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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 headline over a full-page article by Con Coughlin, the paper's security correspondent, using an FBI report which, as Begg's book explains, was written by two FBI agents.…  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 Constitutional Rights, a nonprofit organization that leads a team of 450 pro-bono attorneys representing Guantanamo detainees, al-Qadasi says that he remembers almost nothing of the unexpected move.…  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 secret tribunal and ruled that he is not al Qaeda, not Taliban, not a terrorist.…  Seguir leyendo »

Joan Subirats es catedrático de Ciencia Política de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (EL PAIS, 18/09/03).

La confusión crece día a día en Irak, y van cumpliéndose, por otra parte, las predicciones más agoreras sobre las escasas capacidades de la Administración de Bush para convertir la rápida victoria militar estadounidense en algo parecido a un régimen democrático y estable. El unilateralismo y el doctrinarismo parecen recoger sus frutos. Pero mientras, la erosión de las libertades y los derechos fundamentales en distintas partes del mundo se ha visto acrecentada por la política de emergencia permanente que ha puesto en pie la llamada guerra total contra el terrorismo.…  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 jurídicas que estamos soportando, en nombre de una seguridad que no admite trabas ni limitaciones legales, nos encontramos con una sentencia de un Tribunal Federal de Washington, cuyo texto completo no conozco, que nos deja desconcertados y casi sin capacidad de reacción.…  Seguir leyendo »