[Cageprisoners] CP Weekly Newsletter
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Cageprisoners
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30 April 2010
CP Weekly Newsletter:
This week: Cageprisoners new report on the harassment of those from the Horn of Africa; a series of interesting events; raise money for Cageprisoners by doing a sponsored activity; an internship opportunity at Cageprisoners; articles by Moazzam Begg and Andy Worthington; a review of Asim Qureshi's book, 'Rules of the Game'; exclusive trial coverage of Maya Evans v Secretary of State for Defence regarding British complicity in Afghani torture; and a few news articles.
REPORT: The Horn of Africa Inquisition: The latest profile in the War on Terror
30 April 2010
Download the latest Cageprisoners report regarding the targeting and profiling of people from or travelling to the Horn of Africa. This report is based on cases collected by Cageprisoners researchers and points to worrying developments in the War on Terror.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/downloads/CageprisonersHoAInquisition.pdf
EVENT: The Horn of Africa and the New Community Profile
08 May 2010
The Horn of Africa Inquisition is the latest report by Cageprisoners to highlight the way in which the War on Terror has impacted profiled com-munities. Based on the testimonies of those who have been affected, the report seeks to provide an overview of the way in which the War on Terror has criminalised those from or even associated with the Horn of Africa.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=988
EVENT: SPONSORED ZORBING FOR CAGEPRISONERS - DO YOU WANT TO BE ZORBED?
16 MAY 2010
Ever fancied being zorbed? Well now you can be zorbed and raise money for a good cause at the same time!
http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=975
EVENT: BRITISH 10K RUN - DO YOU WANT TO RUN ALONGSIDE AN EX GUANTANAMO DETAINEE?
11 July 2010
Can you run 10K? Do you fancy running alongside ex Guantanamo Bay detainees Do you fancy raising money for Cageprisoners? If the answer is yes to the above questions then Cageprisoners would like you to run the BRITISH 10K run on our behalf. It is going to be on the 11th of July 2010
http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=973
Moazzam Begg - UK Events (Spring/Summer 2010)
Spring 2010
Moazzam Begg - UK Events
http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=984
EVENT: "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo" – UK Tour Dates 2010
06 May 2010
Throughout 2010, former Guantánamo prisoner Omar Deghayes and Andy Worthington, journalist and author of The Guantánamo Files, will be touring the UK, showing the new Guantánamo documentary "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo," and attending post-screening Q&A sessions.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=972
ALERT: Internship opportunity at Cageprisoners
30 April 2010
Cageprisoners is offering a six month full-time internships in our centrally located office in London, UK, starting January and July each year.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=983
ARTICLE: Obama's First Military Commission Trial: A Child Soldier
28 April 2010
This week, Omar Khadr, the 15-year-old Canadian arrested by US forces in Afghanistan eight years ago, will finally face a trial.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31296
ARTICLE: EXCLUSIVE TRIAL COVERAGE: Maya Evans v Secretary of State for Defence: British Complicity in Afghani Torture
23 April 2010
This trial, like the case of Binyam Mohamed, is about British complicity in torture. The only difference in this case is that the British authorities are here being charged with known complicity in Afghani abuses and not in abuse carried out by the US.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31257
ARTICLES: Book Review for 'Rules of the Game' by Asim Qureshi
23 April 2010
Having read a large number of texts on the issue of detention, rendition and torture I must confess to having approached this latest book, by a senior investigator for Cageprisoners, with a degree of trepidation.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31278
ARTICLES: War in a Microsecond by Moazzam Begg
21 April 2010
According to the concept of the cosmic calendar the history of the universe is compressed into one year—with the Big Bang occurring in the first seconds of New Year's Day, and all our known history occurring in the final seconds before midnight on December 31.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31258
ARTICLE: Mohamedou Ould Salahi: How a Judge Demolished the US Government's Al-Qaeda Claims
21 April 2010
Despite the Bush administration's fearsome rhetoric regarding Guantánamo -- that it contained "the worst of the worst" terrorists, who, as a result, should be held indefinitely without charge or trial -- attempts to back up these allegations with evidence have, for the most part, failed dismally.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31272
NEWS: Dispute over security goggles delays Khadr hearing
30 April 2010
outside of court, retired army brigadier general and physician Stephen Xenakis said he considered Khadr's medical situation "urgent" and believed the goggles only exacerbated it. Xenakis has spent hours evaluating Khadr and is expected to be a key defence witness during these pre-trial hearings.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31307
NEWS: Bush kept Guantanamo prisoners to avoid embarrassment, claims former official
30 April 2010
Former US President George Bush kept prisoners in Guantanamo Bay despite knowing they were innocent to avoid political embarrassment and further the case for the war on terror, the former Chief of Staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell has alleged.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31308
NEWS: Iraq 'secret prison' inmates allege horrific torture
29 April 2010
Prisoners held for months without charge in a secret jail in Baghdad were subjected to horrific torture over a period of months - including electric shocks and rape, claims suggest.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31302
NEWS: Plea deal offered in Omar Khadr case
28 April 2010
Five more years in a U.S. prison not an option for the detainee.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31295
NEWS: 3,000 days of brutal torture
28 April 2010
Human rights groups have criticised the main political parties for failing to make the release of British Guantanamo prisoner Shaker Aamer a priority in the run-up to the election.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31300
NEWS: Terror suspect's confessions at issue
27 April 2010
Canadian Omar Khadr heads for a military commission, where a judge will decide whether to allow his confessions to be used during his summertime war-court trial.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31289
NEWS: MI5 'misled MPs over 7/7 bombers', court hears
27 April 2010
MI5 deceived MPs by claiming London's 7/7 bombers had not been identified before the attacks, a court has heard.
http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=31292
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