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August 31, 2009

UK Deports Former Guantanamo Guard
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The British government has deported a former Guantanamo guard who was
scheduled to address a meeting of Cageprisoners, a human rights
organization that tries raise awareness of the plight of the prisoners
at Guantanamo Bay. The former guard, Terry Holdbrooks, has become an
outspoken critic of the US government over the treatment of prisoners at
Guantánamo. Holdbrooks was denied entry into Britain after landing at
Heathrow airport on Saturday. Holdbrooks told the Observer newspaper of
London that he had also been detained and questioned by US airport
officials on Thursday, as he attempted to complete the first stage of
his journey.



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