Comments on: Suicide or Murder at Guantánamo? http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/06/08/suicide-or-murder-at-guantanamo/ Investigative journalist, author, filmmaker and Guantanamo expert Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:54:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Guantánamo Prisoner Dies After Being Held for Nine Years Without Charge or Trial | The Muslim Justice Initiative http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/06/08/suicide-or-murder-at-guantanamo/comment-page-1/#comment-71487 Guantánamo Prisoner Dies After Being Held for Nine Years Without Charge or Trial | The Muslim Justice Initiative Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:00:35 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=8540#comment-71487 [...] claim that the men committed suicide simultaneously, two other alleged suicides in May 2007 and June 2009, and the death by cancer of an unrecognized hero of the anti-Taliban resistance in December 2007 [...] [...] claim that the men committed suicide simultaneously, two other alleged suicides in May 2007 and June 2009, and the death by cancer of an unrecognized hero of the anti-Taliban resistance in December 2007 [...]

]]> By: Andy Worthington http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/06/08/suicide-or-murder-at-guantanamo/comment-page-1/#comment-59411 Andy Worthington Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:27:56 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=8540#comment-59411 Hi Jeff, Great to hear from you -- and thanks again for all your work on this. You know, with al-Libi, I think it's even worse. What happened was that representatives of Human Rights Watch happened to see him on a prison visit in Libya. He refused to speak to them, but he died just weeks later -- and I'm guessing that both the Libyan and US government realized that HRW had got too close, even though al-Libi was thoroughly uncooperative, and that he had to be removed from the picture. Apart from the legal representation, though, it's very similar to what we've ended up presuming about Mohammed al-Hanashi's dangerous knowledge, so thanks for pointing that out. And for readers who don't know al-Libi's story, check this out: http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/06/18/world-exclusive-new-revelations-about-the-torture-of-ibn-al-shaykh-al-libi/ Hi Jeff,
Great to hear from you — and thanks again for all your work on this.
You know, with al-Libi, I think it’s even worse. What happened was that representatives of Human Rights Watch happened to see him on a prison visit in Libya. He refused to speak to them, but he died just weeks later — and I’m guessing that both the Libyan and US government realized that HRW had got too close, even though al-Libi was thoroughly uncooperative, and that he had to be removed from the picture.
Apart from the legal representation, though, it’s very similar to what we’ve ended up presuming about Mohammed al-Hanashi’s dangerous knowledge, so thanks for pointing that out.
And for readers who don’t know al-Libi’s story, check this out: http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/06/18/world-exclusive-new-revelations-about-the-torture-of-ibn-al-shaykh-al-libi/

]]> By: Jeffrey Kaye http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/06/08/suicide-or-murder-at-guantanamo/comment-page-1/#comment-59408 Jeffrey Kaye Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:07:55 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=8540#comment-59408 Thanks for the important review on this terrible anniversary, Andy. Re the realization that none of these men had really had a chance to speak to an attorney, or were just about to meet with one at last, it occurred to me that this was the case with Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi. If I remember correctly, he was waiting to finally meet with an attorney (was this from Reprieve?) some weeks after he met with his untimely and mysterious death. Thanks for the important review on this terrible anniversary, Andy.

Re the realization that none of these men had really had a chance to speak to an attorney, or were just about to meet with one at last, it occurred to me that this was the case with Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi. If I remember correctly, he was waiting to finally meet with an attorney (was this from Reprieve?) some weeks after he met with his untimely and mysterious death.

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