Petition to the Government calling for Babar to be put on trial in the UK
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The Free Babar Ahmad campaign are urging all UK supporters to sign this petition to the British government to place Babar on trial in the UK .
They need 100,000 signatures before 10 November 2011 for the issue to become eligible for parliamentary debate.
Babar Ahmad is a 37 year old British Muslim and the longest detained-without-charge British detainee held as part of the global ‘war on terror’.
In December 2003 Babar was arrested at his London home under anti-terror legislation. By the time he reached the police station Babar had sustained at least 73 forensically recorded injuries, including bleeding in his ears and urine.
Six days later he was released without charge.
In August 2004 Babar was re-arrested in London and taken to prison pursuant to an extradition request from the US under the controversial, no-evidence-required, Extradition Act 2003.
The US has alleged that in the 1990s Babar was a supporter of “terrorism”. Babar denies any involvement in terrorism. He has now been in prison for six years even though he has not been charged in the UK.
NEW : Petition to the Government calling for Babar to be put on trial in the UK.
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http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/885
Seven Years in Captivity
by Babar Ahmed
Seven years ago this day
Walking to go home
Stopped by thieves on the way
With hearts hard like stone
They didn’t take a penny
But something worth much more
They robbed me of my liberty
And shut me behind a door
You are under arrest!
You have no right!
You are a terror suspect!
You won’t see daylight!
Taking me was not enough
They had to suck my blood
And cause pain to the ones I love
By rubbing my name in the mud
What crime had I done?
Whose right had I taken?
To be held up by a gun
And snatched for time forsaken?
Dragged to court before the world
Lawyers seethed and hissed
As their hatred was unfurled
Like I were a child rapist
You did that and you did this
You are an evil man
You will never get justice
Do whatever you can
Without a chance to say a word
Without a shred of evidence
Locked up like a caged bird
With no way to show innocence
Is this democracy
And the rule of law?
Or is it hypocrisy
And a type of war?
To smile and stab
To wink and kill
To nod and grab
To strike at will
Seven years on, no end in sight
Seven years of hope and fear
Seven years without a light
While the few who care are those who dare
But for my turn will I wait
Until I reach my goal
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul ...
Babar Ahmad A9385AG
Detainee Unit, HMP Long Lartin
South Littleton
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 8TZ
August 2011
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