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Audio: 4th July "Independence FROM America" protest at NSA Menwith Hill

Chris | 05-07-2013 23:29 | Guantánamo | Anti-militarism | Technology | Terror War | Sheffield | World

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The 2013 annual 4th July "Independence FROM America" protest at NSA Menwith Hill organised by the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)  http://www.caab.org.uk/ featured a reading of the The People's Declaration of Independence from America and poetry from Mirzan – the Poet and was addressed by Andy Worthington and Salma Yaqoob.

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Brought to Justice? Rendition, torture, indefinite detention and death by drones

Audiophile | 19-02-2012 15:49 | Guantánamo | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | World

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Audio excerpted from a 2.5 hour Free Speech Radio fundraising special on KFPA. If you can spare a dime to help keep this invaluable resource going, please visit their site for details of how to donate.

Contributors included Andy Worthington who spoke about how courts in DC have watered down the Habeus Corpus rights which the Supreme Court said detainees were entitled to. As a result the only detainees to leave Gitmo in the last 13 months have been in coffins, despite the fact that over half the detained have been cleared for release. Special mention of Shaker Amer, the last British resident still being helf.

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Britain’s Secret Post-9/11 Torture Policy Revealed

Andy Worthington | 05-08-2011 20:25 | Guantánamo | History | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield

As the British government's toothless torture inquiry is abandoned by ten NGOs and lawyers for the former Guantánamo prisoners, who have long recognised that it was nothing more than a whitewash, but have now given up on even trying to engage with it, politicians n the Tory-led coalition government are not the only ones feeling the heat. Yesterday, in a world exclusive, the Guardian's Ian Cobain exposed a top secret document, entitled, "Agency policy on liaison with overseas security and intelligence services in relation to detainees who may be subject to mistreatment," which "reveal[ed] how MI6 and MI5 officers were allowed to extract information from prisoners being illegally tortured overseas."

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No End to the “War on Terror,” No End to Guantánamo

Andy Worthington | 14-05-2011 19:28 | Guantánamo | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | Sheffield | World

With the death of Osama bin Laden, there is a perfect opportunity for the Obama administration to bring to an end the decade-long “War on Terror” by withdrawing from Afghanistan and closing the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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Screening of Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo in Sheffield

2%Human | 30-11-2010 12:45 | Guantánamo | History | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield

Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo


Is new documentary telling the story of Guantánamo: torture, extraordinary rendition and secret prisons. Examining how the Bush administration turned its back on domestic and international law, rounding up prisoners in Afghanistan and Pakistan without adequate screening and often for large bounty payments. Focusing on the stories of three prisoners, Shaker Aamer, Binyam Mohamed and Omar Deghayes, 'Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo' is powerful rebuke to the myth that Guantánamo holds “the worst of the worst”.

(Spectacle Productions, 2009; 75 mins., directed by Polly Nash and Andy Worthington)



Omar Deghayes (Guantanamo 'Detainee') and Poly Nash (Director) will be present to introduce the film.

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Guantánamo detainee, acquitted on 284 of 285 charges, faces 20 years

Tom Eley | 19-11-2010 17:24 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | World

In a blow to the Obama administration’s effort to manipulate the civilian justice system to achieve guilty verdicts for alleged terrorists, a New York City jury on Wednesday unexpectedly acquitted a Guantánamo detainee, Ahmed Khaifan Ghailani, on 284 of 285 charges. The case was related to the 1998 terrorist attacks on US Embassy in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, which killed at least 11 people and injured another 85.

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London Shut Down Guantanamo Protest

Chris | 09-04-2010 21:45 | Guantánamo | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | World

Some photos from the 9th April 2010 protest held outside the US Embassy in London demanding the closure of Guantanamo, Bagram and the other secret CIA prison camps.

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"Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo." - New documentary on UK tour

Andy Worthington | 23-02-2010 18:00 | Guantánamo | History | Terror War | Oxford | Sheffield

Focuses on prisoners whose torture has been exposed by UK courts and is being investigated by police

Former prisoner Omar Deghayes and journalist Andy Worthington will be speaking at screenings across the country

"Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo" is a new documentary film, directed by filmmaker Polly Nash and journalist Andy Worthington (author of The Guantánamo Files). The film focuses on the stories of three particular prisoners - Shaker Aamer (who is still held), Binyam Mohamed (released in 2009) and Omar Deghayes (released in 2007) - and the tour coincides with a mounting scandal involving British complicity in torture, which focuses on Shaker Aamer and Binyam Mohamed.

