ACTION ALERT: Appeal for secret detention and torture victim Ali Aarrass
Written by CP Editor Thursday, 16 August 2012
Aarrass has said that he has endured sleep deprivation, injections of chemicals, electric shocks to his genitals and rape. He also said he was hanged by his feet and beaten.
ACT NOW! LAST CHANCE TO STOP THE EXTRADITION OF BABAR AHMAD
Written by CP Editor Wednesday, 04 July 2012CagePrisoners calls on all its supporters to write to the DPP, Keir Starmer, regarding the case of Babar Ahmad
Shaker Aamer's family appealing urgently for assistance to promote a parliamentary e-petition calling for a parliamentary debate about the British government's failure to affect Shaker Aamer's return to the United Kingdom from Guantanamo Bay.
Good news for former Tunisian detainee Yassine Ferchichi
Written by CP Editor Tuesday, 06 March 2012Yassine Ferchichi is a Tunisian national who faced persecution in his country of origin because of his religious practice. Fearing for his life, he eventually fled Tunisia after he was tortured by the security forces in 2005.
Detainee Z reimprisoned after years of detention without trial
Written by CP Editor Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Urgent Appeal: Support Mohammed El Gharani—the youngest prisoner ever held in Guantánamo. Featured
Written by CP Editor Wednesday, 01 February 2012
We are making an urgent appeal to support Moham
Urgent appeal: Former Guantanamo detainee, Abdel Aziz Nadji, sentenced to prison in Algeria
Written by CP Editor Tuesday, 31 January 2012Abdel Aziz Nadji was held in Guantanamo for 8 years without charge or trial. He was sent back to Algeria against his will where he tried to rebuild his life. However, he was suddenly rearrested and jailed.
Detention is often a time of great distress, taking the person imprisoned away from his family and friends and immersing him in an unknown environment.
In such a situation, a simple letter can be sufficient to lift the spirit of those detainees and ease the hardship through which they are going.
Former Guantanamo prisoner, Feroz Abbasi said: "The odd letter from a person I didn't know in the outside world gave me a lot of strength, particularly because I felt we had been abandoned by the world - especially the Muslim world."
London: Vigil for Ali Aarrass, Friday 16 December 11am-mid-day Moroccan Embassy
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