Aujourd`hui, Djamel a été transféré de la maison d`arrêt de Bois d`Arcy à celle de la Santé. La grande nouvelle c`est qu`il est sorti de l`isolement dans lequel il se trouvait depuis 2 ans. Et qu`il reste dans la région parisienne, ce qui nous facilitera les visites, même si nous ne sommes pas souvent la-bas.
Il a pu nous appeler rapidement, et il avait l`air d`aller bien, le transfert s`est bien passé, ses affaires ont bien suivies apparement. Ce petit plus de liberté l`a tellement changé qu`il était fatigué, il était etonné de voir des détenus marcher devant lui alors qu`il était au téléphone, en accés libre dorénavant! Al HamduliLlah…
Il transmet son salam à tous et remercie les gens qui prient pour lui, prières qui ont sans doute été entendues, les choses ont été facilitées.
Nous sommes soulagés pour lui, et nous attendons dans un proche avenir d`autres bonnes nouvelles, jusqu`à la libération complète…
Merci à tous pour vos soutien de la part de notre famille
Today, Djamel was transfered from the Bois d `Arcy holding facility to la Santé.The great news is that
he is out of solitary confinement, which he had been in for two years. For the time being he is in the Paris area, which will facilitate visits for us, although we are not often there.
He was able to call us quickly, and he seemed to be doing well, the transfer went well, and his needs were being attended to. That extra bit of ‘freedom’ is such a big change that he became overwhelmed; he was surprised inmates walking in front of him, then surprised that he able to use the phone, free access from now on! Al Hamdulillah …
He sends his salaam to all and thanks the people praying for him; prayers that without a doubt have been heard, as things have become easier.
We are relieved for him, and we expect in the near future more good news, until his complete release …
Thank you all for your support from our family
Tags: Djamel Beghal, http://freedjamelbeghal.wordpress.com, solitary, solitary confinement
Few months ago, the European Court of human rights confirmed the admissibility of a complaint made by Babar Ahmad, Haroon Rashid Aswat and Syed Talha Ahsan. Their extradition to the US was prevented since the stringency of the conditions at ADX Florence (a “supermax” prison) for what might be the rest of their lives, inhumane or degrading treatment. The plight of Bradley Manning, the alleged wikileaks “leaker”, has also shed light upon the infamous treatment of detainees placed in solitary confinement in US custody.
Many international instruments have affirmed that prisoners have the right to be dealt with in a way compatible with human dignity and that they should be safe from any form of degrading treatment. The UN Human Rights Committee, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the European Commission on Human rights have stated that isolation, in certain conditions, can constitute a cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment. Different factors need to be taken into account such as the stringency of the measure, its duration, the objective pursued and the effects it has on the person. We sometimes stay focused on the American carceral system due to its reputation. However, a text written by Djamel Beghal in the darkness of his cell shows us the ignominy of solitary confinement in French prisons.
Djamel Beghal has spent nine years under this regime. He has been transferred from cell to cell, from prison to prison, always living under the same harsh conditions. His account is shameful and horrendous.
Djamel spends 22 or 23 hours alone in his cell. He is allowed a recreation time in a minuscule space, always alone and indoors. He can never see another inmate. When he is displaced for any reason, the floor or the whole prison is blocked. Only the senior guard is permitted to talk to him or even to open the door of his cell. The shower and the recreational space are situated just in front of his dungeon and going there allows no more than five steps across the corridor. He is taken there by three to five guards.
The vastest room in which Djamel was incarcerated barely reached 9 meters square. He measured one of his cells in a Parisian prison with a small ruler. Result: 5 meters square. His cell is composed of an iron bed with an uncomfortable fireproof mattress. Bed sheets are torn and blankets have a strong and unpleasant smell, giving rise to skin allergies. Every single furniture is fixed in the wall. The table is as high as his chest. Even eating or writing becomes a painful exercise. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: ADX Florence, babar ahmad, Bradley Manning, Djamel Beghal, france, Haroon Rashid Aswat, http://freedjamelbeghal.wordpress.com, http://freemyfamily.wordpress.com/, isolation, pretrial detention, Santé prison, solitary confinement, Syed Talha Ahsan, torture
Written by Arnaud Mafille
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Ten years after the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, many in America, in Europe or in the Muslim world now challenge the western presence there. In 2001, some of those sentiments already existed but were covered by the trauma of 9/11. In that context of fear and emotion, the announcement of the arrest of a European “al Qaeda lieutenant” was a key element to conduct and justify the invasion of Afghanistan both in France and the UK.
On 7 October 2001, allied armed forces officially launched “Operation Enduring Freedom”, the invasion of Afghanistan. The enemy had been designated and the US and the UK governments had secret evidence proving that Osama bin Laden was behind the attacks and the Taliban were the helpers of Al Qaeda. Questions regarding the official line were not given any weight.
Emotion and fear were also at their pinnacle in France. When George W. Bush Jr sent an ultimatum to the Taliban regime only few days after the 9/11, the French population was wondering if their military should be part of the foreseeable invasion of Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: abduction, Al-Qaeda, Bruguière, Bush, Cageprisoners, chemical torture, CIA, DGSE, Djamel Beghal, forced confession, france, George W. Bush Jr., http://www.cageprisoners.com, hyperthermic torture, Jack Straw, Jean-Louis Bruguière, Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière, MI6, Operation Enduring Freedom, Osama bin Laden, rape, rendition, sexual abuse, sleep deprivation, Taliban, torture, UAE, UK, US
A united family, despite everything
The 15th of July will mark the tenth year of our family’s separation. Hamza was 9 years old, Mahdi 6 years old and Zeynab 3 years old. Since the terrible event, they forever keep in their hearts the memory of the life of freedom, protection, joy and adventure that their father provided them with. They never stop asking for his return, in their own ways. Sometimes it is through heavy silences that speak louder than words, other times; it is through never ending talks, or through tears that remain unshed, due to modesty. But the faith in which they are growing up has permitted them to endure the situation and remain hopeful, despite everything.
