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Five years of Camp X-Ray: Why are two British residents still in Guantanamo Bay? - Independent Online Edition > UK ... Two British residents left languishing for years in Guantanamo Bay despite being charged with no offence are suffering such serious health problems their lawyers warn they may never recover. On the fifth anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay this week, lawyers acting for two UK residents are to warn the Foreign Secretary that the psychological deterioration of Mr al-Rawi is so serious that he may be unrecognisable as the "same person" unless he is swiftly released. The detainees came to the attention of the British authorities because they were friendly with the radical cleric Abu Qatada, who is in custody and is seen by some as a key operative in al-Qa'ida. Both men admitted to being close to the radical cleric, but they insist their relationship was social. news.independent.co.uk /uk/politics/article2132551.ece   (2107 words)

Resident (title) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In espionage, resident (or rezident) may be used to refer to the head or representative of a country's intelligence services in a foreign country, often within an Embassy. Instead of to a single ruler, a single resident could be posted to a native grouping, or even simply to a number of native states the colonial power conveniently bunched together in an imposed artificial, at best geographical unit, which could have a name such as residency X (as in some parts of British India). An example that hosting a residency could really be seen as desirabla protection be the native rulers, is from 1887, when both Boers and gold prospectors of all nationalities were overrunning his country, the Swazi paramount chief Umbandine asked for a British resident, which request was refused. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Resident_(title)   (2569 words)

Britain 'complicit' in human rights abuses at Camp Delta The report, Fabricating Terrorism - British Complicity in Renditions and Terror, is a scathing indictment of the British government's "systematic violations of international law" over its co-operation with the US authorities in the detention of British citizens and residents at the US-run facility in Cuba. There is no suggestion British authorities played any part in torturing the detainees but the report does argue consistent co-operation between the US and UK has led to an "international chain of abuse" that flies in the face of the British government projecting itself as a leader in the field of human rights. Two British residents, Omar Deghayes and Shaker Aamer, both still incarcerated in Guantanamo also say they were questioned by British authorities before their rendition and imprisonment in Guantanamo. www.informationclearinghouse.info /article12522.htm   (1015 words)

Britain to US: we don't want Guantánamo nine back | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited At least nine British residents are held behind the wire at Guantánamo but the US wants to see most of them returned to the UK. Mr Richmond wrote: "The British embassy in Washington was told in mid-June 2006 that, during an internal meeting between US officials, the possibility had been floated of asking the UK government to consider taking back all the detainees at Guantánamo who had formerly been resident in the UK. Lawyers for the British residents say they are still being ill-treated, with four being subjected to the extremes of freezing cold and then high heat. www.guardian.co.uk /guantanamo/story/0,,1886236,00.html   (849 words)

Model Motion on Guantanamo for Birmingham City Council - Online Petition On the 13 July 2004 a motion was passed calling on the British Government to honour its responsibilities under international law by insisting on the immediate repatriation of British citizens and five British residents held at Guantanamo Bay. We need to impress on the British government that it owes a duty of care towards its residents and that in the case of the eight British residents still detained at Guantanamo it needs to act now to get them released as a matter of urgency. Birmingham City Council, and its concerned residents, calls upon the British Government (and Birmingham MP's) to do all it (and they) can by insisting on the immediate release of British residents still held at Guantanamo along with a guarantee that they will be returned to Britain to join their families. www.gopetition.com /online/8440.html   (421 words)

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Prosecutors: British residents who praised bombings could be charged with ... It was not clear whether British authorities suspect Aswat of involvement in the London bombings. British police have not made any firm links between the bombers and foreign militants, although they are pursuing international links – to Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Zambia – as they hunt for possible conspirators. The prince told the British Broadcasting Corp. on Sunday it would be premature to say al-Majati and al-Hayari were connected to the London bombings. www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050807-0744-britain-bombings.html   (600 words)

British residents in Spain urged to register to vote in UK elections While many British residents in Spain enjoy the right to vote in municipal and European elections in their adopted home towns and villages, they remain excluded from the Spanish general elections. Nevertheless as British citizens, overseas residents retain their right to vote in UK Parliamentary elections and referendums, providing they have been registered to vote in Britain within the last 15 years. The British Consul in Malaga, Bruce McIntyre, explained earlier this week that if the UK Parliamentary General election is finally called as expected on May 5th, overseas residents must have registered to vote by March 11th as the process could take up to seven weeks to complete. www.essentialestates.com /123EN.news.results.asp?newsid=1144   (470 words)

Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/13/2006 | British official blasts U.S. detentions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Beckett's strong words came on the same day that the Court of Appeal upheld the British government's refusal to seek the release of three of six British residents still held at Guantanamo. Nine British citizens were released from the camp in March 2004 and January 2005 after the Foreign Office made formal requests to the United States. In the case of the six, the government said it had no duty to represent the interests of residents who were not citizens. www.philly.com /mld/inquirer/news/nation/15745400.htm   (695 words)

