tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71069346021255341692009-12-04T17:06:10.144ZFeesabilillah"It is obligatory upon the Muslims to release their prisoners, even if it exhausts every penny of their wealth" Imam Malik bin Anasinsomniachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04739046780296920244noreply@blogger.comBlogger1374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-36278782681938765542009-12-04T17:00:00.002Z2009-12-04T17:04:52.281ZMore Than Half Guantanamo Inmates Can Be TransferredUS authorities are ready to transfer 116 of the 211 detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to other countries, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a Senate hearing on Thursday.Officials were "in the process of identifying detainees that we believe can be transferred to other countries" and "we've identified I think 116 at this Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-32746133651943614442009-12-03T11:35:00.002Z2009-12-03T11:38:26.952ZHigh Court Makes "Historic" Terrorism Evidence RulingLondon's High Court ruled against the British government on Tuesday over the use of secret evidence to deny terrorism suspects bail in what campaigners called an "historic" judgement.The government expressed disappointment at the "unhelpful" verdict, handed down over the case brought by two men suspected of terrorism-related activities, saying Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-36239681753417500762009-12-02T13:25:00.003Z2009-12-02T13:30:06.355ZAlgerian Freed From GuantanamoAn Algerian man held for seven years at the American prison at Guantánamo Bay arrived in France on Tuesday, the French government and his lawyers said. The man, Saber Lahmar, 39, was the last of five Algerians to be released from the prison after a judge ruled last year that there was insufficient evidence to detain them. Robert C. Kirsch, a lawyer for Mr. Lahmar, Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-75250053561000170382009-12-01T10:09:00.002Z2009-12-01T10:16:33.791ZUrgent Request – Show Your Support For Faraj HassanThe case of Faraj Hassan, who has spent over six years detained without charge, with his liberty restricted by various orders, returns to the High Court on Tuesday. Faraj will be present in court again. It is expected that this will be the final day of the hearing.As mentioned in a previous alert, much to Faraj’s disappointment last week, on the Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-52482644091115566222009-11-29T10:11:00.002Z2009-12-01T10:14:32.802ZIsrael Ready To Release 1,000 Palestinians For Captive Soldier Israel revealed for the first time today it is ready to release nearly 1,000 Palestinian prisoners to secure the freedom of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza.The government said it was preparing for the possible release of 450 prisoners, whose names were proposed by Hamas, in the first stage of what would be Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-5730974457650661452009-11-28T10:07:00.000Z2009-12-01T10:07:53.362ZThe Plight of Dr Aafia Siddiqui Speakers: Yvonne Ridley and Moazzam Begg Date: Friday the 4th of December 2009 Time: 7.30pmVenue: Newham Community Project, 313- 319 Katherine Road, East Ham, London, E7 8PJEntrance is free and refreshments will be providedMore information on Dr Aafia siddiqui can be found at: www.cageprisoners.com/prisoners.php?id=1367__________Cageprisoners is a human rights NGO Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-28511245836267382592009-11-27T10:04:00.000Z2009-11-27T20:49:50.876ZToture Fails Us AllGiven all that has come before it, the report published this week by Human Rights Watch (HRW) detailing British complicity in the torture of terror suspects will hardly come as a surprise. The findings corroborate the Guardian's own investigations, as well as a series of embarrassing disclosures that the government has been forced into making by the courts. The battle over the Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-89279164732889945382009-11-26T09:12:00.000Z2009-11-26T09:56:24.781Z'Cruel, Illegal, Immoral': Human Rights Watch Condemns UK's Role In TortureThe attorney general was under intense pressure tonight to order a wider series of police investigations into British complicity in torture after one of the world's leading human rights organisations said there was clear evidence of the UK government's involvement in the torture of its own citizens.After an investigation Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-68273448472160271052009-11-25T10:53:00.002Z2009-11-25T10:55:42.743ZUrgent Request – Show Your Support For Faraj HassanThe case of Faraj Hassan, who has spent over six years detained without charge, with his liberty restricted by various orders, is being heard in the High Court this week.Sadly, much to Faraj’s disappointment today, there were only one or two friendly faces in the courtroom. We are therefore entreating anyone who is able to attend the hearings Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-10748071195152220382009-11-24T09:49:00.001Z2009-11-25T10:17:45.433ZBritain Heard US Drumbeat For Invasion Before 9/11 Tony Blair's government knew that prominent members of the Bush administration wanted to topple Saddam Hussein years before the invasion but initially distanced itself from the prospect knowing it would be unlawful, it was disclosed at the Iraq inquiry today.British intelligence also dismissed claims by elements in the US administration that the Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-58164577104213036512009-11-23T10:04:00.002Z2009-11-24T10:07:16.589ZNew Prison No. For BabarPlease note that Babar's prison no. has changed.To write to Babar, please use the following address:Babar Ahmad A9385AGDetainee UnitHMP Long LartinSouth LittletonEveshamWorcs.WR11 8TZIf you have not done so already, there is still time to send Babar an Eid card (Eid will be taking place on Friday 27th November 2009).Thank you for your support.The Free Babar Ahmad Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-43355338252403892442009-11-22T10:08:00.003Z2009-11-23T10:19:03.598ZSecret CIA 'Torture' Prison DiscoveredThe CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government official and a former U.S. intelligence official told ABC News this week. Where affluent Lithuanians once rode show horses and sipped coffee at a café, the CIA installed a concrete structure where it could use harsh Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-84599581157111386152009-11-21T21:19:00.002Z2009-11-21T21:26:05.856ZHHUGS Needs Your HelpHHUGS urgently requires funds as our financial situation is currently very dire and if we are to continue providing the vital support that we do to the HHUGS families we need YOU to donate.