Zain Bhikha and Dawud Wharnsby - The ghosts of Guantanamo Bay
Written by CP Editor Sunday, 19 February 2012He must have been an impressive lecturer, tall, sharp-witted, of natural authority. A sharp intellect is the only thing that remained for Sami al-Laithy.
Write to the Forgotten Prisoners in Guantánamo (Summer 2011)
Written by Andy Worthington Thursday, 23 June 2011“Ramadhan and Eid spent tortured,” and a fresh appeal for people to write to the remaining 171 prisoners in Guantanamo — that’s just ten less than a year ago, and two of those ten left in coffins, having died at the prison.
Sadness engulfed my heart when I last assisted Amina Janjua in her Supreme Court appearance in her endless campaign for missing persons of Pakistan.
My Pakistan Day Resolution: PRISONER NO: 313
Written by Amina Masood Janjua Wednesday, 30 March 2011Amina Masood Janjua's fight for justice continues through her personal struggle in seeking justice for her husband and for numerous others detained without charge in Pakistan
Exclusive: Moazzam Begg interviews former Guantanamo prisoner Saber Lahmer in Paris
Written by Moazzam Begg Tuesday, 08 February 2011Saber Lahmer is one of the six 'Bosnian Arabs' who were quite literally kidnapped by US agents from outside a Sarajevo courthouse where they had just been acquitted of terrorism related charges. What followed next was a horrifying ordeal in the Kafkaesque story that is Guantanamo. After being held without charge for over eight years Saber Lahmer was eventually released and resettled in France.
Cageprisoners Director Moazzam Begg met up with him at a conference in Paris to mark the ninth anniversary since the opening of the US prison in Cuba. The following is a transcript of the interview conducted between the two.
Polish Prosecutor Recognizes Guantanamo Prisoner as Victim in CIA Black Site Investigation
Written by Reprieve Thursday, 20 January 2011WARSAW—Guantánamo prisoner Abu Zubaydah has been granted all-important ‘victim’ status in the pending criminal investigation into a CIA black site in Poland, following a complaint brought by Polish lawyer Bartlomiej Jankowski working with INTERIGHTS, Reprieve and Joe Margulies.
A brother, a campaigner and an activist: Salim Akbar of Battersea Islamic Centre passes away
Written by Moazzam Begg Saturday, 18 December 2010
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International human rights breaches - State accountability v State immunity
A forum to discuss the issues surrounding International human rights breaches – State accountability v…
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Legal seminar: Preserving the rule of law: taking a risk
A discussion between noted human…
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Extradited to a future of torture: the reality of solitary confinement in America
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Spying and Entrapment
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Starving for justice
Shaker Aamer, Fayiz al-Kandari, Samir Moqbel and 163 other have been starving for over 100 days to get justice.
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Are Muslims active enough in the fight against Guantanamo?
Tariq Ramadan speaks to Moazzam Begg about the Guantanamo hunger strikers and…
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Guantanamo: 100 days of hunger strike - Template Khutba
For exactly 100 days today, Guantanamo detainees have been on hunger strike,…
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Muslim students discriminated against in the UK
Is the British government is really clamping down on Islamic extremism at British…
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Help Lynne Stewart, civil rights lawyer for Muslim defendants, stay alive
Lynne Stewart is a prominent civil rights lawyer who’s now facing the prospect of death on the inside.
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How your Schedule 7 swab could help get your family arrested
Have you ever been swabbed under Schedule 7 or in any criminal…
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Why haven't you signed the Shaker Aamer petition?
What do you see when you read the name? I often…



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