DETAINEE WANTS BUSH TRIED IN EUROPEAN COURT
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DETAINEE WANTS BUSH TRIED IN EUROPEAN COURT
A reporter for the Arabic al-Jazeera satellite news network who was held at the U.S. prison in Guantánamo Bay for six years said Thursday that he plans to sue former President George Bush and other officials for illegal detention and torture. Sami al-Haj, the Sudanese al-Jazeera reporter who was released in May 2008, told Britain's Guardian newspaper that he and other detainees have formed an organization, the Guantánamo Justice Center in Geneva, Switzerland, where they will file their action. He claimed in the Guardian interview that while European "courts do not have the power to bring [U.S. officials] by force," they could be tried in absentia and, if convicted, could be arrested if they visit a European country. Al-Haj, who has returned to work for al-Jazeera, said that he remains in contact with Guantánamo detainees. "Torture is continuing in Guantánamo," he told the Guardian . "Obama needs to close Guantánamo immediately."
17/07/2009
