Human Appeal International

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Human Appeal International is a British international development and relief charity based in Manchester. It was established in 1991. ^[1] According to the United Kingdom Charity Commission the charity's goals are:

"The relief of poverty and sickness and the protection of good health and the advancement of education of those in need or from impoverished countries overseas and in particular Sudan, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Lebanon and Afghanistan."

Bosnian Guantanamo detainee Boudella el Hajj's worked for Human Appeal International.^[2] His Combatant Status Review Tribunal suggested that it was his work for the charity was what first triggered suspicion from American security officials.^[3]

The American intelligence and counter-terrorism establishment has been criticized for having several incompatible lists of organization that are considered to be tied to terrorism. ^[4] The second Denbeaux study points out that 52 of the 72 organizations that American intelligence analysts used to justify the detention of Guantanamo detainees were not on either the Department of State or the Department of Homeland Security's exclusion lists -- meaning that the detainee's affiliation would not have prevented them entering the USA.

[edit] See also

• charities accused of ties to terrorism
• Algerian Six

[edit] References

1. ^ Extract from the Central Register of Charities maintained by the Charity Commission for England and Wales: Human Appeal International
2. ^ Guantanamo wife on hunger strike, United Press International, December 8, 2005 - mirror (.pdf) - [
3. ^ documents (.pdf) from Boudella el Hajj's Combatant Status Review Tribunal
4. ^ Second report on the Guantanamo detainees: Inter- and Intra-Departmental Disagreements About Who Is Our Enemy (.pdf), Denbeaux & Denbeaux, March 20, 2006

[edit] External links

• Official site.