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Friday, October 03, 2008

LGC Events - October

Friday 3 October: Monthly vigil outside the US Embassy: 6-7pm

Grosvenor Square, W1A 2LQ (nearest tube: Bond Street). Meet in front of the American Embassy to call for the return of Binyam Mohamed and the closure of Guantanamo Bay and other secret illegal detention facilities in the war on terror. For more details, please call Aisha on 07809 757 176.

Tuesday 7 October: 7-9pm, Costa Cafe, Birkbeck College, Malet St., WC1E (nearest tube: Russell Square): LGC Monthly Meeting

Our first meeting since the summer, we will discuss the latest news from GTMO, campaign news and also plans for the seventh anniversary of GTMO in January. If you are interested in/planning on attending, please reply to this email to get an electronic copy of the agenda. If you haven't been actively involved in the campaign before, now is a great time to get involved! For more details, please call Aisha on 07809 757 176

Monday 13 October: 7-9pm, Counter Terror With Justice, Willesden Green Library Centre, High Street Willesden, NW10 (nearest tube: Willesden Green)

Joint event with Amnesty Kilburn as part of Amnesty International's Protect the Human Week. Speakers include Camilla Jelbart from Amnesty International. To be considered: anti-terror laws in the UK and Britain's role in extraordinary rendition.

Saturday 18 October: Monthly stall in Ladbroke Grove for Binyam Mohamed: 1-3pm

Stall opposite Ladbroke Grove tube station (next to the entrance to Portobello Market) in Binyam's local area to raise awareness of his plight - hand out leaflets, collect signatures on petitions/letters to the government. For more details, please call David on 07932 774 237.

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* Plea From The Brothers: "We all seek your help after Allah (subhaana wa ta'ala). We are going through a very difficult time. It is a responsibility on your shoulders. You must all write to the Home Secretary John Reid and ask him 'why did you put these people behind doors?' Tell Tony Blair, 'why don't you put these people before an ordinary court?' And also try to arrange a big demonstration for our immediate release. We all are innocent and we need to be around our families as everybody lives around his family....we're asking them just to support us, just to go at least for demonstration, just to write, just to do something". Detainee 'AS', Long Lartin

"At 80, Haji Nusrat -- detainee No. 1009 -- is Guantanamo Bay's oldest prisoner. A stroke 15 years ago left him partly paralyzed. He cannot stand up without assistance and hobbles to the bathroom behind a walker. Despite his paralysis, his swollen legs and feet are tightly cuffed and shackled to the floor. He says that his shoes are too tight and that he needs new ones. He has asked for medical attention for the inflammation in his legs, but has not been taken to a hospital" Interpreter to Guantanamo lawyers. (Source: Washington Post)

Write to: (Enter Prisoner name), Camp Delta, P.O. Box 160, Washington DC, 20053, USA. NOTE: Individuals should note that while we have had it confirmed from one of the US lawyers who has visited Guantanamo, that the US government do allow mail from non-family members, all mail is subject to extreme delays as well as censors. Only a few released detainees we spoke to had received mail from non-relatives, in spite of many having been sent. However, letter-writing can be considered a protest action, as it sends a strong message to the US administration that the world has not forgotten the prisoners in Guantanamo, but rather is immensely concerned about what is occuring in Cuba. (Cageprisoners)

** Ways In Which You Can Help ** Write to the detainees to remind them that the ummah have not forgotten them. * Donate or volunteer with Cageprsioners in order to enable them to carry out further research in order to locate the 1000's missing. * Donate or volunteer with Hhugs to aid the brother's families (who have lost their breadwinner in most cases) with their day to day lives. * Generally raise awareness about the effect the war on terror has on the innocent brothers and their families.

“As for the one who can do nothing, then the very least he can do is to raise his arms in the last third of the night praying against the oppressor and the despondent one, asking Allah to relieve us of our woes and to remove the burden from . The Prophet said, “Whoever forsakes a Muslim in a situation while he has the ability to help him, Allah will forsake him at a time when he would want the help of Allah.” (Sheikh Muhammad al-Habdan, sermon: Who Will Stand Up for the Muslim Prisoners?)