Tipton Three
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The Tipton Three is the collective name given to three young men from Tipton, United Kingdom, who were held in extrajudicial detention for 2 years in Guantánamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. [1]
Ruhal Ahmed was born on March 11, 1981; Asif Iqbal was born on April 24, 1981; the Department of Defense estimated that Shafiq Rasul was born in 1973.[2] Other reports state he was only a couple of years older than his friends.
The three were repatriated to the UK in March 2004, and released, without charge, the next day.
The three were among the first released detainees who were able to give an alternative view of conditions within the camp to that offered by United States Department of Defense spokespersons.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
On August 4, 2004, the Tipton Three filed a report in the U.S. claiming persistent severe abuse at the Camp, of themselves and others.[9] They claimed that false confessions were extracted from them under duress, in conditions which amounted to torture. They alleged that conditions deteriorated when Major General Geoffrey Miller took charge of the camp, including increased periods of solitary confinement for the detainees. They claimed that the abuse took place with the knowledge of the intelligence forces. Their claims are currently being investigated by the British Government.
The Road to Guantanamo is a docu-drama about the Tipton Three by director Michael Winterbottom.[10][11]
[edit] References
- ^ All eyes on Guantanamo: Movie, court ruling intensify focus on military prisons, San Francisco Chronicle, July 2, 2006
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ^ How we survived jail hell, The Observer, March 14, 2004
- ^ Using terror to fight terror, The Observer, February 26, 2006
- ^ Revealed: the full story of the Guantanamo Britons, The Observer, March 14, 2004
- ^ US guards 'filmed beatings' at terror camp, The Observer, May 16, 2004
- ^ US Afghan allies committed massacre, Ariana Afghan TV, March 22, 2004
- ^ Press Release: Listen live on the web, WBAI, March 30, 2004
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1275478,00.html
- ^ Clive Stafford Smith Out of sight: Can a film right the wrongs committed in Guantanamo?, The Guardian, February 14, 2006
- ^ Winterbottom defends film on trio's Guantanamo ordeal, The Guardian, February 15, 2006
