UK Guantánamo Newswire Archive
Binyam Mohamed, British torture victim in Guantánamo: an update
06-06-2008 02:15
Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files”, reports on the latest news about British resident Binyam Mohamed, who has just been put forward for trial by Military Commission at Guantánamo, at the same time that a UK court has made a ruling in his favour regarding his demand that the UK government reveal evidence of what it knew about his rendition to torture.Meeting Report: Binyam Mohamed: The Last Londoner in Guantánamo Bay
01-06-2008 22:43
LGC Press Release: Tortured Londoner Faces Trial In Guantanamo Military Tribunal
01-06-2008 20:37
On Friday 30 May, the US announced its decision to try Binyam Mohamed, the last Londoner in Guantánamo Bay, on terrorism-related charges. All "evidence" relating to the charges was procured through torture in Morocco, one of his pitstops through the murky underworld of "extraordinary rendition". Binyam, if "convicted" in this "kangaroo court", faces the DEATH PENALTY.Binyam Mohamed’s letter from Guantánamo to Gordon Brown
30-05-2008 13:17
As the US administration prepares to charge British resident Binyam Mohamed in a Military Commission at Guantánamo, Andy Worthington reports on his last-minute appeal to Prime Minster Gordon Brown to intervene on his behalf.GTMO actions in London:Picnic tomorrow/Public Meeting on Sat. & June demos
29-05-2008 09:25
Tomorrow (Friday 30 May), the London Guantánamo Campaign is holding a picnic in Grosvenor Square next to the US Embassy at 3-6pm with People in Common/On Saturday 31 May, we have a public meeting to raise awareness about Binyam Mohamed in Queen's Park, west London/ and the schedule for actions in June. Join us and let the British and American government know that victims of the "war on terror" have not been forgotten.Sheffield Guantanamo Campaign Meeting - 28 May
23-05-2008 23:11
Guantánamo: Torture victim Binyam Mohamed sues British government for evidence
10-05-2008 21:29
Lush celebrates the release from Guantánamo of al-Jazeera journalist Sami al-Haj
06-05-2008 23:41
Public meeting on 31/05: Binyam Mohamed: The Last Londoner in Guantánamo
06-05-2008 21:50
Public meeting and film showing in west London on Saturday 31 May to raise awareness about the plight of Binyam Mohamed, the last Londoner in Guantánamo Bay. Speakers include Sarah Teather MP, Zachary Katznelson (his lawyers), Bisher El-Rawi (former detainee), Camilla Jelbart (Amnesty International and Bruce Kent. Film showing of "Outlawed"Sami al-Haj’s Guantánamo torture pictures
18-03-2008 19:53
Amnesty Protest in Nottingham City Centre - Close Guantanamo Bay
11-03-2008 21:22
Guantánamo whistleblower Stephen Abraham addresses European Parliament
04-03-2008 00:15
Andy Worthington, the author of “The Guantánamo Files,” reports on a European Parliament meeting regarding the detainees in Guantánamo, and reproduces the testimony offered by former US military intelligence officer Stephen Abraham, the whistleblower who last year exposed the military tribunals as a sham.Britain’s Guantánamo: control orders renewed, as one suspect is freed
23-02-2008 16:23
Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files,” contrasts the British government’s extension of control orders on alleged terror suspects with the case of Cerie Bullivant, whose control order was dismissed by a judge yesterday, because there was no “reasonable suspicion” that he intended to take part in terrorism.Miliband on Diego Garcia and “extraordinary rendition”: Is this a joke?
22-02-2008 20:44
Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files,” notes that David Miliband’s confession about “extraordinary rendition” flights refueling on Diego Garcia does nothing to quell well-founded claims that the island has actually housed a secret “War on Terror” prison.Guantánamo Britons’ Spanish extradition request: an update
15-02-2008 13:47
Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files,” reports on the latest stage in the Spanish government’s attempts to extradite Omar Deghayes and Jamil El-Banna, two of the three Britons freed from Guantánamo in December, on long-discredited charges.A letter from Guantánamo
17-01-2008 15:09
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, tells the story of imprisoned al-Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj, and reproduces the text of a recently declassified letter from Guantánamo.Gordon Brown urged to act for British residents in Guantánamo
15-01-2008 13:22
Guantánamo Britons resist Spanish extradition order
10-01-2008 00:31
Recovering from their ordeal in Guantánamo, returned British residents Jamil El-Banna and Omar Deghayes began their struggle to resist a Spanish extradition request in a London court. Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison,” reports.Six years of Guantanamo - Orange Friday National Events
08-01-2008 11:05
The Guantánamo Britons and Spain’s dubious extradition request
21-12-2007 18:17
Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison,” looks behind the headlines at the flawed intelligence fuelling the Spanish government’s request for the extradition of two of the three British residents freed from Guantánamo this week.