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Binyam Mohamed: Evidence of Torture by US Agents Revealed in UK

Andy Worthington | 13-02-2010 00:15 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | World

Binyam Mohamed in July 2009, after his release from Guantanamo

Three senior UK judges on Wednesday ordered the British government to publicly disclose previously classified information that reveals how Binyam Mohamed, a British resident, was tortured by the CIA while in Pakistani custody in April and May 2002.

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Defending Moazzam Begg and Amnesty International

Andy Worthington | 11-02-2010 23:31 | Guantánamo | Other Press | Terror War | Birmingham | Sheffield

Just when it seemed that Republicans in America had a monopoly on Islamophobic hysteria, the Sunday Times prompted a torrent of similar hysteria in the UK by running an article in which an employee of Amnesty International — Gita Sahgal, head of the gender unit at the International Secretariat — criticized the organization that employed her for its association with former Guantánamo prisoner Moazzam Begg.

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Obama Proposes Swift Execution of Alleged 9/11 Conspirators

Andy Worthington | 09-06-2009 00:24 | Guantánamo | Analysis | Terror War | Sheffield | World

The five alleged co-conspirators in the 9/11 attacks.

In a leak that seems designed to gauge public opinion - and that of lawyers and other relevant parties around the world - anonymous officials in the Obama administration have told the New York Times about a proposal, in draft legislation to be submitted to Congress, which, as the Times put it, "would clear the way for detainees facing the death penalty [in Guantánamo] to plead guilty without a full trial."

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Andy Worthington: A Comprehensive Exposé of Britain's Guantánamo

Andy Worthington | 05-04-2009 22:28 | Guantánamo | Analysis | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | World

In a series of articles following, Andy Worthington, journalist and author of The Guantánamo Files, follows up on a Parliamentary meeting in the House of Commons on Monday, March 30th 2009 - "Britain's Guantánamo? The use of secret evidence and evidence based on torture in the UK courts," chaired by Diane Abbott MP - with four articles examining how and why the British government has turned its back on the principles of open justice, and five statements made by prisoners held on the basis of secret evidence.

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Who is a Terrorist?

Svensson | 18-02-2009 21:28 | Guantánamo | Analysis | Palestine | Terror War | Sheffield | World

There is a shrinking group of free people, people who believe in a context with everyone’s equal worth. This group still dreams about a society where everyone is included and for this, one is prepared to struggle.

The hours are not enough. Daddy Obama tries every night to give Natasha and Malia some of his time. The hours are not enough. That is just the way it is. Part of the job, the assignment. Much has been promised and every promise has to be kept.

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Audio: Two Sides, One Story - Cageprisoners National Tour - Sheffield

Chris & ZKT | 21-01-2009 01:37 | Guantánamo | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | World

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On Tuesday 20th of January 2009 the Cageprisoners "Two Sides, One Story -- Guantanamo From Boths Sides of the Wire Tour" -- a tour to mark seven years of unlawful detention, abuse and torture, came to Sheffield. Christopher Arendt (former Guantanamo guard, Iraq Veterans Against War,  http://ivaw.org ), Moazzam Begg (former Guantanamo prisoner, spokesperson for Cageprisoners,  http://cageprisoners.com/ ) and Omar Deghayes (former Guantanamo prisoner,  http://www.save-omar.org.uk/ ) were introduced by Jillian Creasy on behalf of the Sheffield Guantanamo Campaign. It was an outstanding and very moving event and the audio of the meeting is attached and some photos follow.

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Sheffield 11th June Guantánamo Protest

Chris | 12-06-2008 22:18 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | World

Sheffield 11th June Guantánamo Protest
A protest was held in Sheffield on 11th June 2008 by the Sheffield Guantánamo Campaign to highlight the situation of Binyam Mohamed, the last UK resident in the illegal US prison at Guantánamo Bay and is potentially facing the death penalty.

