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20 years ago today, just 6 days after 9/11, George W. Bush gave the CIA broad powers to "Capture and Detain" anyone in what would become the #WarOnTerror
20 years ago today, just 6 days after 9/11, George W. Bush gave the CIA broad powers to "Capture and Detain" anyone in what would become the #WarOnTerror
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Weeks later, I was sold to the CIA and sent to a black site in Afghanistan where I was tortured along with many others until I confessed that I was someone I wasn't just to stop the pain. This is what I wrote in my book
Weeks later, I was sold to the CIA and sent to a black site in Afghanistan where I was tortured along with many others until I confessed that I was someone I wasn't just to stop the pain. This is what I wrote in my book
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I was then sent to #Guantánamo, where I spent over 14 years as a prisoner of the US. I didn't have rights, I didn't have an attorney or legal representation until 2009. I was never charged with a crime. I was never told why I was being held. I was only detainee ISN 441.
I was then sent to #Guantánamo, where I spent over 14 years as a prisoner of the US. I didn't have rights, I didn't have an attorney or legal representation until 2009. I was never charged with a crime. I was never told why I was being held. I was only detainee ISN 441.
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For 9 years I lived mostly in solitary confinement, where sometimes the only one around to talk to was an Iguana I called Princess.
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For 9 years I lived mostly in solitary confinement, where sometimes the only one around to talk to was an Iguana I called Princess.
@sarahmirk
abramsbooks.com/product/guanta…
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My family didn't even know I was still alive until 2007.
I wasn’t the only one who was disappeared like this. 780 men were held at #Guantanamo. Thousands more were kidnapped to the CIA black sites around the world.
My family didn't even know I was still alive until 2007.
I wasn’t the only one who was disappeared like this. 780 men were held at #Guantanamo. Thousands more were kidnapped to the CIA black sites around the world.
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9/11 was a tragedy and only to be misused to create bigger tragedies that would continue for 20 years. It’s time to make justice and #closeguantanamo once and for all, to commomerta this anniversary War On Terror and to remember millions of people affected across the glob.
9/11 was a tragedy and only to be misused to create bigger tragedies that would continue for 20 years. It’s time to make justice and #closeguantanamo once and for all, to commomerta this anniversary War On Terror and to remember millions of people affected across the glob.
we'll continue fighting for justice and accountability.I joined CAGE to do exactly that,since then we’ve launched The International Witness Campaign alongside over 50 global NGOs to commemorate the victims of the War on Terror and ensure we never forget until justice is achieved
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