaps carried on for over 13 years were used in evidence. Evidence obtained from secret audio and video recordings of conversations between Stewart and the Sheikh at the jail were used as evidence in gross violation of the attorney-client privilege. The 'evidence' in this case was gathered by wholesale invasion of private conversations, private attorney-client meetings and private faxes, letters and e-mails. Furthermore, the worst kind of hearsay and prejudicial evidence supposedly connecting Osama bin Laden to one of Stewart's co-defendants was also allowed into the case.<br />
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Ms Stewart, like may other public interest lawyers, has always campaigned for and represented the oppressed and downtrodden. However, this is the first time that the federal government has prosecuted a defence attorney in a terrorism case. It seems that the persecution of Muslims has now reached the extremely dangerous stage where those who dare to represent or aid Muslims will themselves be persecuted, regardless of their faith. This conviction seems designed to discourage others from coming to the assistance of people criminalized by the US government. The conviction is nothing but a vicious attack on the rights of free speech, free press and petition and on the right to effective assistance of counsel. <br />
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I strongly urge you to raise these concerns with your American counterparts. Such shocking treatment of a lawyer, who did no more than zealously represent her client, is a sign of the American witch-hunt against Muslims and their friends. Such practices are completely abhorrent to a nation which prides itself on its status as a "free and democratic country". <br />
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I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience,<br />
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Sincerely, <br />
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[Your Name]<br />
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SOURCE: Islamic Human Rights Commission<br />
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country	control	name	location
East Africa	East African Arabic speaking jailers, with possibly Somali or Ethiopian accents. 	Unknown	Unknown
Egypt	State Security Intelligence	Al Jihaz / State Security Intelligence National Headquarters	Situated in Nasr City which is in an eastern suburb of Cairo
Egypt	State Security Intelligence	Tora Prison Complex	14 miles south of Cairo
Gambia	Gambian intelligence	Unknown	House on the outskirts of Banjul
Malawi	United States Central Intelligence Agency 	Unknown	In the city of Blantyre
Egypt	State Security Intelligence	Abou Zabel	20 miles from the centre of Cairo in its outskirts located in the Kalyoubeya governate
Egypt	General intelligence and security services	Mukhabarat al-Aama Headquarters	The headquarters are situated in the Abdeen area of Cairo
Egypt	State Security Intelligence	Lazogley State Security Intelligence Regional Headquarters	In the Lazogley square district of Cairo, directly under the Ministry of Interior
Mauritania	Mauritanian intelligence with access given to the FBI	Nouakchott prison 	In the capital city of Nouakchott
Morocco	National Security Department of Morocco and specifically by the Directorate for the Surveillance of the Territory with access given to US officials	Al Temara Interrogation Centre	A forest five miles outside of the capital Rabat
South Africa	South African intelligence	Cullinan Police Station	30 km east of Pretoria
Malawi	Malawi authorities with access given to a Caucasian grey-haired lady and five masked men	Unknown	A prison located in the mountains
Morocco	Directorate for the Surveillance of the Territory with access given to US officials	Ain Aouda	Near the capital Rabat
Gambia	Gambian intelligence	Unknown 	Unknown
Morocco	Moroccan intelligence with information given by UK intelligence	Unknown	Unknown
Egypt	State Security Intelligence, with access given to US, Israeli and Italian interrogators	Unknown 	Unknown

Morocco	Moroccan Military	Ben Guerir	40 miles north of Marrakech in southern Morocco
Egypt	State Security Intelligence	Damanhour Prison	Before the Abadeya village in Al-Beheira governate, 100 miles from Cairo in the Nile Delta.