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Sheffield Guantanamo Campaign Meeting - 28 May

Sheffield Guantanamo Campaign | 23-05-2008 23:11 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield

Sheffield Guantanamo Campaign Meeting - 7.30pm Wednesday 28 May


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Six years of Guantanamo - Orange Friday National Events

National Guantanamo Coalition | 08-01-2008 11:05 | Guantánamo | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Terror War | Birmingham | London | Sheffield | World

After the US government declared war on Afghanistan, hundreds of people were kidnapped by the Northern Alliance and US military forces under "suspicion" of fighting for the Taliban. What was carefully hidden were the leaflets distributed among mainly Northern Alliance fighters and tribal leaders which encouraged them to kidnap anyone they suspected of fighting.. for a $20,000 dollar reward.

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Moazzam Begg and Andy Worthington on Human Rights in The War on Terror

Chris | 11-12-2007 01:12 | Guantánamo | Iraq | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | World

Audio Moazzam Begg
Moazzam Begg, Guantanamo Survivor and author of Enemy Combatant, Andy Worthington Journalist and Author of Guantanamo Files, a student from the Amnesty Society and Shazia Rashid from the Stop Islamophobia Society all spoke to a public meeting titled Human Rights in The War on Terror at Sheffield University on 10th December 2007.

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Sheffield Guantanamo Protest 11th October

Chris | 11-10-2007 20:29 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | World

Some photos of the regular protest against the Guantanamo Bay Camp X-Ray held on the 11th of every month in Sheffield.

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Sheffield Guantanamo Protest

Chris | 11-09-2007 21:50 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | World

Some photos from, Sheffield Guantanamo Campaign's 11th September 2007 protest outside the Town Hall.

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Can Human Rights Survive the "War on Terror"?

Sheffield Indymedia | 02-09-2007 13:36 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield

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Attached is an audio recording of a public meeting held in Sheffield on 1st September 2007 which was addressed by Stephanie Harrison, a Human Rights Lawyer dealing with those targetted by the anti terrorist legislation and Mohammed Abdulmalik, president of Libya Watch, a Human Rights Organisation.

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Guantánamo Bay: The Case of Omar Deghayes

Chris | 29-06-2007 21:32 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | South Coast

Audio Jackie Chase, Abu Bakr Deghayes and Jillian Creasy
On 28th June 2007 Abu Bakr Deghayes who is Omar Deghayes brother and Jackie Chase of the Brighton based Save Omar campaign (  http://www.save-omar.org.uk/ ) spoke at a public meeting in Sheffield: "Voices from Guantánamo - How the War on Terror terrorises the Innocent" (  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2007/06/373557.html ).

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Voices from Guantánamo - How the War on Terror terrorises the Innocent

Sheffield Guantanamo Campaign | 13-06-2007 14:21 | Guantánamo | Terror War | Sheffield

Attached is a flyer for a public meeting organised by the Sheffield Guantánamo Campaign titled, "Voices from Guantánamo, How the War on Terror terrorises the innocent". The meeting is to be held at 7pm on Thursday 28 June at the Quaker Meeting House in Sheffield. The full details follow, please print and distribute this flyer.

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[POSTPONED] Public Meeting: Voices from Guantánamo

Sheffield Guantanamo Campaign | 24-05-2007 09:22 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield

Attached is a flyer for a public meeting organised by the Sheffield Guantánamo Campaign titled, "Voices from Guantánamo, How the War on Terror terrorises the innocent". The meeting is to be held on 7 June at the Quaker Meeting House in Sheffield. The full details follow, please print and distribute this flyer.

For background information please see the National Guantanamo Coalition,  http://www.guantanamo.org.uk/ Cageprisoners,  http://www.cageprisoners.com/ and Justice for Omar Deghayes,  http://www.save-omar.org.uk/

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Sheffield G8 Events 6 Guantanamo Bay orange jump suits

Tash [alan lodge] | 20-06-2005 11:45 | Guantánamo | G8 2005 | Repression | Social Struggles | Sheffield

After the arrests on the demonstration the previous day, Team dressed in Guantanamo Bay orange jump suits demonstrate outside South Yorkshire Police HQ and magistrates Court.

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Sheffield G8 Events 1 Press Conference at Marriot Hotel with Americans

Tash [alan lodge] | 20-06-2005 11:19 | Guantánamo | G8 2005 | Social Struggles | Sheffield

The American Ministers attending the Justice and Home Affairs G8 Meeting in Sheffield - Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General and Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Home Land Security, will be giving a press briefing

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