Sudan's Ex-Guantanamo Prisoners Demand Payout

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Source: Reuters

Sudan's ex-Guantanamo prisoners demand payout
By Opheera McDoom
Sat Jan 26, 11:54 AM ET

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A group of Sudanese released from the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay demanded cash payouts and an apology from the United States on Saturday, for mental and physical torture suffered during years spent in jail there.

"We have asked for compensation and an apology," aid worker Adil Hassan Hamad told a conference in Khartoum, which was organized by local rights groups to demand the release of seven Sudanese still held at Guantanamo Bay.

Hamad, freed just over one month ago, wore orange overalls like those worn by detainees in the U.S. prison camp. He was working with refugees when arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and taken to Afghanistan and then the U.S. camp in Cuba.

He said his U.S. lawyer would seek compensation in the U.S. courts. One of Hamad's daughters died during his detention because his wife could not afford medical treatment. Two other inmates were also seeking compensation, he said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080126/us_nm/sudan_guantanamo_usa_dc

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. GOOD! I wish something would happen and they'd arrest the White House occupant. nt

[Hissyspit]

2. .

[1monster]

3. If only, if only! Cash payouts could repair the damage done to the whole world

and all its peoples since George W. Bush and Company highjacked the US government.

if only if only
the wood pecker sighs
the bark on the trees was as soft as
the sky
as the wolf waits below
hungry and lonely
he cries to the moo-oo-oon
if only if only