Post by Cageprisoners on Aug 4, 2005 11:10:42 GMT -5
"I couldn't bear it any longer... even if I were an animal I wouldn't put up with it."
(Salah Nasser Salim 'Ali,
speaking about his secret detention by US authorities. )
Inside the Secret World of US Detention
'I Was in Agony'
They cut off my clothes with some kind of doctor's scalpel. I was naked. I tried to put on a brave face. But maybe I was going to be raped. Maybe they'd electrocute me. Maybe castrate me.
A former London schoolboy held in Guantanamo has given the first full account of the interrogation and alleged torture endured by so-called ghost detainees held at secret prisons around the world.
Benyam Mohammed travelled from London to Afghanistan in July 2001, but after September 11 he fled to Pakistan. He was arrested at Karachi airport on April 10 2002, and describes being flown by a US government plane to a prison in Morocco. These are extracts from his diary.
Amnesty: Torture and Secret Detention: Testimony of the 'Disappeared' in the 'War on Terror'
On 20 June 2005, Amnesty International delegates visited two Yemeni detainees said to have recently been transferred from the US detention facility at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. However, their accounts described another US detention regime just as sinister, yet more secretive, than Guantánamo. The men appear to have been victims of the US administration’s policy of secret detentions around the world. For over a year and a half they had effectively "disappeared".
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US Secret Detention Centres
Suspect's Tale of Travel and Torture
"We Want Our Dad Home"
British resident Jamil El Banna has been held in Guantanamo for almost three years, abandoned by the British government. His five young children feel his absence acutely. He has never seen his youngest daughter, Maryam. Click here to view the message that Anas, Muhammad, Abdul-Rahman, Badeah, and Maryam sent to their father and to the US administration.
Events
ASIO’s SECRET RAIDS: Creating a Culture of Fear
09-08-2005, Australia
A public forum about the raft of legislation that gives ASIO broad powers and impacts on your freedoms.
Campaigns
The Anniversary of Babar Ahmad’s Imprisonment 05 August 2005
5th August 2005 will mark an important day in history. It will be one year; exactly three hundred and sixty five days, since Babar Ahmad was arrested by the British Police upon the request of the American Government. To mark the anniversary of Babar Ahmad’s imprisonment, so as not to forget this British Political Prisoner, we would like to request people to engage in the following...
From Behind Bars
Omar's Letter
Guantanamo detainee, Omar Deghayes, has sent a letter to BHMF chair Sabri ben Ameur, thanking all those who have been campaigning for his release.
Masaud Khan's Speech to the Court
I have come to realize that it is truly through trial and hardship that one comes to know and love his Creator. I can therefore honestly say that in this blessing of hardship, I am not the one who has been hurt, but sadly, those who have brought on this injustice have only hurt themselves.
Islamic Focus
A Prison in Palestine
by Asim Qureshi
Imagine being alone in a room. Imagine four hard walls. Imagine a metal door with the smallest of windows. Imagine darkness that cannot be illuminated except by the will of those who hold you.
Downloads
Memorandum for Command General, Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Articles
Stay Calm, The Government Says, In A Mad Panic Itself
by Louise Christian
Proposed new anti-terrorist laws will be counterproductive
Military Commissions’ Prosecutors Charge: Trials Rigged Against Guantánamo Detainees
by Kate Randall
As the Pentagon was making its final preparations last year for war crimes trials in the cases of four Guantánamo Bay detainees, two senior prosecutors charged in electronic messages that the trial system had been rigged against the defendants. The US military has denied the allegations.
40 Days Gone
by Matthew Behrens
Welcome to the world of Hassan Almrei, Syrian refugee, secret trial detainee, who has spent almost four full years in a 9 X 12 concrete solitary confinement cell in Toronto.
Embedded Experts in the War on Terror
by CAMPACC
Embedded journalists have become notorious for partisan reportage in war, generally from the standpoint of the occupying forces. From their perspective, ‘terrorist insurgents’ undermine US-UK efforts to promote peace, democracy and economic development in Iraq.
Blair's Two Faces of Terrorism
by Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Spot the difference: the Prime Minister declares war on al-Qaeda while making peace with IRA murderers
Blair Defends Iraq War, Vows New Attacks on Civil Liberties and Social Conditions
by Julie Hyland
Prime Minister Tony Blair’s July 26 press conference was a sharp warning that his government will intensify both its pro-war alliance with Washington abroad and the imposition of sweeping attacks on civil liberties at home.
"All I Know is My Four Walls"
by Matthew Behrens
It's the dog days of summer. Hassan Almrei is in day 35 of his hunger strike, demanding one hour of daily exercise outside of his solitary confinement cell. Mohammad Mahjoub, also in solitary confinement, is in day 20 of a hunger strike protesting his treatment at the Metro West Detention Centre
Khan Maintains His Innocence, Life Sentence is Under Review
by Jaime Ciavarra
Masoud Khan's family is eager to point out that he's an American citizen. The Montgomery Village man who went to Gaithersburg High School and worked at The Home Depot on Shady Grove Road now spends his time reading books from a federal prison library.
[More Articles at Cageprisoners.com]
News
GUANTANAMO
Ex-Prisoners in Guantanamo To Sue U.S.
Hicks Lawyer Accuses Military of Cover-up
Guantanamo Uyghur's Plight Affects Family
US Judge Eyes Moving 2 Guantanamo Detainees
Third Terror Trial Prosecutor Quits
Top Military QC Condemns Guantanamo Trials
Ex-Military Prosecutors Fault Gitmo Trials
Leaked Emails Claim Guantanamo Trials Rigged
Carter: Guantanamo Detentions Disgraceful
Secret Guantanamo Memo—Send To Be Tortured
US ‘To Free’ Seven Yemenis
Judge Suggests Guantanamo Bay Detainees Be Asked If They Care If Identities Are Revealed
Memos Reveal Military Lawyers' Anger Over White House Interrogation Policy
UK
Victim of Terror Crackdown Humiliated By Police
Man Charged Over 21 July Attacks
Italy Court Date For Bomb Suspect
Man Freed in 21 July Bomb Probe
Attorney Urged To Rein in Media Reports
'Lurid' Media Coverage Sparks Unfair Trial Fear
New Stop and Search Policy Attacked
'All Four' 21 July Suspects Held
US
U.S. Judge Reduces 'Va. Jihad' Sentences
Yemeni Cleric Receives 75-Year Sentence
MISCELLANEOUS
Documents Tell of Brutal Improvisation by GIs
Zambia Will Deport Terror Suspect to UK
Britons Claim They Were Tortured in Dubai Over 7/7
[More News on the War on Terror at Cageprisoners.com]