Oldest Gitmo prisoner released

 Saifullah Paracha, 75

Mr. Paracha was held since 2003. He was primarily represented by fellow Gitmo attorney GT Hunt. GT is a remarkable attorney who is also a solo attorney. GT tried everything to get his client out of there-- clearly the man, like so many others-- should never have been held. Mr. Paracha had numerous health problems and had never been charged in his more than 17 years being held and he was cleared for release almost 2 years ago.

The guardian has more but unfortunately they did not interview GT.

The Dog turns 60...

 Yes I mean our friend the talking dog. And of course with the wisdom of these many years he has a few things to say:

Obviously, I could talk about the breakdown in our national discourse, or the fact that like Donald Trump’s mouth, Guantanamo is still open, but I’m already just all joy and sunshine as it is. I have said before that I consider myself pretty lucky that I am playing the back-nine of life now; I am not happy about the pile of crap we are leaving for the Loquacious Pup and the other young ‘uns. But it seems, no one seems interested in taking their noses out of their I-phones long enough to pay attention to terribly much. So I don’t know.

Read the whole thing here.

FREE THE GUANTANAMO ART WORK- FROM THE FOLKS AT "CLOSE GUANTANAMO"

 Free the art from Guantánamo! SIGN THE LETTER TO BIDEN.

Dear friends and supporters,

Six weeks ago, we published an article — folllowing up on a BBC World article — about an outrageous ban on prisoners’ artwork being allowed to leave Guantánamo, which was imposed five years ago, under Donald Trump, and has not been dropped by President Biden.

The ban was imposed after the Pentagon responded with unacceptable hysteria to an exhibition of prisoners’ artwork at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, and immediately led to prisoners no longer being allowed to give their artwork to their attorneys — and, via them, to their families.

This was nothing less than cruel, as art had become a lifeline for many of the men held, but the ban’s damage has now become even more worrying, because some of the men still held are prolific artists, and, having been approved for release since President Biden took office, are facing eventual release from the prison without being able to take any of their artwork with them.

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The letter is available online here, and is open for signatures by other supporters, to add to those of the former prisoners. Our co-founders, Andy and Tom Wilner, have signed it, and Andy also secured the support of the musician Roger Waters, who is a long-term supporter of the Close Guantánamo campaign.

(read the rest of the article here.

The masters make the rules? Or do they.

 

One way to help the men released from Gitmo

 

Mansoor Adayfi (former Guantanamo prisoner), is in the middle of a 4-day bicycle ride in Serbia (where he was transferred) to raise support for closing Guantanamo and to raise money to help men who have been released.

 

https://twitter.com/mansooradayfi/status/1577277887664730113?s=12&t=zmfo3Hel-Wh-6zeYle7YsA

 

If you want to support, contributions can be made here

WRONGFUL CONVICTION DAY

 Of course my client at Guantanamo, like almost all of the men there, has never been convicted.