“Whoever relieves a believer in distress, Allah will relieve his distress in this world and the next" Prophet Mohammed (saws)Over the last year HHUGS has continued to provide vital servicesNaziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-20763261309032742582009-11-20T11:36:00.002Z2009-11-20T11:44:11.621ZBinyam Mohamed's Sixth JudgementForeign Secretary David Miliband uses ‘Alice in Wonderland’ argument to suppress the details of the torture of Binyam Mohamed. The Foreign Secretary is attempting to suppress descriptions of torture methods used on Binyam Mohamed, citing US disapproval -- despite the fact that the methods have already been published by the Obama Administration.In their sixth Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-2567337116988903342009-11-19T09:43:00.003Z2009-11-19T09:47:53.040ZCanada Hears Of Afghan 'Torture' A senior Canadian diplomat has testified that many Afghan detainees captured by Canadian forces in 2006 and 2007 were likely to have been tortured.Richard Colvin told a parliamentary committee in Ottawa that government bureaucrats had ignored his warnings. He said the detainees were tortured by Afghan security officers after being transferred from Canadian Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-9153240645397087142009-11-18T13:02:00.003Z2009-11-18T13:08:52.607ZObama Amits Delay On GuantanamoUS President Barack Obama has for the first time admitted that the US will miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.Mr Obama made the admission in interviews with US networks during the president's tour of Asia. He said he was "not disappointed" that the deadline had slipped, saying he "knew this was going to be hard".Officials areNaziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-12755497427089488142009-11-17T09:45:00.002Z2009-11-17T09:53:41.679ZThe One-Sided World Of Khadr CoverageIf you read the outpouring of coverage on Omar Khadr on the weekend you might be wondering why President Obama hasn't kept his pledge to close Guantanamo by the end of this year, and why he's allowing cases like Khadr's to go to the military tribunals George Bush was so heavily abused over.You'd think there would be a ready explanation for those two questions.Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-24025237660362929442009-11-16T09:57:00.003Z2009-11-17T10:03:18.252ZNew Evidence Jack Straw Guilty On TortureFinally I have indisputable documentary evidence that the British government had a positive policy of using intelligence from torture in the War on Terror, and that the policy was personally directed by Jack Straw.Here are the minutes of the meeting at which I was told this: www.craigmurray.org.uk/Linda%2520Duffield%2527s%2520minute%252010%2520March%Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-83136453477072655562009-11-15T09:39:00.003Z2009-11-17T09:45:44.987ZTerrorist Suspects Released From House Arrest After Peace Deal The men have been released from house arrest as a result of the deal with the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. The Home Office refuses to give a commentary on the number under control orders – currently 13 – but an update by the Home Secretary in September revealed that five individuals had their orders revoked between June and Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-5454451545867014742009-11-14T08:57:00.000Z2009-11-14T08:57:00.808Z'Shocking' That Khadr Will Face Military Commission In U.S Omar Khadr's civilian lawyer in the United States said Friday he was disappointed to hear Washington is pressing ahead with military commission proceedings against the Canadian terror suspect.Barry Coburn said he finds the decision "shocking." "We thought that the incoming Obama administration signalled a new day with respect to these Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-61647946724067559472009-11-13T20:42:00.002Z2009-11-13T20:53:39.061ZAmerican Sues F.B.I., Saying He Was Detained in AfricaA New Jersey man who contends that he was detained and mistreated in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia in 2007 with the approval of the United States filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against F.B.I. agents and other unidentified American officials who he says interrogated him and threatened him with execution.The lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court inNaziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-2224471455210648202009-11-11T10:13:00.002Z2009-11-11T10:18:37.659ZMet Police May Face Charges Over Violent Arrest Of Terror SuspectFive Metropolitan police officers could face prosecution over a "serious, gratuitous and prolonged" attack on a British Muslim man that led the force to pay £60,000 in damages.Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions (DPP), is considering whether to bring charges against officers from the force's Territorial Support Group (Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-57630984756464930922009-11-10T09:34:00.004Z2009-11-10T10:32:40.444ZWrite to Indonesian Embassy To Protest Invitation To Gujarat Massacre Orchestrator Narendra Modi SummaryAccording to Narendra Modi’s official website (http://narendramodi.in/news/news_detail/411), the Governor of Solvici Province, Indonesia, Mr Syawral Yasin Limpo invited the Chief Minister to Indonesia in order to work together in the field of Agriculture and Biomass Energy. Modi has accepted Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-41904190875590047102009-11-09T16:13:00.002Z2009-11-09T16:16:18.472ZCIA Renditions: Judgment in Milan - Criminal Charges Against 26 American OfficialsAn Italian court hearing criminal charges against 26 American officials and a smaller group of Italians arising out of a CIA extraordinary rendition has ruled today. The case relates to the CIA’s snatching of a Muslim cleric known as Abu Omar off the streets of Milan in 2003. He was whisked off to Egypt, where he Naziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106934602125534169.post-33788335433425003222009-11-08T09:50:00.000Z2009-11-09T09:57:57.389ZProbe Launched Into Claims Rendition Flights Have Used Birmingham Airport A Midland MP is to quiz airport chiefs and the Government over allegations that Birmingham International Airport has been used to smuggle terror suspects by America’s CIA. It has been claimed that a US plane featured in a European Parliament report into the CIA’s ‘extraordinary rendition’ of terror suspects landed at BIA onNaziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269739763062066530noreply@blogger.com0