Urgent appeal: Former Guantanamo detainee, Abdel Aziz Nadji, sentenced to prison in Algeria
Abdel 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.
Please sign the White House petition calling for the closure of Guantánamo!
Please sign the new "Close Guantanamo" campaign's White House petition calling for Guantanamo's closure. 25,000 signatures needed by February 6.
Moazzam Begg, Andy Worthington and Polly Nash attend screening of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” at the European Parliament, Brussels, January 24, 2012
On Tuesday January 24, at 7 pm, there will be a special screening of the acclaimed documentary film “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (co-directed by Polly Nash and Andy Worthington) at the European Parliament in Brussels.
With right on our side: The inspiring Guantánamo 10th anniversary protest in Washington D.C.
Last week, I was in Washington D.C., attending events to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as part of a 12-day US tour organized by some of my great friends in the US — the activists of The World Can’t Wait, and their national director Debra Sweet, who is largely responsible for making sure that I don’t get lost, that I can find coffee when I need it, and that I don’t get too much sleep! — as well as being a tireless campaigner for justice.
How to close Guantánamo on its 10th anniversary: Three radio interviews with Andy Worthington
I wrote this today on a plane flying across the US, from Washington D.C. to San Francisco, a week into my 12-day visit to campaign for the closure of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which has been the focus of my work for the last six years.
Guantanamo remembered: A personal perspective
“You are now the property of the United States and you have no rights.” These were the first words to greet me and other prisoners held in the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. Ten years on little has changed.
Guantánamo prisoners stage peaceful protest and hunger strike on 10th anniversary of the opening of the prison
Today, prisoners at Guantánamo will embark on a peaceful protest, involving sit-ins and hunger strikes, to protest about their continued detention, and the continued existence of the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, three years after President Obama came to office promising to close it within a year, and to show their appreciation of the protests being mounted on their behalf by US citizens, who are gathering in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to stage a rally and march to urge the President to fulfill his broken promise.
A tired obsession with military detention plagues American politics
Before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, there were only two ways of holding prisoners — either they were prisoners of war, protected by the Geneva Conventions, or they were criminal suspects, to be charged and subjected to federal court trials.
Britain's Guantánamo survivors are suffering a toxic legacy
After years of imprisonment, victims of America's 'icon of lawlessness' were released without charge, but their lives have been shattered
Guantanamo Remembered: 10 Years
Join former Guantanamo prisoners from around the world, and family members of those still incarcerated, on the tenth anniversary since the opening of the world's most notorious prison
محامو متهم بتفجير مدمرة أميركية يشككون في نية إطلاقه «ولو بُرِئ
طالبت هيئة الدفاع عن السعودي عبدالرحيم النشيري، المتهم الرئيسي في الاعتداء على المدمرة الأميركية «يو إس إس كول» في اليمن عام 2000 حين قتل 17 جندياً أميركياً، المحكمة العسكرية الاستثنائية التي ستحاكمه قريباً في غوانتانامو، بتحديد ما إذا كان يمكن إطلاق موكلهم فعلياً، أو إذا كانت الولايات المتحدة تنوي الإبقاء عليه في السجن حتى أذا جرت تبرئته
Guantanamo and after
Former Guantanamo prisoners, lawyers and family members will be in Oslo to discuss the effects of the US prison camp on those released and the men still being held there without charge or trial.
Guantanamo Bay: France unveiled
A decade of Ramadhan in Guantanamo fundraising event - MANCHESTER
This August, the detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay without charge or trial will be spending their tenth Ramadan away from their families. Despite the promises that Guantanamo will be closed by Barack Obama, the prison camps remain open and the cost to human life increases on a daily basis. Join Cageprisoners for an evening where we seek to understand the impact of a decade on the lives of these men.
Please note - that non-segregated group tickets will only be accepted as a group of 10.
A decade of Ramadan in Guantanamo fundraising event - LONDON
This August, the detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay without charge or trial will be spending their tenth Ramadan away from their families. Despite the promises that Guantanamo will be closed by Barack Obama, the prison camps remain open and the cost to human life increases on a daily basis. Join Cageprisoners for an evening where we seek to understand the impact of a decade on the lives of these men.
PLEASE BUY TICKETS AT THE DOOR IF YOU HAVE NOT PURCHASED YOUR TICKETS ONLINE ALREADY.
The unknown prisoners of Guantánamo (Part 5 of 5)
Following WikiLeaks' recent revelations, Andy Worthington tells the last of 84 Guantanamo stories that have never been told before.
URGENT APPEAL: Former Guantanamo prisoner, Adel al-Gazzar, detained on return to Egypt
Adel al-Gazzar was held in Guantanamo for almost nine years without trial or charge. in 2010 he was resettled in Zvolen, Slovakia as he was unable to return to his native Egypt. That was before the revolution.
The unknown prisoners of Guantánamo (Part 4 of 5)
Following WikiLeaks' recent revelations, Andy Worthington tells 17 more Guantanamo stories that have never been told before.
The unknown prisoners of Guantánamo (Part 3 of 5)
Following WikiLeaks' revelations last month, Andy Worthington tells 17 more Guantanamo stories that have never been told.
The only way out of Guantánamo is in a coffin
Events
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The Burning question: What have we learned from Guantanamo Bay?
With James Yee (former US army Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo) and Moazzam Begg
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Annual lecture with Moazzam Begg - Indian Muslim Welfare Society
Effective campaigning to bring about…
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Stage production: Guantánamo Boy
Launch of stage production based…
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PRESS LAUNCH: Laa Tansa: Never Forget
Cageprisoners launch LAA TANSA: NEVER…
What's New
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Urgent Appeal: Support Mohammed El Gharani—the youngest prisoner ever held in Guantánamo.
We are making an urgent appeal to support Mohammed El Gharani—the youngest prisoner ever held in Guantánamo
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How could Britain ban books in the 21st century? Islam & Life
In August 1966, Egyptian Islamist thinker and writer Sayyid Qutb was convicted…
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Urgent appeal: Former Guantanamo detainee, Abdel Aziz Nadji, sentenced to prison in Algeria
Abdel Aziz Nadji was held in Guantanamo for 8 years without charge…
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David Cameron calls for the reform of the European Court of Human Rights: His dangerous doublespeak fails Muslims, and fails to honour the memory of the Holocaust
In his speech on Wednesday calling for the reform of the European…
Blog
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#GTMO10YRS: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Let me put this into perspective. How much have you achieved, seen, lost and felt in the last ten years?
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Dark Times in a Western “Democracy”
The very same afternoon that the Tarek Mehanna verdict was announced, I was…
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How ‘Terminator’ influenced the US military’s strategy under the ‘War on Terror’ - the stark realities of drone warfare
The U.S Military terminology for a successful kill of ‘suspected’ combatants or…

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