Guantanamo deaths not suicide claim lawyers, family, ex-inmates

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Sun Jun-11-06 02:55 PM
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Guantanamo deaths not suicide claim lawyers, family, ex-inmates

Camp suicides 'hard to believe'
By Sally Nancarrow
BBC News

The sister of a UK inmate of Guantanamo Bay has said she is "suspicious" about the suicides of three detainees at the US base in Cuba.

Amani Deghayes and her family have campaigned for the release of her brother Omar, 37, from Brighton, since his detention in 2002.

Ms Deghayes, from Kilburn, north London, said she did not know what to think about the suicides.

"I find it quite hard to believe they managed to kill themselves," she said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/5069068.stm

see even

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1171884.php/Guantanamo_lawyer_queries_suicide_version_of_deaths
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/11/AR2006061100174.html

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/11062006/202/guantanamo-les-familles-des-deux-saoudiens-doutent-de-la-these.html

in the French article several ex-inmates claim that they died under torture and that the suicide is a cover-up.
I haven't found an English version of the article

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Sun Jun-11-06 03:23 PM
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1. English AP story now available of the Saudi claims

Saudis Allege Torture in Guantanamo Deaths

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The reported suicides of two Saudi detainees at Guantanamo Bay intensified Saudi anger at the camp, drawing questions Sunday about whether the men really killed themselves or were driven to it by torture.

The detention of more than 130 Saudis at the U.S. jail has long grated on people in the kingdom, and there was marked skepticism that the prisoners committed suicide.

``The families don't believe it, and of course I don't believe it either,'' said Kateb al Shimri, a lawyer who represents relatives of Saudis held at Guantanamo.

``A crime was committed here and the U.S. authorities are responsible,'' al Shimri said, echoing the general sentiment heard in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5879509,00.html

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