Gambia	Gambian National Intelligence with access given to CIA 	NIHQ	Gambian Security HQ in Banjul
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PRISIONEROS:

location	name	residence	address	family
Guantanamo	Feroz Abbasi (Released)	Britain	Cageprisoners<br />
PO Box 45798<br />
London<br />
SW16 4XS	<p><br />Born in Uganda, Feroz Abbasi moved to Britain with his family when he was eight, settling in Croydon and then attending Edenham High School. After A-levels at John Ruskin college, he took a two-year computing course at Nescot College in Epsom.<br />Mr Abbasi had stopped going to the local mosque at the age of 12, but his interest in the faith was rekindled at 19 after meeting a Kashmiri refugee when he went on his first trip abroad, to Geneva. He began to frequent the local mosque in Croydon before regularly attending Finsbury Park mosque in North London. <br /><br /></p><p>He used to help his single-parent mother in looking after his sister, 18, and brother, 16 - both of whom were described as &quot;very tearful, withdrawn, upset and confused&quot; since Feroz has been incarcerated. <br /></p><p><br />His mother, Zumrati Juma, said she last saw her son in December 2000 before he headed for Afghanistan. <br /></p><p><br />He was arrested in December 2001 in Kunduz. Since his imprisonment his contact with his family has been extremely limited. British officials last saw him in April 2003, although he kept silent for an hour. <br /></p><p><br />He is one of the detainees facing military tribunal, and is being held in an isolated unit in Camp Echo. The US administration allege that he attended four separate al-Qaeda training courses from January to August 2001 at the al-Farouk training camp, near Kandahar, and also at nearby camp, Ubaida. He was taught urban warfare, assassination techniques, intelligence collection and surveillance. They allege that he volunteered to participate in suicide operations and met Usama bin Ladin three times. <br /></p><p><br />They say that he fought alongside al-Qaeda and the Taliban against US and coalition forces in Afghanistan. When he was captured by the Northern Alliance, they claim he had hand grenades strapped to his legs and was carrying a military radio. <br /></p><p><br />Feroz was released from Guantanamo on Tuesday 25th January. He arrived back in <br />the UK at RAF Northolt at 5pm only to be re-arrested under UK Anti-Terrorism Laws. He was taken to Paddington Green station in central London where he was held for questioning. He was released the next day, on Wednesday 26th January. </p><p><strong><u>Related</u></strong></p><p><font color="#800080"><a title="http://cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=6451" href="Extracts%20of%20Feroz%20Abbasi's%20Letters"><strong>Extracts of Feroz Abbasi's Letters</strong></a></font></p><p><a title="US Quran Desecration" href="/downloads/USQuranDesecration.pdf"><strong><font color="#0033ff">US Quran Desecration</font></strong></a></p>
Guantanamo	Asif Iqbal (Released)	Britain	Cageprisoners<br />
PO Box 45798<br />
London<br />
SW16 4XS	Asif Iqbal was born on 24 April 1981 in West Bromwich, a small town in the West Midlands in England, the area where he has lived all of his life. Both of Asif's parents are of Pakistani heritage, his father having moved to England 41 years ago and his mother 25.<br /><br />
  <p><br /><br />Asif is 23 years old and has an elder sister, Nasrin, and a younger brother at home as well as two half-sisters living in Leeds. Asif lives with his parents. His father has retired after spending many years working on the railways and as a laborer. His mother remains at home raising his younger brother who is still at school.<br /></p><br />
  <p><br /><br />Asif is described by his friends as happy, friendly and humorous with a love of life. He completed sixth form at a local school and played for a local soccer team as a forward. Asif has combined a love of sport with an interest in computers and films.<br /></p><br />
  <p><br /><br />Asif travelled to Pakistan in July 2001 to look for a bride. In September Asif's mother returned to England and sent Asif to join his father in Pakistan where a bride had been found.<br /></p><br />
  <p><br /><br />Asif traveled to Pakistan with three friends from Tipton, and joined his father in his family's home village of Faisalabad on 30 September 2001. On 7 October Asif told his father that he was travelling to Karachi to meet some friends and would be back in a week to help with the wedding arrangements. He left his passport and his money behind.<br /></p><br />
  <p><br /><br />Asif telephoned his father from Karachi to tell him that he had arrived safely. This was the last time his family would hear from Asif until the British Foreign Office called his father on 21 January 2002 to tell him he was being held in Guantanamo Bay.<br /><br /></p><br />
  <p><br />When it became clear that one of the poorest countries in the world was under attack, ike many young Muslims in Pakistan, Asif and his friends crossed the border into Afghanistan in October 2001, with the intention of giving humanitarian aid. But in Taliban-led Afghanistan their clean-shaven appearance made them dangerously visible, and whilst attempting to escape they were driven further into danger, to Kunduz where they were bombarded by General Dostum�s troops.<br /></p><br />
  <p><br /><br />They were transported to the notorious Sherbeghan prison, crammed into metal containers, surviving a massacre of thousands of prisoners. They spent a month in appalling conditions in Sherbeghan. By the end of December 2001 they hand been handed over to US custody and were held in Kandahar before being flown to Camp X-Ray, Cuba, in January 2002. <br /></p><br />
