11/06/2006
To: National and Assignment Desks Contact: Jessica Love, 202-321-8295 (cell) News Advisory: Shafiq Rasul, a British citizen who was held at Guantanamo Bay for two years before being released without charge, is available for comment on the tragic suicides committed today at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay. Captured by the Northern Alliance while in Afghanistan to conduct humanitarian work with close friends, Rasul was taken to Guantanamo Bay on Jan. 13, 2002. After enduring two years of torture and accusations of actions that he never committed, Rasul was released on March 5, 2004. He was taken back to England and interrogated once more in London by the Anti-Terrorist squad, then released the next day without charge. Rasul is available for comment from his home in England by telephone or via satellite from London. To schedule an interview, please contact Jessica Love at 202-321-8295 (cell).
SOURCE: USNewswire.com
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