Comments on: Adel Abdul Hakim, the asylum seeker from Guantánamo: a transcript of Sabin Willett’s recent speech in Stockholm http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2007/11/23/adel-abdul-hakim-the-asylum-seeker-from-guantanamo-a-transcript-of-sabin-willetts-recent-speech-in-stockholm/ Author & journalist Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:17:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: jastice http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2007/11/23/adel-abdul-hakim-the-asylum-seeker-from-guantanamo-a-transcript-of-sabin-willetts-recent-speech-in-stockholm/comment-page-1/#comment-31795 jastice Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:12:36 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=165#comment-31795 All the uighurs in Guantanamo are innocent. they exiled to afhanistan and pakistan because of chinese supression in the name of "terorism". they should be allowed to stay in USA . never let them back to china otherwise they will be excuted by chinese authority. All the uighurs in Guantanamo are innocent. they exiled to afhanistan and pakistan because of chinese supression in the name of “terorism”. they should be allowed to stay in USA . never let them back to china otherwise they will be excuted by chinese authority.

]]> By: Andy Worthington http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2007/11/23/adel-abdul-hakim-the-asylum-seeker-from-guantanamo-a-transcript-of-sabin-willetts-recent-speech-in-stockholm/comment-page-1/#comment-31083 Andy Worthington Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:19:00 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=165#comment-31083 Mrs Thorn-Seshold, I try not to make assumptions, but I do think it's absolutely crucial to understand that the majority of the prisoners were seized not by the Americans, but by their Afghan and Pakistan allies, at a time when bounty payments were widespread, that they were not given "competent tribunals" (aka battlefield tribunals) at the time of capture according to Article 5 of the 3rd Geneva Convention, that the US military was prohibited from screening out those seized by mistake in the prisons at Kandahar and Bagram that were used to process the prisoners for Guantanamo, and that they have never received adequate screening in Guantanamo either, as the tribunals used to assess their status as "enemy combatants" were a demonstrable sham. As for Adel, I have no doubt that the Uighurs had only one enemy -- the Chinese government -- as they have all maintained throughout their imprisonment. Mrs Thorn-Seshold,
I try not to make assumptions, but I do think it’s absolutely crucial to understand that the majority of the prisoners were seized not by the Americans, but by their Afghan and Pakistan allies, at a time when bounty payments were widespread, that they were not given “competent tribunals” (aka battlefield tribunals) at the time of capture according to Article 5 of the 3rd Geneva Convention, that the US military was prohibited from screening out those seized by mistake in the prisons at Kandahar and Bagram that were used to process the prisoners for Guantanamo, and that they have never received adequate screening in Guantanamo either, as the tribunals used to assess their status as “enemy combatants” were a demonstrable sham.
As for Adel, I have no doubt that the Uighurs had only one enemy — the Chinese government — as they have all maintained throughout their imprisonment.

]]> By: Mrs Thorn-Seshold http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2007/11/23/adel-abdul-hakim-the-asylum-seeker-from-guantanamo-a-transcript-of-sabin-willetts-recent-speech-in-stockholm/comment-page-1/#comment-31082 Mrs Thorn-Seshold Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:33:45 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=165#comment-31082 The above was a while ago. Have you changed your perception now? How can you assume that the Guantanomo inmates are innocent? Did anyone assume that former Nazi supporters hiding in other countries were innocent? Having asked those questions, I would like to know how you can live 'quietly' in south London when so many live in appalling conditions both in England and in the world at large. The above was a while ago. Have you changed your perception now?
How can you assume that the Guantanomo inmates are innocent? Did anyone assume that former Nazi supporters hiding in other countries were innocent?

Having asked those questions, I would like to know how you can live ‘quietly’ in south London when so many live in appalling conditions both in England and in the world at large.

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