Guantánamo: An Extraordinary Humanity

Felicity Arbuthnot
The British government is, barely noticed, performing a sinister, potentially life threatening, legal slight of hand, regarding prisoners held without trial in Guantánamo Bay, uncharged with any crime, now cleared, after years of incarceration, for release. Those who have fled their countries in fear of their lives, been granted leave to remain in Britian -- refugee status the British government have now revoked, since they have been away from the country too long - in Guantánamo Bay. Therefore, they are in danger of being returned by the UK Authorities, to the countries from which they fled in terror. The (London) Independent, in an editorial (15th June 2007) calls this: "A shocking betrayal that shames our government". On Friday, Annas, the ten year old son of Jordanian born Jamil el-Banna - who was arrested in the Gambia in 2002, where he had gone to set up a business with his friend Bishar Al Rawi - in a gut wrenching letter to the incoming Prime Minister, Gordon Brown - has begged him to return his father as a gift for Fathers' Day on Sunday....
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