Please join us Friday at 4:30 p.m. at the northeast corner of State and Jackson! 84 Days Since President Obama’s Promise to Close Guantánamo Bay: Zero Men Released • 166 men remain imprisoned • 157 men haven’t been charged • 86 men have been cleared for release • 49 men have been on hunger strike for 191 days • 36 men are being force-fed One of the hunger strikers is Nabil Hadjarab, a 34-year-old citizen of Algeria who grew up in France. He was cleared for release in In January 2010. He has been held at Guantánamo for 11 ½ years. Author and attorney John Grisham on Nabil’s story: “Nabil was sold to the United States for a bounty of $5,000 and taken to an underground prison in Kabul….And the Americans had no proof of his involvement, save for bogus claims implicating him from other prisoners extracted in a Kabul torture chamber. Several United States interrogators told him his was a case of mistaken identity. Nonetheless, the United States had adopted strict rules for Arabs in custody—all were to be sent to Guantánamo. On Feb. 15, 2002, Nabil was flown to Cuba; shackled, bound and hooded. Since then, Nabil has been subjected to all the horrors of the Gitmo handbook: sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation, temperature extremes, prolonged isolation, lack of access to sunlight, almost no recreation and limited medical care.” John Grisham on what the our nation should do about Nabil: “First, admit the mistake and make the apology. Second, provide compensation. United States taxpayers have spent $2 million a year for 11 years to keep Nabil at Gitmo; give the guy a few thousand bucks to get on his feet. Third, pressure the French to allow his re-entry.” From New York Times Op-Ed, August 10, 2013
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 05:28:34 +0000
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