I was arrested in 2002 in Milan, accused of internatonal terrorism. I was the first muslim arrested for terrorism offences in Italy since the 11th September 2001.
My name is mohammed majid shakir, born in 1970 in Iraq. Im married with four children, but I haven’t seen them or had any news from them in nearly seven years.
Binyam Mohammeds statement regarding the torture he suffered by the British and American governments which was delived to the Media. In it he details exactly the complicity of the British Government in his torture.
Amar Hanci was going to be deported to Tunisia at 2pm this day. I felt the wind and colour drain from me, and words cannot really describe how despondent I felt at that moment.
Every day is a hard day for me in this country (Italy). The neighbours, the state are all against me and my family in every way. It’s a lot of oppression against me and my family, and only for reason : that I am a muslim.
They extradited me in July 2005, and I have chosen a fast trial** because I fully expected to be free and be released immediately. I was so stupid, because my extradition choice with my free will was a big mistake, and the judge in Milan condemned me for 5 years and 4 months and the high court in rome agreed.
Mustapha Nasr is a Spanish national, originally from Syria, whom is 52 years old and married to a Spanish citizen. He has lived in several countries, including Spain, the United Kingdom and Afghanistan. He was kidnapped in 2005 from Quetta, Pakistan, and since then there has been no communication from any government as to his whereabouts.
Walid Kammoun is 37 years old, of Tunisian descent with an Italian daughter and wife in Italy. He is currently in custody in Italy awaiting trial on politically-motivated charges, in which he is alleged to have participated in recruiting persons for combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and is alleged to have absconded previously from these charges. The true story of what transpires is rather different, and demonstrates that the Berlusconi Government has collaborated with the Tunisian government to torture this young family man.
Albanian Imam Muhmammad Abdullah also known as Artan Kristo has been detained without charge and under suspicion of inciting violence and terrorist acts, by Albanian authorities since October 2009.
Mohamed Mannai is 32 years old, and from Tunisia. He was convicted in a political show trial in Italy in 2005 and sentenced to 5 years in prison, which he completed in 2010. Instead of being released back to Austria where he had resided for over 5 years, he was deported to Tunisia where he faces a very real risk of torture.
