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An introduction to “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo”

By: 
Andy Worthington
Date: 
03/19/2010

Greetings from London. I wish I could be here with you this evening, simply to say thank you for caring about some of the victims of the criminally misguided policies launched by the Bush administration in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The resolution passed in Amherst last November – adopting two prisoners from Guantánamo, and asking Congress to overturn its ban on bringing cleared prisoners from Guantánamo to live on the US mainland – was enormously significant, as it showed that ordinary Americans were prepared to take a stand.

Letters to Editor

11/28
Daily Hampshire Gazette (Massachusetts, Subscription)
Letters to Editor
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Detainee's Interpol charges trumped-up, supporters say

11/12
Noah Hoffenberg
Daily Hampshire Gazette (Massachusetts, Subscription)
Detainee's Interpol charges trumped-up, supporters say

Ahmed Belbacha

Current status: 
Cleared, no charges

by Andy Worthington

A former footballer, Ahmed Belbacha was born in Algiers in 1969. He left his homeland in 1999, after receiving death threats from militants because he worked for a government-run oil company, and sought asylum in the UK.

Ahmed lived and worked in Bournemouth, first at a laundry and then at the Swallow Royal Hotel, where he was responsible for cleaning John Prescott’s room during the 1999 Labour Party conference. For his diligence, he received a thank-you note from the Deputy Prime Minister and a tip for his service.