Title: freedetainees.org
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URGENT
ACTION: Free the 17 Uyghurs in Guantanamo
Posted: 27 Oct 2008 04:37 PM CDT
AI
Index: AMR 51/112/2008
In a landmark ruling on 7 October 2008, Judge Ricardo Urbina of the US
District Court for the District of Columbia (DC) ordered the government
to release into the USA the 17 Uighur detainees still held in the US
Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The government had earlier conceded
that the [...] ![]() |
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Al
Qaeda chief stands mute at Guantanamo
Posted: 27 Oct 2008 04:22 PM CDT
By
Jane Sutton
The U.S. war crimes trial of Osama bin Laden’s accused media director
began on Monday with silence from the defence side of the Guantanamo
Bay courtroom after the judge ruled the Yemeni defendant had the right
to stand mute and offer no defence. Defendant Ali Hamza al Bahlul came
to the courtroom on [...] ![]() |
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A
call to help the Bosnian detainees
Posted: 27 Oct 2008 01:55 PM CDT
the
group of Algerians had already been handed over to America and was
placed in Guantanamo Bay, and the group of Egyptians had been turned
over to Egypt, and some of the brothers were handed over to France and
Morocco and Tunis. Those of us who remained who did not escape from
Bosnia were placed under constant surveillance and were put under
extreme pressure of all types. ![]() |
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Will
Americans Change?
Posted: 27 Oct 2008 01:41 PM CDT
Fear
of Islam and Arab nations has driven some to question Obama’s moral
fiber
by Ben Munson, of the Advance Titan
Sami Abuhaimed has been all over America. But for the past four years
he has called Oshkosh home.
Abuhaimed, 23, is a senior majoring in computer science at UW-Oshkosh.
He is also Muslim and considers himself 100 [...] ![]() |
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Israeli
army detains 12 Palestinians in West Bank
Posted: 27 Oct 2008 01:28 PM CDT
"Israel
is carrying out almost daily arrests against Palestinians by saying
they are wanted for security reasons." ![]() |
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Cat
Stevens Denied Entry to Israel
Posted: 27 Oct 2008 01:21 PM CDT
This
isnt my normal topic… but it’s so crazy, and such a good article.. from
such a great blog - that I couldn’t resist….
>From Window Into Palestine:
You’d think that if Shimon Peres invited you to Israel, getting a visa
would be snap. After all, Peres does happen to be the country’s
President, and surely that [...] ![]() |
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