Nazias
10-01-07, 10:33 AM
British Residents At Guantanamo
* JAMIL EL-BANNA, Jordanian. Held in Guantanamo since March 2003
Arrested, with Bisher al-Rawi, in the Gambia, where they had gone to set up a mobile peanut-processing plant. He was taken by the Americans to Afghanistan and then to Guantanamo Bay. He suffers from severe diabetes but his lawyers say he has not been offered medication. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=163
* BINYAM MOHAMED, Ethiopian. Held in Guantanamo since September 2004
Came to UK in 1996 seeking asylum and was granted indefinite leave to remain. Travelled to Afghanistan in 2001 before fleeing to Pakistan. Charged in relation to an alleged dirty bomb plot at the Guantanamo Bay military tribunal. The tribunal was invalidated last year. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=1509
* SHAKER AAMER, Saudi Arabian. Held in Guantanamo since February 2002
Was applying for British nationality after settling in Battersea, south London, with his wife and four children, all of whom are British citizens. Seized in Pakistan in 2002. Has been kept in isolation since September 2005 and has been on hunger strike. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=52
* BISHER AL-RAWI, Iraqi. Held in Guantanamo since March 2003
Fled Iraq for Britain with his family 20 years ago. Arrested in the Gambia where he had travelled to help set up a peanut processing plant. Accused of taking a weapon of mass destruction. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=259
* OMAR DEGHAYES, Libyan. Held in Guantanamo since August 2002
Became a British citizen after fleeing to the UK with his family. He appears on a "Chechnyan training video", which his lawyers insist is case of mistaken identity. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=172
* AHMED ERRACHIDI, Moroccan. Held in Guantanamo since May 2002
Worked as a cook in London for 18 years. Seized in Pakistan and accused of attending a terrorist training camp in July 2001. His lawyers say he was working in London at the time. He is in isolation. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=1549
* AHMED BELBACHA Algerian. Held in Guantanamo since March 2002
Lived in Bournemouth, where he worked in the hotel trade. The 37-year-old was refused refugee status in Britain, but granted indefinite leave to remain. Arrested in Pakistan after fleeing Afghanistan in 2001. Alleged to have attended a training camp, which he denies. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=2044
* ABDELNOUR SAMEUR, Algerian. Held in Guantanamo since June 2002
The 33-year-old decorator, who settled in north London, was granted refugee status in 2000. Went to Afghanistan in 2001 and was shot in Pakistan trying to reach the Algerian embassy. He was arrested in hospital. Alleged to have attended a training camp, which he denies
Source: Independent
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Assalamu Alaikum
Please take a few minutes out of your time to read the cases of these brothers by clicking on the links and you will see just how absurd their detention is. They have been put through secret rendition flight, through Bagram, Kandahar etc and nor still remain incarcerated for up to four years of interrogations and psychological, sexual and physical torture.
Please take the time out to attend the vigil tonight outside Downing Street from 6-7.30pm and the event tomorrow outside the US Embassy which will begin at 10am. Please do not let it be like the last event where there were not even 20 people, none of which were Muslims.
If you require any further information/details, please feel free to contact me.
Jazakallah khair and please remember all those incarcerated in your du'a.
Wasalam.
www.forthesakeofallah.blogspot.com
"What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my breast. Imprisonment for me is a spiritual retreat. To be exiled from my land is a spiritual journey" (Ibn Tamiyyah, scholar and political prisoner)
* JAMIL EL-BANNA, Jordanian. Held in Guantanamo since March 2003
Arrested, with Bisher al-Rawi, in the Gambia, where they had gone to set up a mobile peanut-processing plant. He was taken by the Americans to Afghanistan and then to Guantanamo Bay. He suffers from severe diabetes but his lawyers say he has not been offered medication. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=163
* BINYAM MOHAMED, Ethiopian. Held in Guantanamo since September 2004
Came to UK in 1996 seeking asylum and was granted indefinite leave to remain. Travelled to Afghanistan in 2001 before fleeing to Pakistan. Charged in relation to an alleged dirty bomb plot at the Guantanamo Bay military tribunal. The tribunal was invalidated last year. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=1509
* SHAKER AAMER, Saudi Arabian. Held in Guantanamo since February 2002
Was applying for British nationality after settling in Battersea, south London, with his wife and four children, all of whom are British citizens. Seized in Pakistan in 2002. Has been kept in isolation since September 2005 and has been on hunger strike. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=52
* BISHER AL-RAWI, Iraqi. Held in Guantanamo since March 2003
Fled Iraq for Britain with his family 20 years ago. Arrested in the Gambia where he had travelled to help set up a peanut processing plant. Accused of taking a weapon of mass destruction. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=259
* OMAR DEGHAYES, Libyan. Held in Guantanamo since August 2002
Became a British citizen after fleeing to the UK with his family. He appears on a "Chechnyan training video", which his lawyers insist is case of mistaken identity. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=172
* AHMED ERRACHIDI, Moroccan. Held in Guantanamo since May 2002
Worked as a cook in London for 18 years. Seized in Pakistan and accused of attending a terrorist training camp in July 2001. His lawyers say he was working in London at the time. He is in isolation. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=1549
* AHMED BELBACHA Algerian. Held in Guantanamo since March 2002
Lived in Bournemouth, where he worked in the hotel trade. The 37-year-old was refused refugee status in Britain, but granted indefinite leave to remain. Arrested in Pakistan after fleeing Afghanistan in 2001. Alleged to have attended a training camp, which he denies. http://www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=2044
* ABDELNOUR SAMEUR, Algerian. Held in Guantanamo since June 2002
The 33-year-old decorator, who settled in north London, was granted refugee status in 2000. Went to Afghanistan in 2001 and was shot in Pakistan trying to reach the Algerian embassy. He was arrested in hospital. Alleged to have attended a training camp, which he denies
Source: Independent
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Assalamu Alaikum
Please take a few minutes out of your time to read the cases of these brothers by clicking on the links and you will see just how absurd their detention is. They have been put through secret rendition flight, through Bagram, Kandahar etc and nor still remain incarcerated for up to four years of interrogations and psychological, sexual and physical torture.
Please take the time out to attend the vigil tonight outside Downing Street from 6-7.30pm and the event tomorrow outside the US Embassy which will begin at 10am. Please do not let it be like the last event where there were not even 20 people, none of which were Muslims.
If you require any further information/details, please feel free to contact me.
Jazakallah khair and please remember all those incarcerated in your du'a.
Wasalam.
www.forthesakeofallah.blogspot.com
"What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my breast. Imprisonment for me is a spiritual retreat. To be exiled from my land is a spiritual journey" (Ibn Tamiyyah, scholar and political prisoner)