CAGE is an independent advocacy organisation working to empower communities impacted by the War on Terror. The organisation highlights and campaigns against state policies, striving for a world free from oppression and injustice.
CAGE has been campaigning against the War on Terror for more than a decade. Its work has focussed on working with survivors of abuse and mistreatment across the globe. Its website is one of the leading resources documenting the abuse of due process and the erosion of the rule of law in the context of the War on Terror. CAGE has delivered more than 750 lectures across the UK, produced cutting edge reports and provided a voice to survivors of the War on Terror through its media work.
Three men who have been languishing in Guantanamo were cleared for release last week. One of them is Pakistani national, Saifullah Paracha.
At 73, he is also the oldest prisoner in Guantanamo.
Saifullah is a businessman, entrepreneur, teacher and an inspiring role model for other prisoners kept with him
Join Moazzam Begg and Mansoor Adayfi, two ex-Guantnamo prisoners, to hear first-hand accounts about the struggle, patience and life of this extraordinary individual.
27 Mar 2021
Hunger for Allah
Join Moazzam Begg and Mansoor Adayfi (ex-Guantanamo Prisoners) who will speak to us about what hunger truly means in the path of Allah.
To strive for His pleasure in a place where abstaining from food is part of the fight for justice and where water is used to as a tool of torture. How do these vital necessities of life help us seek that which is beyond it?
19 Mar 2021
THE MAURITANIAN
Hollywood feature film which tells the story of Mohamedou Ould Salahi is out!
Mohamedou Ould Salahi endured 14 years of torture and imprisonment without trial in Guantanamo.
That would be enough to break any man. But, Mohamedou's example and message of life after Guantanamo is also extraordinary.
5 Mar 2021
I Refuse To Condemn - Resisting Racism In Times Of National Security
I refuse to condemn: resisting racism in times of national security - CAGE Research Director Dr Asim Qureshi discusses with his co-contributors their new book ‘I Refuse to Condemn’. Reflecting on their experiences, the group think through how their humanity is always conditional on meeting the demands of others.
26 Feb 2021
Shamima Begum judgement
CAGE Research Director Dr Asim Qureshi interviews author Azadeh Moaveni and immigration lawyer Fahad Ansari about the implications of the Supreme Court denying Shamima Begum the right to return to the UK to appeal her citizenship deprivation.
24 Feb 2021
The fiqh of political detainees
CAGE Research Director Dr Asim Qureshi interviews his colleague and former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg about the ways in which political detainees held at Guantanamo Bay would navigate their commitments to their faith.
24 Jan 2021
Defending Those Who Defend Others
The 24th of January marked "The Annual Day of The Endangered Lawyer"
As the rule of law is eroded and lawyers vilified, our expert panel discussed the role lawyers play in upholding justice.
Fahad Ansari
Michael Finucane
Gareth Peirce
Habeel Iqbal
Clive Stafford Smith
Stanley Cohen
Feroze Boda
Date of recording: Sunday 24th January 2021
11 Jan 2021
Guantanamo End Game
To mark the 19th anniversary of Guantanamo's opening, we held a unique event online with some very special guests.
We were honoured to have with us Mohamedou Ould Slahi from Mauritania who authored his book "Guantanamo diaries" during his 14 years at the camp. His life is depicted in the upcoming Hollywood movie "The Mauritanian" starring Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster.
Abdulbasit, a survivor of Bagram prison spoke about the current efforts to secure the freedom of his brother Muhammad Rahim, one of the two last Afghans still in Guantanamo without charge.
CAGE's Outreach Director Moazzam Begg discussed how we can turn this dark page of history once and for all...
21 Dec 2020
Frances Problem with Islam and Muslims
The targeting of Muslims and Islam in France has attracted global outrage in recent months. The closure of leading Muslim civil society organisations along with open state sponsored Islamophobia is evidence of a fast escalating and deeply troubling trend. Join us in conversation with Professor Francois Burgat and French Muslim activist Marwan Muhammad as we ask the question, what is France’s problem with Islam and Muslims?
