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UK: Ex-Guantánamo detainee Moazzam Begg held in Birmingham terror raids Begg, released from Guantánamo without charge, arrested with two men and a woman on suspicion of Syria-related offences

26 February 2014

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"The former Guantánamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, who became a vocal campaigner against the alleged excesses of the war on terror, is back in detention after being arrested for alleged terrorism offences linked to Syria. Supporters of Begg, 45, claimed his arrest at his Birmingham home was politically motivated and aimed at halting his work trying to expose injustices committed by the west."

See the full story: Ex-Guantánamo detainee Moazzam Begg held in Birmingham terror raids Begg, released from Guantánamo without charge, arrested with two men and a woman on suspicion of Syria-related offences (Guardian, link).

And see: Moazzam Begg arrested for uncovering Western complicity in rendition and torture? (Cage, link): " CAGE is outraged by the arrest of our Outreach Director, Moazzam Begg. A former Guantanamo Bay detainee, he has been campaigning for due process and the human rights of victims, despite suffering over three years of torture and abuse by the US government with the complicity of the British security services."

And: Release Moazzam Begg Now! National Protest: Saturday 1 March 2014 at 12 noon: Outside West Midlands Police HQ, Lloyd House, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NQ. Supported by CAGE UK, Birmingham Stop the War Coalition, Birmingham Guantanamo Campaign, South Asian Alliance.

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