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Monday, 29 October 2012 18:06

Arnaud Mafille introducing CagePrisoners to French audience

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, European countries have been involved in abuses of judical process and mistretament of alleged terror suspects. Arnaud Mafille explains how British Muslims have responded to these challenges and formed CagePrisoners to give a voice to the voiceless.

Published in Interviews

Monday, 04 April 2011 15:01

Khalid Sheikh Muhammed

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was born in Kuwaiti in either 1964 or 65. His family is originally from Baluchistan, Pakistan. He is an uncle of Ramzi Yousef.

Published in Guantanamo Bay (Cuba)

Wednesday, 12 October 2011 09:00

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Umm Hamza, the wife of Djamel Beghal

Djamel Beghal is a French-Algerian who has been described as a leading figure of Al Qaeda in Europe. He was arrested shortly before the 9/11 attacks in Abu Dhabi where he was tortured and confessed a bomb-attack plot. On the basis of these confessions, he was convicted in France under the offense of “criminal association in relation with a terrorist undertaking”. He served a 10 years sentence. After his release, he was re-arrested and is currently in pre-trial detention. Umm Hamza explains to us in more details the plight of her husband and the effects it had on her family.

Published in Interviews

Tuesday, 05 April 2011 13:51

Do we have to be so stupid?

A magazine has recently released videos and pictures of American soldiers assassinating and mutilating Afghans. The barbaric behaviour of the “kill team” has caused a great shock. Nevertheless, there is actually very little to be surprised about since it is only a logical consequence of this type of war.

Published in Blog

Tuesday, 01 March 2011 15:26

Djamel Beghal

Djamel Beghal is a French-Algerian abducted in the United Arab Emirates in July 2001. He was subjected to several types of torture and forced into confessions. Beghal was then sent to France where he stood trial. Even though, the Court explicitly stated that no evidence of the preparation of any plot had been recovered, except the statements he made under duress, Beghal was sentenced to ten years in prison. After his release, his ordeal did not end as he was reincarcerated.

Published in France

Thursday, 19 August 2010 20:21

The Mujallis family

Hezam is a Yemeni citizen currently incommunicado in Yemen. He is the brother of Aref Mujalli. Both are sons of the late Yahya Mujalli.

Published in Yemen

Thursday, 08 October 2009 12:07

Rachid Ramda

Like many other Algerians, Rachid Ramda fled the terrors of war and torture in his home country to seek asylum in the UK.

Published in France

Thursday, 08 October 2009 14:22

Rabah Kadre

Rabah Kadre is 38 years old and from Algeria.

Published in UK

Thursday, 08 October 2009 18:36

Faraj Hassan

Faraj Hassan (aka Detainee AS) was not unlike many asylum seekers – fleeing the persecution of a tyrannical regime (in his case, Libya) for the perceived safety and justice of the UK.

Published in UK

Monday, 15 November 2010 09:01

French charge 4 suspected in terror training

PARIS (AP) — A judicial official says that four men suspected of belonging to a network sending French residents to the tribal zones of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to train for combat have been charged.

Published in News

Thursday, 11 November 2010 10:23