  <p><br /><br />After two years in detention, he was released in early March 2004 with the other Tipton detainees. On their arrival in the UK they were arrested and held for questioning for 24 hours before being released without charge. They initially remained in safe houses and appeared unlikely to return to Tipton, a focal point for the BNP and racial tensions. <br /><br /></p><br />
  <p><br /><br /><strong>Related:</strong></p><br />
  <p><strong><a href="http://cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=138">Special Message from the Tipton Three</a></strong></p><br />
  <p><strong><a title="US Quran Desecration" href="http://cageprisoners.com/downloads/USQuranDesecration.pdf">US Quran Desecration</a></strong></p><br />
  <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a title="The Road to Guantanamo" href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=368"><strong>The Road to <city w:st="on" />Guantanamo</city /></strong></a></span></p><br />
  <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a title="Fabricating Terrorism: BRitish Complicity in Renditions and Torture" href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/downloads/FabricatingTerrorism_Report_Cover.pdf"><strong>Fabricating Terrorism: BRitish Complicity in Renditions and Torture</strong></a></span></p><br />
  <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=383"><strong>Video: GWU/CCR Conference on <city w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />Guantanamo</place /></city /></strong></a> </span></span></p>
Guantanamo	Mamdouh Habib (Released)	Australia	Camp Delta<br />
P.O. Box 160<br />
Washington DC 20053<br />
USA	<br />Mamdouh Habib is 48 years old and of Egyptian origin. He migrated to Australia in the early 1980's and obtained the Australian nationality. He is married to Maha and they have four children - two teenage sons, Ahmed (18) and Mustafa (15), and two daughters, Maryam (10) and Hajar (3). His family have remained in Sydney since his arrest.<br />
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  <br />He was seized by Pakistani police on October 5, 2001, in the town of Khuzdar, some 700km from the border. The day before his arrest he was in Quetta where he met two German Travellers and had dinner with them. They agreed to travel together and they were arrested along with him but released shortly after.<br />
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  <br />He was imprisoned in Quetta for 4 days and then moved to a prison in Islamabad. One of the Germans confirmed that an official from the Australian Consulate visited Mr Habib and did not assist but mocked him. The Australian Government denied an official visited him and claimed that they could not help him because he was of dual nationality - a claim which the government knew to be false, as they had raided his home in the past and found his old passports with Egyptian tourist visas stamped in them (unnecessary if he were a citizen). <br />
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<p>With the full knowledge of Australian authorities, and with no attempt to secure his release, he was sent incommunicado to Egypt, where he was bound and gagged for five months. Here he was stripped naked and beaten, tortured and electrocuted. Dogs were set upon him. <br />
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  <br />Once again he was transported - this time to a US military prison in Afghanistan. Finally, he was transported to Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He was too weak and dizzy from the torture he had endured in Egypt and was unable to walk. However the Military Police claimed he was feigning illness and punished him by sending him to solitary confinement.<br />
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  <br />Recent reports from the Tipton Three state that Habib himself was in "catastrophic shape, mental and physical." As a result of the torture he endured in Egypt, he would bleed from the nose, ears and mouth when he slept. Yet, he was given no medical assistance for this until he co-operated with his interrogators.<br />
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  <br />His release was announced in January 2005 but he still has not been returned to Australia. <br />
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Guantanamo	Moazzam Begg (Released)	Pakistan	Cageprisoners<br />
PO Box 45798<br />
London<br />
SW16 4XS	<p>Moazzam Beg, 35, from Sparkbrook, Birmingham, was arrested in Pakistan last February on suspicion of links with the Taleban regime or the al-Qaeda terrorist network.<br />
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<p>Moazzam, like his mother, was born in England; his father in India, under the British Raj. As a child, Moazzam, was by many accounts popular with school mates. Moazzam grew up in the 1970s attending a local Jewish school, chosen by his father because of its academic reputation.<br />
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<p>After leaving school, he studied law. He helped out his father with a restaurant and opened an Islamic bookshop in the city. His father describes him as "a family man, a gentle man, an educated man".<br />
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<p>At 12, Moazzam went to stay with relatives in Pakistan where, his father says, his interests in humanitarian work began. He performed charity work in the Asian community and told his parents that he wanted to help alleviate the suffering of fellow Muslims. In June 2001, a year before his arrest, Moazzam Begg left his home in Birmingham and moved his wife and four young children to a new life in Afghanistan. There they established a school in a remote area and worked on a project to install water pumps.<br />
