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March 3, 2014

U.K.: Former Guantánamo Prisoner Remanded in Custody on Syria Terrorism Claims 
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A former Guantánamo Bay prisoner who spent three years in U.S. custody
without charge or trial has been ordered to remain in detention in
Britain following his arrest on terrorism charges related to the
conflict in Syria. Moazzam Begg appeared in a London court Saturday
while hundreds of supporters rallied in his home city of Birmingham.
Begg, who heads the prisoner advocacy group Cage, says he has been
"harassed" by authorities for investigating British complicity in
torture. To see our interviews with Moazzam Begg, you can go to
democracynow.org.

 

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