Truly, the only way to prevent such disasters is not to start a depthless witch hunt but to assess and review the unjust and colonialist stance western countries have adopted in Muslim countries.

A few days after the 9/11 attacks, George W. Bush declared what he called a “crusade” - quickly relabelled as the War on Terror. Inevitably, first to be impacted were Muslims or, at least, those perceived to be Muslims - for the first man to die in the retaliations was a sikh in the US.

Yassine Ferchichi is a Tunisian national who fled persecution from his country of origin. He was arrested and sentenced in France on terrorism charges. His conviction was largely based on statements made by M’hamed Benyamina under torture in Algerian custody. In 2009, Yassine Ferchichi was deported to Senegal in opposition with a decision of the European Court of Human Rights. Since then, he has been living homeless without any legal document.

On 14 December 2003, an attempt was made to murder the Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf.  The attackers had placed explosives under a bridge. The bomb was meant to explode on the passage of Musharraf’s car, however, the bomb could not be activated on time and the explosion did not take its victim. Pakistani military tribunals tried nearly two dozen people (Army members, Air force members and civilians) in separate trials. Mushtaq Ahmed, a civilian, was sentenced to death after having been denied basic due process rights.

Please take action for Djamel Beghal who was convicted due to statements taken under the duress of torture. Cageprisoners wants you to help push the French government into establishing an inquiry which will re-examine his case.

On 29 July 2001, Djamel Beghal was detained by the Emirati authorities in Abu Dhabi while on his way to Morocco from Pakistan.

Nabeel Sheikh is the first member of his family to have been harassed by the British intelligence.