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<p>In December 2001, following the United States-led operation to remove the Taliban regime, Begg told his relatives that he was moving his family back to Pakistan. He described the situation in Afghanistan as "unbearable". The family moved to an apartment in Islamabad to wait out the strikes. They planned to return when the dust had settled. But Moazzam was arrested and the family's funds - about �8,000 - were seized, leaving Sally and the children to fend for themselves in a country where they did not speak the language.<br />
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<p>Begg's family believe he was kidnapped in Pakistan by US authorities. He was taken to Bagram, where he was held for a year, on suspicion of passing funds to al-Qaeda and later transferred to Camp Delta. He has not seen a lawyer since he was seized.<br />
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<p>Since his arrest in Islamabad in February 2002 - the same night his wife Sally had told him she was pregnant with their fourth child - Moazzam has written pages and pages to his family in Birmingham. Moazzam has yet to meet his fourth child, a son born after his arrest.<br />
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  <br />Recent reports from Guantanamo suggest Moazzam has been very harshly treated. He has been kept in isolation in both Camp Delta and Camp Echo, where inmates have no knowledge of the outside world, nor even what was going on in Guantanamo itself. <br />
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<p><br />
  <br />Moazzam Begg was released from Guantanamo on Tuesday 25th January. He arrived back in <br />
  <br />the UK at RAF Northolt at 5pm only to be re-arrested under UK Anti-Terrorism Laws. He was taken to Paddington Green station in central London where he was held for questioning. He was released the next day, on Wednesday 26th January.<br />
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<p><strong><u>Related</u></strong><br />
</p><br />
<p><a title="Bow Street Demonstration for Babar Ahmad" href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=155"><strong>Bow Street Demonstration for Babar Ahmad</strong></a><br />
</p><br />
<p><a title="US Quran Desecration" href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/downloads/USQuranDesecration.pdf"><strong>US Quran Desecration</strong></a><br />
</p><br />
<p><strong><a title="Audio: Amnesty Interview" href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=281">Audio: Amnesty Interview</a></strong><br />
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<p><a title="Audio of Interview" href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=373"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Audio of Interview</span></strong></a><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=374"><strong>Audio Interview: Gareth Peirce and Victoria Brittain</strong></a></span><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><a title="Fabricating Terrorism: British Complicity in Renditions and Torture" href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/downloads/FabricatingTerrorism_Report_Cover.pdf"><strong>Fabricating Terrorism: British Complicity in Renditions and Torture</strong></a></span></span><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><strong><a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=399">Enemy Combatant - An Audience with Moazzam Begg</a></strong></span></span></span><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><a title="Moazzam Begg interview" href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=397"><strong>Moazzam Begg interview</strong></a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><a title="Enemy Combatant - Order the book" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743285670/qid=1140643598/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/203-1152751-3586314"><strong>Enemy Combatant - Order the book</strong></a></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Afghanistan	Ruhniddin Sharopov	Tajikistan	Camp Delta<br />
P.O. Box 160<br />
Washington DC 20053<br />
USA<br />

Guantanamo	Fawzi Khaled Abdullah Fahad Al Odah	Kuwait	Camp Delta<br />
P.O. Box 160<br />
Washington DC 20053<br />
USA	<p>Fawzi is a 25 year old teacher who spends his summers traveling to poor nations to educate less fortunate students. Fawzi and his family have contributed to many charities, helping to build libraries and wells in Africa, and sponsoring orphans in countries like Albania. In August, 2001, Fawzi left home to teach poor students in Pakistan. After the trauma of September 11th, Fawzi contacted his family, saying that he had decided to remain in the region to help the refugees. His family soon lost contact with him, and did not learn of his situation until January 2002, when they heard he was being held in Kohat prison. A fellow Kuwaiti who had escaped the confusion of the Afghani-Pakistani border said, <em>�Every Arab citizen was chased� regardless of their work or beliefs�When Pakistani villagers knew that there were financial rewards for those who could hand any Arab over to the American troops, they started to arrest them�this totally violates morals, principles and customs.� Fawzi has no weapons training or experience. He is believed to have been captured and labeled as an al-Qaida member by local tribes so that they could collect a bounty on him. Fawzi is still being held in detention, indefinitely.</em> <br />
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<p><strong>Related:</strong><br />
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<p><a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=143"><strong>Audio: Khalid Al Odah Speaks About His Son</strong></a><br />
