News
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Guardian: Moazzam Begg among four arrested in Birmingham terror raids
Former Guantánamo detainee is held along with two men and a woman on suspicion of Syria-related offences
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Miami Herald: Lawyers, judge hold secret Guantánamo hearing on CIA black sites
A military judge held a secret war court session Saturday on defense…
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Guardian: Muslim man stopped by police was wrongly refused access to solicitor
High court rules that Abdelrazag Elosta underwent '45 minutes of unlawful questioning'…
Media
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BBC: Rare look inside Afghanistan's Bagram jail
The BBC's Yalda Hakim was recently given unprecedented access to Afghanistan's Bagram jail. On the day 65 detainees were controversially allowed to…
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Al Jazeera America: Why Skinny Puppy asked Gitmo to pay up
A guard heard his favorite band playing in the torture room —…
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Andy Worthington: Video: Close Guantánamo Now – Andy Worthington and Dennis Loo at Cal Poly, Pomona, Jan. 17, 2014
On Friday January 17, 2014, as the last public event of my…
Legal Issues
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R v Faraz - Testimony of Matthew 'Tariq' Wilkinson for the prosecution - Day 3
Ahmad Faraz is currently on trial facing charges of disseminating terrorism publications. Among the publications that he is currently accused of having…
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R v Faraz - Testimony of Matthew 'Tariq' Wilkinson for the prosecution - Day 2
Ahmad Faraz is currently on trial facing charges of disseminating terrorism publications.…
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R v Faraz - Testimony of Matthew 'Tariq' Wilkinson for the prosecution - Day 1
Ahmad Faraz is currently on trial facing charges of disseminating terrorism publications.…
Reports
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Blacklisted: Targeted sanctions, preemptive security and fundamental rights
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) have released a new critical report today on terrorism listing, written by Gavin Sullivan…
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Countering Terror or Counter-Productive? Comparing Irish and British Muslim Experiences of Counter-insurgency
This report is a record of, and reflection on, two days of…
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CIA prisoner interrogation
Articles
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Andy Worthington: A love letter from Guantánamo
Younus Chekhouri (also identified as Younous Chekkouri), who will be 46 in May, is one of the last two Moroccan prisoners in…
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Dissenter: More charges of forced drugging at Guantanamo
On February 21, attorneys for six former Guantanamo prisoners took their civil…
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Guardian: The David Miranda judgment has chilling implications for press freedom, race relations and basic justice
The interference of Britain's security services is shocking, but it's also vital…
For the Victims
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Johina Aamer: "What have you done in the last 11 years?"
For Johina Aamer, her brothers and her mother, the technical aspects of Shaker Aamer's case come second to their daily worry: they…
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Miscarriages of Justice - Victoria Brittain
Guilty until proven innocent: how to pre-convict and pre-punish an American Muslim
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Zain Bhikha and Dawud Wharnsby - The ghosts of Guantanamo Bay
Recommended
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How Tarek Mehanna went to prison for a thought crime
As the government embraces a “counter-radicalization” approach to counter-terrorism, prosecutors are turning radical beliefs into criminal acts.
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Documentary: The Judgment
Witnesses of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo recount their gut-wrenching accounts at the KL…
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Taxi to the Dark Side
Academy award-winning film that looks the torture practices of the US in…
Events
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Teaching Poetry to Prisoners – with Talha Ahsan’s Poetry Tutor Pat Winslow & Mike Marqusee
A special event with award-winning poet Pat Winslow - Talha Ahsan's poetry tutor at HMP…
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Response to the government report: "Tackling extremism in the UK"
Key isssues pertaininig to the…
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Extradition and Guantanamos at home : Injustice & Talha Ahsan
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Forgotten Women of the "war on terror"
Join the author Victoria Brittain as she…
What's New
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More Syria-related police raids but no evidence of threat to UK
(London) CAGE is concerned by the disproportionate response of UK police following the alleged death of Abdul Waheed Majid in Syria. Despite…
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The prevent strategy: a cradle to grave police-state
A comprehensive look at the British government's counter-terrorism policy, PREVENT, and reveals…
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Julian Assange: 'it's not just the Muslims'
From the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Julian Assange sent a stirring video…
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CAGE releases new report on government counter-terorrism excesses
Click here to read The PREVENT strategy: a cradle to grave police-state
Blog
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CAGE letter published in Evening Standard newspaper
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Citizenship: a right or a privilege?
With the passage of an amendment to the Immigration Bill that allows…
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One after the other: Niqab, segregation and now the cartoon controversy
Though anti-Islamic rhetoric may be reaching fever-pitch, we must remain steadfast on…