11 Nov 2020
Universal Enemy: Rethinking Jihad and Humanitarianism in Bosnia
A conversation with the author of 'The Universal Enemy' Dr Darryl Li and witnesses of the Bosniak jihad, discussing the role of volunteer supporters and fighters in overseas conflict zones.
Chair: Dr Asim Qureshi
Guests:
Dr Darryl Li
Babar Ahmad
Moazzam Begg
Date of recording: Friday 6 November 2020
10 Oct 2020
20 years of TACT 2000
Twenty years have passed since Britain passed the Terrorism Act 2000, damaging the legal system beyond recognition.
Detention without charge, secret evidence, separating families, mass surveillance, house arrest and citizenship deprivation have now become common features of the UK legal and policing landscape.
We've gathered top legal minds to reflect on the past 20 years of failed laws and policies, and to discuss how we can shape a way forward together.
11 Jul 2020
They Are Not Our Teachers: Learning from the life and Martydom of Omar Mukhtar
The history of the Muslim Ummah is full of personalities, men and women of Allah, who have dedicated their life to justice and dignity.
One of them is Omar Mukhtar.
Join Moazzam Begg as he explores the life of this icon of Libyan 🇱🇾 liberation and learn from his example on how we must maintain our morals and dignity in facing off oppression and tyranny.
27 Feb 2018
A Virtue of Disobedience
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'A Virtue of Disobedience' by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
We are the disobedient
look upon us and despair
for we outlast history, time and memory
we are always there.
We are the unquenchable thirst for justice
the bodies that do not bend
tongues you cannot straightjacket
and eyes that will not be turned blind.
We are the step you trip on in the night
the nightmare you wake from but cannot recall
the lump under the rolling hill that reminds you what is buried there.
We are the disobedient.
We bear witness and we testify.
We love despite the lie that we are not worthy
We hold despite being told we should hide.
Yes; we are the disobedient
who refuse to die
for bodies without eulogies
will never remain in their graves
we are the ghosts of the unmourned
and the spirit of the never grieved.
We are the original traitors to the tireless tyrant
We are Mohammed
We are Malcolm
We are Moses and Assata
We are Toussaint and Bhashani
We are Rosa and Rabbani
We are the disobedient.
Truth speakers with tongues of fire
Knowledge seekers who provoke your ire
Mouths always moist from sincere prayer.
We are hearts beating for the truth
not like fluttering birds in cages
but like the earth in her final convulsions
like mountains when they scatter to dust
We dismantle, uproot, expose.
We are the disobedient
and we have come not to claim what is yours
but what is and always was ours:
our humanity.
But no – not claim
for it was always with us
and our announcement of that
is the blasphemy you burn us for.
But there’s a reason you mustn’t play with fire
because flames are not bound by only your aims
if you burn our bodies in the morning
the fire will be licking your heels that night.
Do you feel secure then?
When we are bound not by law but justice?
Loyal not to pen marks on paper but truth?
We are unconquerable and unmanageable
because you can take what you want
if all you want is to take.
We are your greatest fear: fearless
loyal not even to life.
There is no bargain to be made then
for disruption is our only security
in a world which says that security is ensured only through our repression
- what basis has such authority to be obeyed?
No; we are the disobedient
who refuse to know our place
undivided, low, and mighty
we are a We
a unity, a community,
a principle above place.
We are the disobedient.
We declare the emperor naked
and don’t kneel before the queen
we smash the idols
confront the Pharaoh
upend the fabric of the world
we will not sell our souls for hallowed halls
we cannot be unmoved.
We are the disobedient
we exceed the boundaries
overspill and overspeak.
We are unboxed, unharnessed, unfathomable
unpalatable
uncompromising.
Oh Ozymandiases of the world
do you really think yourselves kings of kings?
How quickly you forget.
Nothing outlasts the fading of the day
but the light of truth itself?
27 Feb 2014
Moazzam Begg - In His Own Words
Moazzam Begg describes his journey, from his kidnap & incarceration, to his eventual release.
This recording (dated December 2013) was made in Johannesburg, during Moazzam's last trip abroad.
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