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<pre><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><font size="2"><a title="BBC Video on Kuwaiti Guantanamo - High Quality version (24.8 MB)" href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=179"><strong>BBC Video on Kuwaiti Guantanamo - High Quality version (24.8 MB)</strong></a></font><p></p></span></pre>
Guantanamo	Ruhal Ahmed (Released)	Britain	Cageprisoners<br />
PO Box 45798<br />
London<br />
SW16 4XS	<br />
  <p>Rhuhel Ahmed, 20, was of Bangladeshi origin, but flew to Pakistan shortly after Asif left, saying he was going to help with his schoolfriend's wedding. He phoned a week or so later to reassure them, but then vanished. </p><br />
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  <p><br /><br /><strong>Related:</strong></p><br />
  <p><strong><a href="http://cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=138">Special Message from the Tipton Three</a></strong></p><br />
  <p><strong><a title="US Quran Desecration" href="http://cageprisoners.com/downloads/USQuranDesecration.pdf">US Quran Desecration</a></strong></p><br />
  <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a title="The Road to Guantanamo" href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=368"><strong>The Road to Guantanamo</strong></a></span></p><br />
  <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a title="Fabricating Terrorism: BRitish Complicity in Renditions and Torture" href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/downloads/FabricatingTerrorism_Report_Cover.pdf"><strong>Fabricating Terrorism: BRitish Complicity in Renditions and Torture</strong></a></span></span></p><br />
  <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/download.php?download=383"><strong>Video: GWU/CCR Conference on Guantanamo</strong></a> </span></span></span></p><br />
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Guantanamo	Omar Rajab Mohammad Rajab Amin	Kuwait	Camp Delta<br />
P.O. Box 160<br />
Washington DC 20053<br />
USA	Omar, born in 1965, is an agricultural supervisor for the Care Houses department of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. In 1993 he began working for Kuwait�s Combined Relief Committee, assisting refugees in Bosnia-Hertzogovina. He married a Bosnian woman in 1994, and returned to Kuwait in 1998. He was living happily in Kuwait with his wife and four children. When a refugee situation arose in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the fall of 2001, Omar collected money and took a short leave of absence from work in order to assist the refugees. He intended to return to Kuwait quickly, as his 5 year old son was scheduled for a heart operation. His family never heard from him after the U.S. air raids started, and believe that he was injured in a bombardment. He had never been to Afghanistan or Pakistan before, and most likely tried to flee with the other refugee workers. His family learned that he had been arrested by Pakistani tribes. Meanwhile, his son was operated on successfully and it was discovered that his wife was pregnant with their fifth child. Omar has not been charged with any crime, and yet he remains in detention, without due process, and without ever having seen his new baby daughter.
Guantanamo	Abdullah Kamal Al Kandari	Kuwait	Camp Delta<br />
P.O. Box 160<br />
Washington DC 20053<br />
USA	Born in 1973, Abdullah is the father of four young children. He is a mechanical technician and earned his diploma at the Kuwaiti Electricity and Water Institute. He puts aside money from every month's paycheck to give to charity, and his family is committed to fostering orphans abroad. In 2001 he traveled to the Afghani-Pakistani border to help in the refugee relief. He contacted his family to describe the horrible condition of the detainees and how he was able to cooperate with the local humanitarian agencies. The last time he called was in October of 2001, saying that the situation was crazy and the borders were closed so that he could not leave. His family says that <i>&quot;At that time all Arab citizens were wanted, whether they were warriors or members of relief agencies. The Arabs gathered in places where they thought they would be safe and tried to seek assistance of villagers on their way back across the borders. Unfortunately the villagers sold them and handed them over to the Pakistani authorities who in turn handed them over to the Americans.&quot;</i> Abdullah is still in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and has not seen his new baby.<br /><br />In his letters he has mentioned his frail and eldery grandfather, expressing fears that he will not see him again <br /><p><br />He has four children, one a daughter he has never seen<br />The entire Kamel family now lives under one roof, trying to save money to help Abdullah. His brother, Mansoor said, &quot;We are willing to sell everything just to get him back. We think about my brother more than anything else. We all live in one house with our parents and we are very, very close now. So losing a member of our family like this is too much. It's like a part of the house is missing.&quot;<br /></p><p><br />In one of his letters he wrote a copy of his will and testament. </p>
