Identifier
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06KHARTOUM1412
2006-06-14 13:22:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Khartoum
Cable title:  

Sudanese Bar Association Dean Calls for Release

Tags:  PHUM PREL PTER US SU 
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL PTER US SU
SUBJECT: Sudanese Bar Association Dean Calls for Release
of Guantanamo Detainee Sami Al-Haj

UNCLAS KHARTOUM 001412

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL PTER US SU
SUBJECT: Sudanese Bar Association Dean Calls for Release
of Guantanamo Detainee Sami Al-Haj


1. On June 13, Fathi Khalil, Dean of the Sudanese Bar
Association, renewed his call for the release of
ASudanese national Sami al-Haj from Guantanamo, where he
has apparently been held for over four years. In a
symposium organized by the Al-Jazeera television channel
office in Khartoum in cooperation with Al-Sahafa
newspaper, Khalil called for compensation for the
detainees and a disciplinary board for those responsible
for their being held. June 13 marked the fourth
anniversary of al-Haj's detention in Guantanamo.


2. On June 11, the Sudanese bar Association had called
on the Sudanese government to demand the release of all
Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo. It also released a
press statement questioning the recent deaths of three
detainees.

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