Free after 6 years in Guantanamo
3/5/08
A Sudanese cameraman with the Arab satellite news channel al-Jazeera arrived home early yesterday after being detained without charge for six years at the United States-run Guantanamo Bay military prison. A US air force plane carrying Sami al-Haj landed at a state security terminal in Khartoum. He was greeted by his family before being taken to hospital for medical checks, a watching photographer said. Mr Haj, who was held without charge at the prison in Cuba, arrived with two other Sudanese nationals also detained at Guantanamo, al-Jazeera said.
See: http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/free-after-6-years-in-guantanamo/2008/05/02/1209235154395.html
Bin Laden son to fight Britain’s visa refusal
3/5/08
Osama bin Laden’s son Omar is to appeal after his application to move to Britain with his British wife was rejected because his presence might cause “considerable public concern”, his wife said yesterday. Omar bin Laden, 27, married Zaina al-Sabah, 52, formerly known as Jane Felix-Browne, in Omar’s homeland of Saudi Arabia last year and the couple had hoped to move to Britain to be near the rest of Zaina’s family. But the entry clearance officer at the British embassy in Cairo turned down his application because of “continuing loyalty to your father who is ultimately held responsible for the London bombing in July 2005″.
See: http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/bin-laden-son-to-fight-britains-visa-refusal/2008/05/02/1209235154398.html
Tags: Human Rights, Terrorism, UK, USA