Guantanamo Bay is, without doubt, the world’s most notorious prison, which has left an indelible stain on the Bush administration. One of the first acts of U.S. President Barack Obama was to order its closure and there is speculation that some of the detainees may now be offered asylum in Wales. I am one of the few journalists to visit the sprawling naval base. I traveled there with filmmaker David Miller, whose documentary “Guantanamo: Inside the Wire†is to be screened tomorrow. I … [Read more...]
Sami al-Hajj: ‘Thank You, Guantanamo’
October 14, 2008 By
Tima Chadid of Al-Akhbar met with Sami al-Hajj, the Al Jazeera cameraman who spent more than six years in Guantanamo Bay. Back in Doha, El-Hajj has established a new department at Al Jazeera to promote human rights and expose abuses. By TIMA CHADID via Caged Prisoners DOHA, October 7, 2008 (AL-AKHBAR) – Six years and six months in jail have not been a waste for Sami al-Hajj. Despite the bitterness, the interrogations, the torture that he was subjected to and that he saw others being subjected … [Read more...]
Reports Reveal Khadr’s Life in Guantanamo
October 7, 2008 By
Source: Cagedprisoners The reports read like a diary of his years of incarceration. Omar Khadr the stubborn teenager. Confused. Depressed. Angry. From the mundane complaints about tasteless food and shoes that don't fit, to the days when he fears he's going completely blind. He has read The Life of Pi. He loves To Kill a Mockingbird. He's learning French and yoga. Recently a piece of shrapnel was finally was ejected from his body six years after it was embedded there, bursting through the skin near … [Read more...]
A Decade Without Trial: Britain’s Longest Held Political Prisoner
October 4, 2008 By
Organisations like CagedPrisoners should be promoted and pushed to front page news all over the world. They'r one of the few that are giving our imprisoned brothers & sisters a voice & exposing the world to the news that media overlook, news that exposes the double standards of these so called 1st world countries. On Saturday 27 September 2008, 46 year old Saudi Arabian citizen Khalid Al-Fawwaz completed his tenth year in prison without trial, whilst he fights extradition to the US … [Read more...]
Who will care for this Boy – Omar Khadr
July 23, 2008 By
Articles like these bring up strong emotions of sadness, and then immeditely after that anger and contempt for the US Government, their allies & everything that they stand for. It's no more a war on terror, it never was - as the days go by, it becomes clearer and clearer for the average layman muslim on the street to see that this is a war on Islam & muslims. From Caged Prisoners His hair has grown, his voice sounds a little deeper and his wounds appear to have healed somewhat. … [Read more...]
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