Title: freedetainees.org
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US-held
prisoners in Afghan jail meet families for first time
Posted: 10 Oct 2008 10:37 PM CDT
KABUL
(AFP) — Five suspects in the US-led “war on terror” were able to see
their relatives Tuesday in the first face-to-face visits at a US
military detention centre in Afghanistan, the Red Cross said.
One of the relatives, the only one who would speak to media after the
emotional reunions, said he was overjoyed to [...] ![]() |
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Expanding
Canada’s Detainee Probe
Posted: 10 Oct 2008 10:19 PM CDT
Request
for Expansion of Detainee Probe
by John McNamer
The Military Police Complaints Commission has been asked to expand its
upcoming probe into the transfer of detainees by Canadian Forces to
Afghan authorities despite evidence the detainees might be tortured.
image Decorated military veteran John McNamer of Kamloops has formally
requested that the public hearing, which was recently [...] ![]() |
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Why
Omar Khadr should walk free
Posted: 10 Oct 2008 10:11 PM CDT
by
Dave Oswald MitchellBrent Erickson
The Dominion - http://www.dominionpaper.ca
[cc 2.0]Graffiti protesting treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
Omar Khadr has been held in the US prison since his capture in 2002,
when he was 15 years old. Photo: Walt Jabsco
“The shaming of one Canadian has shamed all Canadians.”-Liberal MP Paul
Szabo, apologizing in the House of [...] ![]() |
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The
US hands over Algeria a fifth Guantanamo prisoner
Posted: 10 Oct 2008 08:57 PM CDT
Still
no names..
The United States has handed over Algeria a fifth Algerian being
detained in Guantanamo Bay prison, a communiqué issued by the US
Department of Defence said, Wednesday.
The same communiqué mentioned that the Algerian detainee has been
extradited to Algeria together with another Sudan detainee who has been
transferred to Khartoum.
However, the source has [...] ![]() |
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