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All articles on this website are by Aisha Maniar, a human rights activist and writer. I work with the London Guantánamo Campaign, which I set up in 2006, and other human rights organisations and campaigns, mainly on issues related to prisoner and minority rights, and torture.
I am a contributor to various publications, both print and electronic. I write about issues – usually related to human rights and civil liberties – that are of concern but are largely ignored in the mainstream. I am a professional freelance legal translator, so I also write about language and translation issues. This website contains possibly the most detailed coverage and analysis of the UK Ministry of Justice’s disastrous privatisation and outsourcing of deaf and foreign language court interpreting services in England and Wales since 2012.
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Hi! I wonder what happened to Rasul Kudaev? He got a trial this year but I dont know what came out of it!
The judge was supposed to make a ruling on 30 June, instead the detention (in pre-trial detention or house arrest) of the defendants was extended until September. In the meantime, some of the defendants have gone on hunger strike in protest at conditions and Rasul Kudaev has been held intermittently in solitary confinement. He has complained about the conditions of his detention, especially as they aggravate his existing medical condition.
Sister, As volunteer Portside moderator with Truthout permission I posted your recent piece on Guantanamo Bay prisoners released to Uruguay. Your important work will help educate and motivate many of our list serv subscribers and Facebook page and website readers. Your work is appreciated!
Glad you liked it and found it useful, and good luck to Portside http://portside.org/
Hi Aisha,
I’m looking for examples from France of when citizens have been stripped of their citizenship (denaturalized) on the grounds of terrorism prior to 1998 and as far back as 1980. Essientially, trying to support the statement from your blog post: https://onesmallwindow.wordpress.com/2015/11/20/french-until-proven-terrorist/
“eight people have been deprived of French nationality in relation to terrorism offences”
Is it possible for you to share the resources you used?
It would be much appreciated!
Dear Natalie,
I should have specified between 1998 and 2014. Here is a source:
http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2015/01/23/01016-20150123ARTFIG00252-decheance-de-nationalite-que-dit-le-droit.php
“Selon les chiffres du ministère de l’Intérieur, il y a eu 21 déchéances de nationalité depuis les années 1990, dont huit entre 2000 et 2014 pour terrorisme” [including 8 between 2000 and 2014 for terrorism]. My post mentions only a couple of these cases. This article mentions one from 2006.
This may be of interest too: http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/France/Decheance-de-la-nationalite-questions-cles-sur-un-outil-repressif-2015-11-21-1383193 where it states there were 7 cases in 1990-2006 and 6 since 2014:
“Selon le ministère de l’Intérieur, “26 déchéances de nationalité ont été prononcées depuis 1973, dont 13 pour terrorisme: après une première vague entre 1990 et 2006 concernant sept personnes, les procédures ont repris depuis 2013 avec six déchéances pour terrorisme prononcées”.
Elsewhere it says there are no set statistics. I hope this is helpful. I’m afraid I don’t know the individual cases.