Guilty even if proven Innocent.

Layla Anwar, An Arab Woman Blues

Some of you who have been following my blog regularly now (thank you) know of Kamel's story my relative who has been detained by the Americans on false "insurgency/terrorist" charges. He was then transferred from a U.S prison to another Iraqi prison controlled by the racist sectarian Shias. In this last prison, the Shia prison guards asked for extortion money in exchange for his release, since there was no trial and no real charges. The money was gathered and given as asked. They double crossed us and Kamel was not released. Kamel is a frail over 60 years old man. In prison his health deteriorated greatly and visits were hardly allowed. He also contracted scabies. Yesterday, we were informed that he has been transferred to an American prison again. And we were also told that he was found not guilty - again, and that there are absolutely no charges against him - again, that he is innocent and that he will be released "some day"- again. As I said before, no trial was conducted in the first place. What do they mean will be released some day ? The man is very ill. They said he needed some paperwork done. What paperwork ? The man is innocent and they said so themselves. "So when will he be released", we asked , "we don't know" they said "paperwork." Omar, (another relative) on the other hand has been finally found. I have also written about Omar. He was found in yet another prison in the South. He was shipped from a Baghdad US prison to a Basra (Shia controlled prison) about 2 years ago. Omar has been illegally detained for over 2 years and was underage at the time of his arrest. Again no charges, no trial...

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