Reprieve—Ahmed Belbacha's case history

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Cameron urged to help Guantanamo detainee Belbacha

by Paddy McGuffin, Morning Star, 19/08/2010

Aug. 20, 2010
Clive Stafford Smith asks Prime Minister David Cameron to save former Bournemouth resident Ahmed Belbacha from forced transfer to Algeria

I write today to propose another break from Labour’s unsound policies in the ‘war on terror’: its refusal to repatriate former Bournemouth resident Ahmed Belbacha from Guantánamo Bay.

Aug. 17, 2010
Ex-Guantánamo prisoner Abdul Aziz Naji indicted on mysterious charges in Algeria

Ex-Guantánamo prisoner Abdul Aziz Naji indicted on mysterious charges in Algeria following forced repatriation by Obama Administration; grave fears for the safety of British resident Ahmed Belbacha.

Aug. 3, 2010
Ahmed Belbacha at risk of forced return to Algeria

Take action for Ahmed Belbacha, before it's too late.

July 28, 2010
Reprieve slams new 'disappearance'

by Paddy McGuffin, Morning Star, 26/07/2010

July 27, 2010
Why the Algerians must win their fight to stay in Guantánamo Bay

by Cori Crider, The Huffington Post, 16/07/2010

July 17, 2010
Why the Algerians must win their fight to stay in Guantánamo Bay

I hope media and courtroom flurries this week have reminded readers of a man the US government would rather they forget: my Guantanamo client and Algerian refugee Ahmed Belbacha.

July 16, 2010
Six detainees would rather stay at Guantanamo Bay than be returned to Algeria

by Peter Finn, The Washington Post, 10/07/2010

July 12, 2010
Put to the Test

A Washington, DC federal district court judge has refused to accept the U.S. government’s blanket assertion that Guantánamo prisoner Farhi Saeed bin Mohammed will not be tortured or persecuted if sent to Algeria.

June 11, 2010
Ahmed Belbacha begs nine US federal judges to prevent his forced return to torture in Algeria; requests extraordinary hearing on 'question of life and death'

Former British resident Ahmed Belbacha today requested that his case be heard by all nine active judges in the Washington circuit court, citing issues of crucial constitutional importance and the highest human stakes.

April 28, 2010
Leverett passes resolution to welcome cleared Guantanamo detainees

by No More Guantanamos, on commondreams.org, 26/04/2010

April 27, 2010
Another US offer of a home for Ahmed Belbacha?

The town of Leverett, Massachusetts will soon vote on a resolution which, if passed, will offer Ahmed Belbacha a second home in the US.

April 21, 2010
US judge refuses to protect Guantanamo prisoner Ahmed Belbacha from forced return to Algeria

A federal district court in Washington has today rejected the pleas of former British resident Ahmed Belbacha, refusing to block his forced return to persecution and torture in Algeria.

April 20, 2010
Reprieve launches emergency legal action for Guantánamo prisoner Ahmed Belbacha as US government makes worrying deal with Algeria

Lawyers for former British resident Ahmed Belbacha yesterday submitted an emergency plea to the US courts seeking to prevent his forced return to persecution and torture in Algeria.

April 6, 2010
British resident Ahmed Belbacha submits last-ditch plea to Washington court begging to be allowed to stay in Guantánamo Bay

Former Bournemouth resident Ahmed Belbacha has submitted a desperate plea to DC’s Federal District Court to prevent his forcible repatriation to Algeria.

March 26, 2010
Guantanamo's forgotten prisoner.

by Paddy McGuffin, The Morning Satr, 12/03/10

March 15, 2010
British resident Ahmed Belbacha fights to stay in Guantánamo after a court order preventing his forced repatriation to Algeria is revoked

Former Bournemouth resident Ahmed Belbacha is this week making a desperate plea to the US courts to prevent him being forcibly repatriated to Algeria.

March 9, 2010
Please offer Ahmed Belbacha a home - a plea to the people of Europe

Ahmed Belbacha is fully cleared for release, but remains in Guantánamo simply because he has nowhere safe to go.

Jan. 12, 2010
Ex-Bournemouth resident begins ninth year in Guantanamo Bay

by Timothy John, The Daily Echo, 02/01/2010

Jan. 2, 2010
Algerian ‘show trial’ raises grave fears for British resident Ahmed Belbacha

Algerian ‘show trial’ raises grave fears for Ahmed Belbacha, British resident still imprisoned in Guantánamo; Reprieve calls on the US and UK governments to address Ahmed’s desperate situation.

Dec. 2, 2009
A letter to Amherst from Reprieve on behalf of Ahmed Belbacha

Reprieve attorneys Cori Crider, Ahmed Ghappour and Clive Stafford Smith write to the Massachusetts town of Amherst, in support of their offer to defy Congress and welcome Ahmed Belbacha, a Guantanamo prisoner with no safe place to go.

Nov. 9, 2009
After six months of President Obama’s troubled efforts to close Guantánamo Bay, Reprieve urges Ireland to help by offering Ahmed Belbacha a home.

President Obama pledged to close Guantánamo Bay within a year. Six months later, just eleven prisoners have been released and around 228 remain. At this rate it will take him ten years to close the prison, or, worse, he will fail.

July 20, 2009
The plight of Ahmed Belbacha, the forgotten Briton in Guantánamo: despite court order, the US government tries to return him to torture in Algeria

Reprieve, the legal action charity whose lawyers represent over 30 prisoners in Guantánamo, today condemns the US government for its underhand efforts to send cleared prisoner Ahmed Belbacha back to Algeria, where he is at risk of torture.

Oct. 8, 2008
The forgotten Briton in Guantánamo

A former footballer, Ahmed Belbacha was born in Algiers in 1969. He left his homeland in 1999, after receiving death threats from militants because he worked for a government-run oil company, and sought asylum in the UK.

Sept. 25, 2008

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