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Former Gitmo Prisoners Launch Advocacy Group

HeadlineJul 31, 2009

A group of former Guantanamo Bay prisoners have launched their organization to help other freed prisoners deal with life after their release and lobby for those still jailed. The Guantanamo Justice Center says it hopes to help the hundreds of freed prisoners and sue former Bush administration officials for authorizing their torture. On Thursday, co-founder Binyam Mohamed was among those to speak at a news conference in London.

Binyam Mohamed: “What remains is, every time you see a rope, then you always go back to the time when you were hung. Now, that doesn’t go away. And nobody has even thought of what kind of torture we go through.”

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