Guantanamo	Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed Al Kandari	Kuwait	Camp Delta<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kandari was born into a Kuwaiti family on June 3<sup>rd</sup> 1975.<span>&nbsp; </span>His family was wealthy; his father was a government employee, an engineer, and his uncle had been a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly.<span>&nbsp; </span>The family travelled frequently- to <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> and elsewhere, during Al-Kandari�s youth.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Al-Kandari was only fifteen years old when the armies of Saddam Hussein- boasted to be the second strongest in the Middle East- rolled into Kuwait, intent on occupation.<span>&nbsp; </span>During this time, the government, previously providing generous support to its citizens, effectively ceased to function; public services halted, leaving the poverty-stricken without welfare and pavements overflowing with rubbish.<span>&nbsp; </span>It was during this time that Al-Kandari got involved in his community; he would wake up early each morning to assist with the distribution of food and water to the needy, as well as disposing of the accumulated refuse that lay in the streets.<span>&nbsp; </span>Though many remember the months before the liberation of Kuwait by Gulf War I as miserable, for Al-Kandari they were to be memorable as his first involvement in charity; an experience that was to prove instrumental to his involvement in charity work years later.<span>&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;" lang="EN-US">Regrettably, the world soon came to know of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> government�s overriding desire to avenge wounded American dignity without proper recourse to even their own constitutional obligations.<span>&nbsp; </span>To them, Al-Kandari was simply an Arab in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan-</st1:place></st1:country-region> perhaps to others someone in the wrong place at the wrong time, but in the face of overwhelming public pressure, Al-Kandari was made out to be something quite different.<span>&nbsp; </span>The <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> government accused him of training in the Al-Farouq Camp in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>, inducting trainees, producing propaganda videos and, most fantastically, serving as an advisor to Bin Laden himself.<span>&nbsp; </span>According to Lieutenant Colonel Wingard, Al-Kandari�s </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">defence</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;" lang="EN-US">, the allegations came from another detainee well-known for laying accusations against others, in a bid to improve his own treatment; there is nothing against him that could be called �tangible evidence�.<span>&nbsp; </span>Worse still, material for his </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">defence</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;" lang="EN-US"> has vanished- a vital notebook containing details of those who can verify his story was conveniently �lost�.<span>&nbsp; </span>His passport- documenting his travels and therefore contradicting the government�s line, has been kept away from the </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">defence</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: &quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;" lang="EN-US">.<span>&nbsp; </span>And yet remarkably, Al-Kandari holds no ill-will against the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<span>&nbsp; </span>All he wants is for his ordeal to end so that he can continue with his life.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Guantanamo	Khalid Abdullah Mishal Al Mutairi	Kuwait	Camp Delta<br />
P.O. Box 160<br />
Washington DC 20053<br />
USA	Khalid, 28 years old, had been working at a Primary School as a messenger. When he lost is job in 2001, he intended to return to school for further education. His family has always been involved in charities, funding wells and mosques in Pakistan, buying farms for the poor in India, and supporting an orphan girl in Bosnia. In 2001 he traveled to Pakistan to visit the mosque his family had funded to see if it needed any repairs. The last time his family spoke to him, he called to say that he wanted to assist the Afghani refugees and that he would be home by December, 2001. It is not known why or how he ended up in detention in Guantanamo Bay.
Guantanamo	Mohammed Fenaitel Mohamad Al Daihani (Released)	Kuwait		<p>Mohammad is a 38 year old auditor in the Kuwaiti Audit Bureau and a father of six children. In 1993 his family funded the building of a water well and a mosque in the Philippines, and the following year he purchased a farm in Indonesia for a local orphan village to use for food. In 1995 he funded the construction of a Mosque in the republic of Benin. On September 9, 2001, Mohammad left Kuwait to use the two remaining use-it-or-lose-it weeks of his annual leave, and traveled to Pakistan to provide aid to the Afghan refugees settling on the border after fleeing the harsh conditions of life under the Taliban. After September 11th, he contacted his family to say that the borders had been closed and only women, children and the elderly were being allowed to leave. He contacted them later to say that he was going to try to flee the war-torn country by heading through the mountains. His family did not hear from him again and set about looking for him. They were told that all of the Arabs in the region had been hunted. His brother, Mubarak, learned that, <i>&quot;Consequently the Arabs in general were obliged to gather in places where they thought they might be rescued, or to resort to asking villagers for help on their way back across the border. These villagers sold the Arabs to the Pakistani authorities who detained them in Kohat prison, where they stayed for two weeks more until they were handed over to the American troops.&quot;</i> He wrote to his family and expressed his concerns to his wife that his family has no means of income while he is detained, and worries about their suffering. <br /><br /><br />Mohammed was released on the day of Eid ul Fitr, November 2005</p><p />
