Archivo etiqueta «Guantánamo»
Por Ariel Dorfman, escritor chileno; su último libro es Memorias del desierto (EL PAÍS, 20/04/06):
¿Puede alguien ser musulmán y también patrióticamente norteamericano? Es la pregunta que me planteé la otra noche, cuando cené con el capitán James Yee. Se trata del primer militar norteamericano que le ha contado al mundo lo que verdaderamente pasa dentro de las jaulas y detrás de las alambradas del centro de detención que opera los Estados Unidos en Guantánamo, Cuba: la tortura, la profanación del Corán, la hostilidad incesante que exhiben los interrogadores hacia el islam.
El capitán Yee conoce a fondo esta … Seguir leyendo
By Colleen Graffy, the United States’ deputy assistant secretary of state for public diplomacy. Response of Trial by spin machine (THE GUARDIAN, 22/03/06):
Victoria Brittain rose to defend the innocence of Moazzam Begg from her unbiased position as co-author of Begg’s book, Enemy Combatant (Trial by Spin Machine, March 14). She laid out her case on how three different journalists in three different papers were wrong to question his innocence by attacking the integrity of the journalists. Those who wondered why, for example, Begg and his bookshop were under surveillance by MI5 before he went to Afghanistan … Seguir leyendo
By Victoria Brittain, co-author, with Moazzam Begg, of ‘Enemy Combatant’ (THE GUARDIAN, 14/03/06):
The coincidental release of Michael Winterbottom’s prize-winning film about the young men from Tipton, Road to Guantánamo, and Moazzam Begg’s book, Enemy Combatant, predictably brought the US and British spin machines into full swing last week – so that anyone reading the book or seeing the film would have got the idea that these men may have been badly treated, but they certainly were not innocent.Last week the Daily Telegraph flagged an exclusive on its front page. “Begg told FBI he trained with al-Qaeda,” was the … Seguir leyendo
By Eric Umansky. He writes the Today’s Papers column for Slate (THE WASHINGTON POST, 05/03/06):
Walid al-Qadasi should have been thrilled he was finally leaving Guantanamo Bay. Al-Qadasi, a Yemeni man in his mid-twenties, had been held at the prison about two years. He was first arrested in late 2001 by Iranian authorities who, al-Qadasi later recalled, “sold” him to U.S.-allied Afghan forces for a bounty. With little evidence against him — and no tribunal having established his guilt or innocence — al-Qadasi was sent home from Guantanamo in April 2004.
In an affidavit taken by the Center for … Seguir leyendo
By P. Sabien Willett, one of a number of lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay prisoners on a pro bono basis (THE WASHINGTON POST, 14/11/05):
As the Senate prepared to vote Thursday to abolish the writ of habeas corpus, Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jon Kyl were railing about lawyers like me. Filing lawsuits on behalf of the terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. Terrorists! Kyl must have said the word 30 times.
As I listened, I wished the senators could meet my client Adel.
Adel is innocent. I don’t mean he claims to be. I mean the military says so. It held a … Seguir leyendo
Por José Antonio Martín Pallín, magistrado del Tribunal Supremo (EL PAÍS, 25/04/03):
La guerra de Irak ha terminado con la caída de la dictadura y la desaparición misteriosa de sus principales protagonistas. Esta evanescencia física, nos recuerda que todavía permanecen, en situación semejante, metafóricamente hablando, los detenidos de Al Qaeda, después del 11 de Septiembre y del derrocamiento del régimen de los talibanes afganos.
Desde hace tiempo, venimos asistiendo a mutaciones asombrosas en el mundo del Derecho, que inevitablemente tienen que ser contempladas, con una sensación de perplejidad y, sobre todo, de preocupación. Cuando creíamos superadas todas las aberraciones … Seguir leyendo