New England International and Comparative Law Annual - 1997 - Citizenship in Hong Kong The British, influenced by Western imperialism in the Far East, desired to expand the territory of Hong Kong to defend it from attack by any European power or the United States. Providing Hong Kong residents with British citizenship would allow them to have greater control over their future and would alleviate the fears and uncertainties they have about the transfer of sovereignty. The non-British citizenship residents of Hong Kong desire a British passport so that if there is upheaval after the transfer of sovereignty, they have the options that a British citizenship would allow them. www.nesl.edu /intljournal/vol3/hong.htm   (1613 words)

JURIST - Paper Chase: Two British residents held at Guantanamo say UK assisted capture The men were first detained at a British airport in 2002, and British intelligence alerted the US that they had with them a device that could have been used as part of an improvised bomb. Last week the British government said it would take up the case [JURIST report] of Bisher al-Rawi after claiming without elaboration that his circumstances were different than Jamil el-Banna or certain other British detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay. In response to growing concern [JURIST report] over the status of the British residents being held at the US facility, Prime Minister Tony Blair recently suggested [AFP report] that it might be prudent for the US to close the prison. jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2006/03/two-british-residents-held-at.php   (403 words)

UK residents lose Guantanamo appeal - Irna The families of three British residents held by the US without trial or charge in Guantanamo Bay failed Thursday in a legal bid to force the UK government to request their return. Lawyers for their families said the detainees, who are believed to be among nine UK residents detained at the internment camp for nearly four years, had suffered torture at the hands of US interrogators and that each was still exposed to that risk. The court was asked to rule that the men, although foreign nationals, were long-term UK residents who were entitled to help similar to that received by British citizens who were freed from Guantanamo in 2004 and 2005 after formal requests to the US. www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-234/0610127515162417.htm   (415 words)

Cageprisoners.com - serving the caged prisoners in Guantanamo Bay Lawyers for the families of three British residents, Jamil el-Banna, Omar Deghayes, Bisher-al Rawi, all of whom are still detained in Guantanamo Bay, will press the case for the British Government’s legal and moral responsibility to act on their behalf and request their release. In March 2006, a judicial review of the refusal of British Ministers to intervene to prevent the torture of British residents in Guantanamo Bay was heard in the High Court, The Strand, London. However, it did not compel the British government and Foreign Secretary, in particular, to make representations to the US authorities to request their release. www.cageprisoners.com /campaigns.php?id=365   (261 words)

British African-Caribbean community - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia British African-Caribbeans have long asserted that they encounter discriminatory barriers to most middle and higher status occupations, as well as discrimination in hiring practices at all levels of employment. British African-Caribbeans were at the leading edge of the jungle and drum and bass movements of the 1990s. British African-Caribbeans are well represented in traditional British sporting pastimes such as football and rugby, and have also represented the nation at the highest level in sports where Caribbeans typically excel in the home countries such as cricket and athletics. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Afro-Caribbean_community   (7042 words)

British residents lose legal fight over Guantanamo detention. 05/05/2006. ABC News Online British residents lose legal fight over Guantanamo detention. The British government has consistently maintained that although the men lived in Britain, they are not British citizens and therefore have no legal right to assistance. Al-Rawi came to Britain in 1985 but reportedly cooperated with British security services before he and business partner el-Banna, who was granted refugee status in Britain in 2000, were arrested in Gambia, west Africa. www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200605/s1631141.htm   (447 words)

Report: U.S. proposed strict terms for releasing 9 British residents from Guantanamo Bay - iht,europe,Britain ... LONDON U.S. officials suggested the possibility of releasing nine British residents from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but only if they were subject to constant surveillance, according to a news report published Tuesday. A British official involved in the contacts said the level of surveillance demanded by the U.S. was disproportionate to the threat, The Guardian reported, citing witness statements in a British court case brought by the families of the nine men, none of whom is a British national. The Foreign Office declined to comment on the Guardian report, but said it regarded "the circumstances under which detainees continue to be held at Guantanamo as unacceptable" and said it had conveyed the families' concerns to U.S. officials. iht.com /articles/ap/2006/10/03/europe/EU_GEN_Britain_Guantanamo.php   (420 words)

British Columbia Magazine Our quarterly issues combine well-researched articles with the highest-quality colour photography to present British Columbia's incredible natural diversity and scenery, its boundless opportunities for outdoor exploration, adventure, and travel, its abundant wildlife, parks, and wilderness, and its legacy of fascinating history and heritage places. Whether you live in British Columbia or any other place in the world, British Columbia Magazine will surprise and delight you with the many reasons why B.C. is among the best places on Earth to live and to visit. From Tofino to Kaslo, Fernie to Telegraph Creek, British Columbia is chock-full of small towns that are a delight to explore. www.bcmag.ca   (349 words)

UK citizens uncover new Guantanamo scandals -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Another eight men, all with British residency rights, are still held there, and some are kept in solitary confinement, without being charged with any crime. Reprieve, the British based human rights charity representing Al Rawi and other British residents described their detention as a gross breach of international law and an infringement of the None of those British men held at Guantánamo has been independently examined, according to Amnesty International, which also stated that Omar Deghayes, one of the British residents held there, is believed to have been blinded in one eye by guards at the camp. www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=11973   (1254 words)