Guantanamo	Fouad Mahmoud Al Rabiah	Kuwait	Camp Delta<br />
P.O. Box 160<br />
Washington DC 20053<br />
USA	Fouad, a proud 44-year-old father of four, is an Aviation Engineer for Kuwaiti Airlines. He is an international graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and was granted honorary citizenship by the Chamber of the Daytona Beach-Halifax area. He worked on a rescue campaign in Kosovo in 1988 as a Red Crescent humanitarian aid worker, and in 2000 he delivered a consignment of medicine to Bangladesh for patients suffering from kidney disease. In 2001 he applied for a job at the International Charitable Islamic Organization. However, it seems that the application process was quite lengthy, and he decided to deliver aid on his own. He delivered more than 30 trucks of aid from Meshad, Iran, he told his family, and was determined to deliver aid to the refugees on the Afghani-Iranian border and to hospitals in Kandahar. He was swept up in the turmoil of the region following the collapse of the Taliban regime, and said <i>&quot;he could not keep up with the situation&quot;.</i> Fouad's wife and children await the return of their father, who suffers from several health conditions.<br /><br />Fouad's father has subsequently suffered several strokes. He recently lapsed again into a coma due to the stress of Fouad's detention.<br /><p><br />He has a wife and four children. Given that he is no longer receiving an income, his family are helping with mortgage and car repayments. <br /></p><p><br />Investigators say that he trained at the same Florida flight school where some of the September 11th Hijackers later attended. His brother Monther insists that he is not involved in terrorism and describes Fouad as very &quot;soft and gentle, the most softhearted one of all of us.&quot; He said, &quot;It is like a lion that is injured,but how long must you keep the lion while he is injured? After all this time, his wounds must be healed. Let him go. Because if you don't, his family will be wounded too.&quot; <br /></p><p><br />Recent reports cite that Fouad has been given a particularly bad time at Guantanamo. Initially, after passing a polygraph test he was put in the best section of the Camp, but recently has been moved back again. After General Miller came to the camp, he was treated more harshly and was moved cell very two hours and was short shackled. Because he was<br />educated, wealthy, and they were determined that he had to be part of a cell. In 2004 the Kuwaiti government came and told all the Kuwaitis that they would be going home in June. When they wanted to know what would happen to<br />them when they got home, they were told �you will find out when you get home.� Fouad was suffering from serious depression, losing<br />weight in a substantial way and very stressed because of the constant moves,<br />deprived of sleep and seriously worried about the consequences for his children. Every father in the camp had a huge worry about his family which<br />added to the stress.� Shafiq Rasul recollects when he was next to him in isolation that he<br />was suffering from serious stomach pains and that medication was denied. He was told that he couldn�t receive medication unless he cooperated. </p>
Guantanamo	Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil (Released)	Kuwait		Adil is 39 years old, worked in the Kuwaiti Public Authority for Housing Care, and is the father of 8 children. Since their father has been detained, they have had no means of income. Adil's father is too ill to care for his grandchildren. It is believed that he was arrested in Pakistan at the end of February, 2002 by a group of Pakistani and U.S. personnel, though the reason for his arrest is not known. <br /><br />Adil was released on the day of Eid ul Fitr, November 2005.
Guantanamo	David Hicks (Repatriated)	Australia		<p>David Hicks was born in Australia, and grew up in the northern Adelaide suburb of Salisbury Park. The 27 year-old Australian lived with father Terry, and step-brother Stephen before leaving high school at age 14 to become a jackeroo. He travelled to Japan doing this, before spending time in mid-1999 fighting with the Kosovo Liberation Army against the Serbians. While there he converted to Islam, and changed his name to Mohammed Dawood. Upon returning to Australia he joined the Gilles Plains mosque. He has never married, but has two children, 6 and 7 years old. <br />
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Guantanamo	Shafiq Rasul (Released)	Britain	Cageprisoners<br />
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SW16 4XS	Shafiq Rasul was born on 15 April 1977 in Dudley, a small town in the West Midlands in England. Shafiq's parents were married in Pakistan and moved to England 25 years ago.<br /><p><br />Shafiq is 24 years old and the youngest of five brothers. He lives at home with his mother, one of his brothers and his sister in law. Each of his other three brothers have married and left home to have children. Shafiq's father, a foundry worker, was made redundant in 1989 before dying in 1998.<br /></p><p><br />Shafiq now has 6 nephews and one niece. On Christmas Eve 2001 Shafiq's youngest nephew died at the age of 2 years old.<br /></p><p><br />Shafiq completed his A levels at local schools before starting a law degree. After a year or two in this degree he swapped over to a computer engineering degree at the University of Central England in 1998.<br /></p><p><br />Shafiq is an avid supporter of the Liverpool Football Club and would often go to watch them play. Shafiq has always had an interest in computers and for many years worked weekends and evenings at a local electrical superstore. Friends describe Shafiq as a shy, softly spoken man. Neither a radical nor an extremist, people who know Shafiq are baffled as to how he could have ended up where he is now.