[imc-sheffield] [IMC-UK-Features] Feature Article Proposal: Binyam Mohamed — the last UK resident in Guantanamo Bay threatened with death penalty

[Marcus Williamson]

One other minor typo:

"siezed" should be "seized"

Thanks
Marcus

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:57:15 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi Chris,
>I'm honoured, and grateful that you've been following my attempts to 
>keep up with the story.
>One typo: "Last December it was reported that close to suicide" should 
>be "Last December it was reported that he was close to suicide".
>Best,
>Andy
>
>cc wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I have drafted an article for the UK, Sheffield and Terror
>> War pages and it's on the wiki here:
>>
>>   https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/UkBinyamMohamed
>>
>> And the text of it folows. It's more-or-less a copy and
>> paste job based on Andy Worthington's excellent articles
>> so I have copied this to him in case he has any
>> comments... I'm not much of a writer so I'm sure it could
>> be improved...
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>   Binyam Mohamed — the last UK resident in Guantánamo Bay
>>   threatened with death penalty 
>>
>>   The 11th June Sheffield Guantánamo protest highlighted
>>   the case of Binyam Mohamed who, after years of torture
>>   is facing the threat of the death penalty. On 31 May
>>   over 100 people attended a public meeting concerning his
>>   plight and Reprive have organised a protest in Trafalgar
>>   Square to take place on Sunday 15th June to highlight
>>   the suffering of Binyam Mohamed. The London Guantánamo
>>   Campaign are asking for urgent action to be taken for
>>   Binyam Mohamed.
>>
>>   Articles: Urgent appeal for British resident Binyam
>>   Mohamed, “close to suicide” in Guantánamo | Guantánamo:
>>   Torture victim Binyam Mohamed sues British government
>>   for evidence | Binyam Mohamed’s letter from Guantánamo
>>   to Gordon Brown | Meeting Report: Binyam Mohamed: The
>>   Last Londoner in Guantánamo Bay | Take URGENT ACTION for
>>   Binyam Mohamed! | New report details torture of
>>   Guantánamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed
>>
>>   Links: Cageprisoners.com | The National Guantanamo
>>   Coalition | Reprieve | Andy Worthington
>>
>>   -------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>   Binyam Mohamed a refugee from Ethiopia, who was granted
>>   indefinite leave to remain in the UK, was siezed in
>>   Pakistan and rendered to Morocco where he was held for
>>   18 months and subjected to horrendous torture, which,
>>   included, but was not limited to having his penis cut
>>   with a razor on a regular basis. After Morocco, Binyam
>>   was transferred to Afghanistan, where he endured further
>>   torture at the CIA run “Dark Prison”, from there he was
>>   moved to Bagram airbase and then finally put on a plane
>>   to Guantánamo in September 2004, two and a half years
>>   after his ordeal began.
>>
>>   Last December it was reported that close to suicide and
>>   in May he wrote to Gordon Brown and pointed out that "my
>>   Moroccan torturers were using information supplied by
>>   British intelligence" and he also sued the British
>>   government for refusing to provide evidence that may
>>   assist in his defence at Guantánamo. This month
>>   Reprieve, issued a detailed and devastating report,
>>   Human Cargo: Binyam Mohamed and the Rendition Frequent
>>   Flier Programme (PDF), which presents compelling
>>   evidence of his rendition and torture. Last week the
>>   Pentagon officially filed charges against Binyam
>>   Mohamed, who will face a trial by Military Commission
>>   for “conspiracy” and “providing material support for
>>   terrorism”, and a UK court approved his request for
>>   judicial review, requiring the British government to
>>   reveal whatever evidence it holds regarding the British
>>   security services’ knowledge of his rendition from
>>   Pakistan to Morocco for torture, and details of whatever
>>   information was also provided to his Moroccan torturers
>>   about his life in Britain. 
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>
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>
>Andy is the author of "The Guantánamo Files: The Stories 
>of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison"
>(published by Pluto Press/University of Michigan Press)
>http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?page_id=17
>
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>
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>and saves lives, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.