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17-07-08, 11:03 PM
Binyam Mohamed: "Six Days For Six Years Vigil"
THE LONDON GUANTÁNAMO CAMPAIGN is to hold a vigil, 24 hours a day for six days, outside the American embassy in Grosvenor Square. The vigil will start at 6pm on Friday 18th July, and end on Thursday 24th July at 3pm.
For six years, London man Binyam Mohamed has been held without trial by the US authorities. Resident in west London for over seven years, he was captured in Pakistan and suffered severe torture for 18 months in Morocco, under the CIA's extraordinary rendition programme. He is currently suicidal and suffering post traumatic stress disorder. He is also on hunger strike and being force fed by military guards. In June, charges were brought against him by the US military and he is to be tried by an unjust military tribunal using "evidence" obtained under torture, and could face the death penalty.
The six day vigil will symbolically mark the six years that Binyam has been held captive.
A PROTEST. On Thursday the 24th of July, Binyam will turn thirty. At 5pm on that day, protesters will join those holding the vigil and proceed to Downing St in Guantánamo-style orange jump suits, where more protesters will gather to hold a birthday party, from 6pm to 8pm.
ACTION DEMANDED OF THE USA. The London Guantánamo Campaign demands that the USA authorities immediately drop the charges against Binyam, and arrange for his release and return to this country.
ACTION DEMANDED OF THE UK GOVERNMENT. The UK Government is in possession of documents which, if handed over to the Americans, could prove that allegations against Binyam are false, and based on information procured through torture. The Government refuses to do this. The London Guantánamo Campaign demands that the Government hands these documents over, and takes all possible steps to secure Binyam's immediate release and return home.
NOTES TO EDITORS.
Binyam Mohamed was born in Ethiopia in 1978 and came to Britain in 1994, where he lived for seven years, sought political asylum, and was given leave to remain.
In 2002 he was kidnapped while in Pakistan, and handed over to the CIA who illegally "rendered" him to Morocco. After 18 months of interrogation under torture, he was "rendered" again to an underground prison in Kabul, before finally being taken to Guantánamo Bay in September 2004, where he has been held without trial ever since.
The London Guantánamo Campaign campaigns for justice for all prisoners at Guantánamo bay, for the closure of this and other secret prisons, and for an end to the practice of extraordinary rendition.
Contact: london.gtmo@googlemail.com / www.guantanamo.org.uk / Aisha - 07809 757176 / Christine – 07737 783159
THE LONDON GUANTÁNAMO CAMPAIGN is to hold a vigil, 24 hours a day for six days, outside the American embassy in Grosvenor Square. The vigil will start at 6pm on Friday 18th July, and end on Thursday 24th July at 3pm.
For six years, London man Binyam Mohamed has been held without trial by the US authorities. Resident in west London for over seven years, he was captured in Pakistan and suffered severe torture for 18 months in Morocco, under the CIA's extraordinary rendition programme. He is currently suicidal and suffering post traumatic stress disorder. He is also on hunger strike and being force fed by military guards. In June, charges were brought against him by the US military and he is to be tried by an unjust military tribunal using "evidence" obtained under torture, and could face the death penalty.
The six day vigil will symbolically mark the six years that Binyam has been held captive.
A PROTEST. On Thursday the 24th of July, Binyam will turn thirty. At 5pm on that day, protesters will join those holding the vigil and proceed to Downing St in Guantánamo-style orange jump suits, where more protesters will gather to hold a birthday party, from 6pm to 8pm.
ACTION DEMANDED OF THE USA. The London Guantánamo Campaign demands that the USA authorities immediately drop the charges against Binyam, and arrange for his release and return to this country.
ACTION DEMANDED OF THE UK GOVERNMENT. The UK Government is in possession of documents which, if handed over to the Americans, could prove that allegations against Binyam are false, and based on information procured through torture. The Government refuses to do this. The London Guantánamo Campaign demands that the Government hands these documents over, and takes all possible steps to secure Binyam's immediate release and return home.
NOTES TO EDITORS.
Binyam Mohamed was born in Ethiopia in 1978 and came to Britain in 1994, where he lived for seven years, sought political asylum, and was given leave to remain.
In 2002 he was kidnapped while in Pakistan, and handed over to the CIA who illegally "rendered" him to Morocco. After 18 months of interrogation under torture, he was "rendered" again to an underground prison in Kabul, before finally being taken to Guantánamo Bay in September 2004, where he has been held without trial ever since.
The London Guantánamo Campaign campaigns for justice for all prisoners at Guantánamo bay, for the closure of this and other secret prisons, and for an end to the practice of extraordinary rendition.
Contact: london.gtmo@googlemail.com / www.guantanamo.org.uk / Aisha - 07809 757176 / Christine – 07737 783159