<br /></p><p><br />Last year, one of Shafiq's brothers started a new business and had a job lined up for Shafiq if he could take the MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) course. Unfortunately, the course was far more expensive than Shafiq could afford.<br /></p><p><br />In the summer vacation of 2001 Shafiq decided to take a year off and at his brother's suggestion decided to spend part of it in Pakistan. This was to give Shafiq a chance to visit relatives, explore his culture and, perhaps, enroll in an MSCE course in Pakistan where the enrollment fees would be lower.<br /></p><p><br />Shafiq left for Pakistan on about 10 October 2001 and went to stay with an aunt in Lahore. He called his family when he arrived and again when he reached his aunt's house. He told his family that he was going travelling around Pakistan as planned but was not heard from again until the family received a call from the British Foreign Office on 21 January 2002 advising them that Shafiq was detained in Guantanamo Bay.<br /></p><p><br />The son of Pakistan-born parents living in Tipton, West Midlands. The law student is from a Muslim family and he was captured in Mazar-i-Sharif after a mutiny by prisoners.<br /><br />When it became clear that one of the poorest countries in the world was under attack, like many young Muslims in Pakistan, Shafiq and his friends crossed the border into Afghanistan in October 2001, with the intention of giving humanitarian aid. But in Taliban-led Afghanistan their clean-shaven appearance made them dangerously visible, and whilst attempting to escape they were driven further into danger, to Kunduz where they were bombarded by General Dostum�s troops.<br /></p><p><br /><br />They were transported to the notorious Sherbeghan prison, crammed into metal containers, surviving a massacre of thousands of prisoners. They spent a month in appalling conditions in Sherbeghan. By the end of December 2001 they hand been handed over to US custody and were held in Kandahar before being flown to Camp X-Ray, Cuba, in January 2002. <br /></p><p><br /><br />After two years in detention, he was released in early March 2004 with the other Tipton detainees. On their arrival in the UK they were arrested and held for questioning for 24 hours before being released without charge. 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Guantanamo	Abdulaziz Sayer Owain Al Shammari (Released)	Kuwait		<p>Abdulaziz is a 30 year old teacher and a father of two, whose family has participated in charity works such as funding a water well in a poor village of Afghanistan. He departed Kuwait for Pakistan in October of 2001 to help the refugees by starting an operation with the local aid groups. He contacted his family, saying that it was not stable and tension was growing, and that he would return home as soon as he had finished his mission. The next they heard from him was in a Red Cross letter from Guantanamo. Abdulaziz has not been freed, has not been brought to trial or accused of any crime, and we believe he is still alive in the Camp Delta detention facility in Guantanamo Bay.<br /><br />Abdul-Aziz joined scores of detainees in a prolonged hunger strike in early March 2002, after one of the prison guards stood on a copy of the Qur'an during interrogation. He was subsequently transferred to the prison clinic and kept on a drip for a hundred days.<br /><br />Abdul-Aziz was released on the day of Eid ul Fitr, November 2005. He is said to resemble a &quot;human skeleton&quot; after partaking in a 2-month hunger strike in Guantanamo.</p><p /><p />
Guantanamo	Nasser Nijer Nasir Al Mutairi (Repatriated)	Kuwait	If you wish to write to Nasser, you can email us at [email protected]	Nasser is a 25 year old teacher and preacher who has worked for the Ministry of Education in Kuwait. He left his home in October of 2000 in order to preach and give lessons in the small mosques and schools (madrasas) of Pakistan's poorer regions. He is a member of the Tableeghi sect, an order of apolitical and peaceful missionaries who travel around the world spreading the word of Islam through education and good works. In October of 2002, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Nasser's family that he had taken ill and was in a hospital in Kandahar. It is not know why or how he came from the hospital to being detained by the U.S. government in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There is very little know of his condition, other than he has asked his parents to contact the Red Cross, various charities and the Kuwaiti National Assembly in order to ask for his release from detention. <br /><p><br />He spent some time in the clinic in Guantanamo and was unable to straighten his back.<br /></p><p><br />Nasser was released on 15th January 2005 and returned to Kuwait the following morning. He was arrested on arrival. In mid April 2005, he was released on bail. He was acquitted following a trial in June 2005. However, the case went to the court of Appeal in November 2005 and he was jailed for 5 years.</p><p />
Guantanamo	Saad Madai Saad Al-Azmi (Released)	Kuwait		<p>Saad, age 24, traveled from Kuwait to Kabul, Afghanistan in July 2001 to supervise charitable projects, including the construction of mosques. After the bombing of Afghanistan began following September 11th, 2001, Saad left for Pakistan where he stayed for about a month. He then traveled to Lahore, Pakistan for several weeks, then on to Karachi in January in order to arrange transportation back home to Kuwait. For unknown reasons, he was detained in Pakistan and eventually was taken by the U.S. to Guantanamo. </p><p>Saad was released on the day of Eid ul Fitr, November 2005</p>