They are now 18, 15 and 12 years of age, respectively.
After our return to France in March 2002, six months after the incarceration of my husband, we decided – my husband and I – that I would go back with the children to the United Kingdom due to the difficulties encountered in France regarding their education. There, I would be able to stay closer to them; which was vital, given the family predicament. It is my right, no matter what others want to make me believe, to dedicate my life to my house and children, before all else. It is a long term investment, and a decision which we do not regret today.
At first, we visited Djamel three to four times per year, for one, two or three weeks depending on the school holidays, without being allowed more than three visits per week. We were offered a lodging here and there, by relatives or friends, depending on the availability of our hosts. The journey is long, and by car, most of the time. The visits themselves required a lot of organisation. Firstly, the size of the room reserved for the visits had to be taken into account. This would determine whether we were going to be able to visit Djamel all together, or whether we had to leave someone behind; which left a bitter taste. To add to this, there was the sheer difficulty of holding a whole family in this cell, due to its size and the children’s age. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: collective punishment, Corrèze, Djamel Beghal, Hamza Beghal, http://freedjamelbeghal.wordpress.com, http://freemyfamily.wordpress.com/, http://www.djamel-beghal.com, isolation, Mariem Beghal, Mehdi Beghal, Penitentiary Administration, solitary, solitary confinement, Sylvie Beghal, Terrorism Act, torture, Uzerche Prison, War on Family, War on Islam, Zeynab Beghal
In summary, it is the same again and again …
If you are Muslim, more or less young, bearded, attending a mosque, who has childhood friends, neighbours or co workers sharing the same convictions, if you communicate between each other – like everyone else – by phone … This, then, becomes an ideal “terrorist” cell, a network of “sleepers” to perfection, which, tomorrow might need to make one of JT and the press’s headlines. This cell can then be yet another addition to the hunt bag of French terrorist hunters. These hunters, who in reality are the antiterrorist judges, specialise in this field. In the legal domain, they are specialists only in the morbid arts of burying the living in the graveyards of solitary confinement and legal torture, as well as in the arts of making false records, resemblances of cases and fantastical accusations.
As for the sentences, they distribute the maximum possible on those who are culturally educated and well instructed to make them seem like the heads. They make the rest look like a bunch of blunt knives and give them just under the maximum sentence, which holds the same torments of destroying their familial, professional and social lives.
Recent revelations in Wikileaks, relayed by the daily Le Monde, 1 December 2010, written by Piotr Smolar, whose courage I salute (it is rare to see such evidence from a journalist when it comes to judicial French injustice committed with impunity against, what is meant by term, Islamists), finally gave credible evidence and a voice to the somewhat muffled cries that I have been consistently pushing from the abyssal areas of `total isolation and legal torture’ of the French prisons for the past ten years! Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 9/11, Algeria, CIA, DGSE, Djamel Beghal, extrajudicial detention, fabricating terrorism, france, http://www.djamel-beghal.com, isolation, Jean-Francois Ricard, Jean-Louis Bruguière, Judge Jean-Francois Ricard, Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière, Judge Philippe Vandingenen, MI6, Murat Prison, Nizar Trabelsi, Philippe Vandingenen, pretrial detention, Rendetion, SDAT, solitary confinement, Sub-Directorate Anti-Terrorism, torture
Please take action for Djamel Beghal who was convicted due to statements taken under the duress of torture. Cageprisoners wants you to help push the French government into establishing an inquiry which will re-examine his case.
Take Action
Write or send an email (scroll down and enter first your name and first name, then your email address, then the object: (affaire Beghal), and then copy and paste the following message) to the French Minister of justice to request:
- The opening of an investigation against the judges Bruguiere and Ricard
- The nullification and revision of the judgement that condemned Djamel Beghal and his co-accused as well as the immediate nullification of any measures that would still affect them.
If you are a French citizen or a French resident, please contact your MP to request him to raise the issue in the Parliament and press for a government inquiry. In order to send a message to the French Minister of Justice, please use the following link and the sample letter below: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Action Alert, Algeria, Cageprisoners, Djamel Beghal, fabricating terrorism, france, http://www.cageprisoners.com, http://www.djamel-beghal.com, Rendetion, torture
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Recently, a leading French anti-terrorist judge has been accused of perjury and obstruction of justice. He is suspected of having voluntarily misled an inquiry of which he was in charge for political interests.This case is not isolated. It simply highlights some of the methods used to manipulate the judiciary and public opinion in order to create Muslim terrorist plots that might not exist. In effect, the very same judge has been subject to accusations as grave as cooperating with countries known for their use of torture and other manoeuvres to build up cases against alleged terrorists.
Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière
Since the beginning of the War on Terror, France has been an ally of the US post 9/11. The US administration appears to be especially impressed with the French anti-terrorist machinery at the domestic level as highlighted by American diplomats in a cable revealed by Wikileaks. The country was said to be “known for its counterterrorism forces and judiciary”.
For many years, Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière undoubtedly led the French judicial campaign in the War on Terror. His methods were unusual not to say expeditive. Few voices would point out blatant violation of basic rights of the defence, but such voices have been left unheard. It was mainly because no major bombings occurred in France after 9/11. Many would attribute this “calmness” to the approach developed by Judge Bruguière. In other words, the method might be a bit rough but it works.
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Tags: Anti-terrorism, Antiterrorism, Cageprisoners, corruption, Djamel Beghal, entrapment, fabricating terrorism, france, French judiciary, Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière, rendition
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