One-Third of British Columbia Residents Who Died of HIV Causes Didn't Get Treatment One-third of British Columbia residents who died of HIV- related causes did not access life-saving treatment, according to a new study by researchers at the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. The British Columbia Persons With AIDS Society said the report underlines the government's need to increase its ARV budget. British Columbia currently spends about $37 million (US$28 million) a year on HIV drug therapy for 3,000 people, including 400 IDUs, according to Brian Hogg, drug treatment manager at the center. www.aegis.com /news/ads/2003/AD032096.html   (648 words)

Support British Residents detained at Guantanamo - Online Petition Please contact your MP and urge him/her to press the British government to raise the matter with the American authorities as a matter of urgency. We the undersigned urge the British Government to raise this matter with the US authorities as a matter of urgency. Abu Bakr, brother of Omar Deghayes, a British resident who has been detained in Guantanamo Bay for over three years, expressed his grave concern about the state of his brother's health after four weeks on hunger strike and urges the British government to intercede with the American government before it is too late. www.gopetition.co.uk /online/7156.html   (344 words)

First Day in Court: British Residents in Guantánamo Bay Judicial Review Begins | Brighton Peace and Environment Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Rabinder Singh QC (for the British Residents) argued that the Government's lack of action is discrimination on the grounds of nationality, both towards the residents and their family members, and that there is no justification for it in law. A High Court judgment of 4 May 2006 had found the British residents case to compel the UK Government to make representations on their behalf to be "strong, powerful, and as having much to commend it" 1. Following the revelations in this earlier case that the UK were complicit in the arrest of one resident (Bisher Al Rawi), the Government changed their position and agreed to press the US for his release but not that of the other residents. www.bpec.org /node/370   (691 words)

Workers Revolutionary Party - Labour refusing Guantánamo Bay British residents He insisted: ‘If the British government were to say tomorrow that it welcomed them back to their families then the US government would send them straight back. Nine British citizens were released in January 2005, returned to the UK and, after being questioned for several days by anti-terrorist detectives, were reunited with their families. He said the nine British residents had been tortured and denied their human rights throughout their stay at Guantánamo and had in some cases made confessions to end their torture. www.wrp.org.uk /news/1573   (801 words)

British Favor Placing Further Limits on Late-Term Abortions Some 19 percent said British law should stop allowing abortions at 12 weeks into pregnancy and 9 percent said abortions should only be allowed less than 12 weeks into pregnancy. Some six percent of British residents said abortions should never be legal at any time during pregnancy. British researcher Patrick Carroll recently presented information revealing abortion is the best predictor of three British breast cancer trends. www.lifenews.com /nat1572.html   (468 words)

CHCS Membership For Non-British Residents Whilst the CHCS is basically a British based professional society and does not therefore aim to have overseas members, a number of persons in other countries (for example Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Poland in Europe, and also in USA and Australia) have seen the advantage of membership. It should be noted that membership fees are due, in full, in pounds sterling inclusive of British VAT, unless we are advised of the potential member's VAT Number at the time of application. CHCS organises a training course for Safety Data Sheet writers, symposia on a broad range of chemical hazard related topics and provides an e-mail Forum where information can be exchanged and questions asked and answered. www.chcs.org.uk /chemical-hazard-information-non-British.htm   (355 words)

Adoption - Adoptions of Children from India by British Columbia Residents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) Therefore the provisions in the Convention apply in the situations outlined below when prospective adoptive parents who are habitual residents of British Columbia wish to adopt a child or have adopted a child who is a habitual resident of India. Upon request of the British Columbia licensed adoption agency, the Director of Adoption will send a copy of the applicant(s)' dossier package to CARA, and the originals to the accredited Indian agency chosen by prospective adoptive parents. If the British Columbia Letter of No Objection has expired due to a delay in processing caused by a high volume of cases pending review or interview at the Canadian High Commission in Delhi, a new letter will be issued. www.mcf.gov.bc.ca /adoption/alerts_fact_sheets/india.htm   (726 words)

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Inboxer Rebellion (British Airways) British Airways is offering free round-trip travel to London to those who forward an e-mail message to We at British Airways have launched an international media campaign which aims to fill our aircraft once again. British Airways, along with Microsoft are tracking this email, and for every 5 people you forward this to, you will receive a flight to London return from any destination in the world (if your in the UK, you can fly to any Asian destination return). www.snopes.com /inboxer/nothing/british.asp   (325 words)

CNN - British residents face handover with stiff upper lip - June 29, 1997 British residents face handover with stiff upper lip Years later they had to take lessons to keep up with new dance steps their Chinese friends were learning. Like most permanent residents, they'll mark the handover at clubs, with old friends, Chinese and British. www.cnn.com /WORLD/9706/29/hk.up.the.peak   (479 words)

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