UK Resident: Guantanamo Tough to Endure (AP)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

UK Resident: Guantanamo Tough to Endure
British Resident Freed From Guantanamo Bay Says
Prison Camp Offers 'No Fair Legal Process'

By DAVID STRINGER

LONDON Apr 1, 2007 (AP)— A British resident released from Guantanamo Bay after nearly
five years in captivity said Sunday his detention at the U.S. prison camp was "profoundly
difficult" to endure, his first comments since his release.

Bisher al-Rawi, an Iraqi national, had been held at the U.S. base in Cuba since it opened
in 2002, but was reunited with his family in south London this weekend.

British officials have long refused to represent resident foreigners held at Guantanamo,
but took up al-Rawi's case after it was disclosed he had provided assistance to MI5
Britain's domestic spy agency.

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"The hopelessness you feel in Guantanamo can hardly be described. You are asked the
same questions hundreds of times," al-Rawi said. "Allegations are made against you
that are laughably untrue, but you have no chance to prove them wrong. There is no
trial, no fair legal process."

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2998713

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Related: Freedom for British resident after five years in Guantanamo - The Independent

[izzie]

1. What did Bush say about the Brits held in Iran? He must like it.

Sort of madness we are living in.

[Briar]

2. The law and order mob

will be delighted. They'll enjoy knowing Guantanamo is hell.