Interview Archives

Exclusive: ‘I was tortured in Bagram, but I forgave my torturer after the general amnesty’

One year on from the US withdrawal and defeat in Afghanistan, CAGE presents this exclusive interview of Ghulam Mustafa conducted in Afghanistan

Anas2022-09-11T17:06:13+00:00September 11th, 2022|Articles, Interview|

President Biden, release my father from Guantanamo says Ismail, son of Muhammad Rahim

One year on from the US withdrawal and defeat in Afghanistan, the USA continues to hold innocent Afghan men in the infamous

Anas2022-09-02T14:23:51+00:00September 2nd, 2022|Articles, Guantanamo, Interview|

I was being stalked. It turned out to be ‘officers’ so I got them off my back

In this instalment of the our Human Voices of the War on Terror series, 'Ibrahim', a hard working Muslim aid worker, becomes

Anas2019-11-06T17:21:25+00:00November 6th, 2019|Harassment/Entrapment, Interview, Survivors|

Rachid Ait el Hadj speaks out against his imminent extradition from France

"We must speak out against this abuse and show concern and compassion for each other and not chase after positions and worldly

Azfar2018-04-09T13:04:43+00:00October 25th, 2016|Arrest, Articles, Case, Citizenship Deprivation, Civil Sanctions, Deportation, Extradition, Interview, Survivors, Torture|

Muhammad Rahim’s brother speaks: “Please, return Muhammad to his family, do not be like the Soviets”

CAGE interviews the brother of Muhammad Rahim al Afghani, the detainee who ended the CIA torture program and the last to be

Azfar2018-03-12T14:14:50+00:00September 5th, 2016|Articles, Case, Guantanamo, Interview, Torture|

“Afghanistan needs intelligent and peaceful men like Muhammad Rahim.” CAGE interviews former military lawyer who says Rahim should be released to go home.

Muhammad Rahim is a high value detainee, currently held at Guantanamo Bay prison since 2008. His story is one of kidnap, rendition

Azfar2018-03-12T14:21:03+00:00August 26th, 2016|Guantanamo, Interview|

CAGE releases exclusive video interview with student accused of terrorism

London - CAGE today releases an exclusive interview with Mohammed Umar Farooq, the Master’s student in Terrorism, Crime and Global Security who

Azfar2018-04-09T13:13:46+00:00September 29th, 2015|Articles, Interview, PREVENT, Survivors|

Interview with former Guantanamo detainee Imad Achab Kanouni

It has been 13 years since Guantanamo Bay was opened, 779 men have been renditioned, systemically tortured and detained without charge or

Azfar2018-04-09T14:26:19+00:00January 11th, 2015|Guantanamo, Interview, Rendition, Survivors|

Interview with Airat Vakhitov – Russian former Guantanamo detainee

Returning from Guantanamo Bay, Airat Vakhitov has been persecuted by the Russian authorities despite continually proving that there is no case against

Azfar2018-04-27T14:28:08+00:00October 29th, 2014|Detention, Guantanamo, Interview, Survivors|

Fortress of War: how Guantanamo prisoner Waleed al-Hajj survived a massacre

15 May 2013 It was Ramadan 2001. The US had already begun its bombing campaign of Afghanistan against Al Qa’idah and the Taliban

Azfar2018-04-27T17:28:56+00:00October 29th, 2014|Guantanamo, Interview, Survivors|