The Guantanamo Files - interviews

The following interview, conducted with Umm Uthmann, appeared on the website of al-Istiqamah, a thoughtful and well-researched monthly newsletter aimed at “encouraging Muslims to be steadfast in their Deen, particularly in the current climate.”
Andy Worthington is a journalist and historian, and the Communications Officer for Reprieve, the legal action charity that represents 35 Guantánamo prisoners. [...]

Sri Lanka Guardian: To introduce you, if anyone asks you, who is Andy Worthington, from which country is he, and what is his role and status, what would you say?
Andy Worthington: I’m a historian and journalist from the UK, living in London, and the author of three books. My latest, The Guantánamo Files: The Stories [...]

The following interview, conducted by email with Ismail Salami, Press TV’s website manager, was published on the Press TV website.
Press TV: Could you please explain about the structure at Guantánamo?
Andy Worthington: The prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba is on land occupied by a US naval base. It was first occupied by the United States in [...]

They say journalists provide the first draft of history. With the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, that draft led to an almost universal consensus, at least among Americans, that the attack was a justifiable act of self-defense. The Afghanistan action is commonly viewed as a “clean” conflict as well — a war prosecuted with minimal loss [...]

The following interview, with Slovenian journalist Kristina Božič, took place in London in August 2007. An article based on the interview appeared in the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik on 22 September 2007. This is an edited version of the full interview, as transcribed by Kristina and edited by Andy.
Andy Worthington says he has spent most of [...]