CAGE

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'''CAGE''' (formerly '''Cageprisoners''') is a [[human rights]] organization based in [[London]], emphasizing the rights of [[Guantanamo Bay]] prisoners. Its director is Moazzam Begg, himself a former Gitmo detainee, and it has ties to suspicious [[Islamist]] nuts. Remember, kids: just because someone claims to have had his human rights violated doesn't mean he's a nice person. Suspected terrorists, prisoners, those with unpopular opinions or unusual lifestyles, and others on the fringes of society have human rights too.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190607105849/https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/human-rights/countering-terrorism Countering Terrorism], Liberty</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/sep/14/human-rights-prisoners-criminals Why do human rights apply to convicted criminals?], James Welch, The Guardian, 14 Sep 2009</ref>

CAGE has ties to [[Amnesty International]]. [[Gita Sahgal]], head of Amnesty's gender unit, criticized the organisation for teaming up with Begg: "To be appearing on platforms with [[Britain]]'s most famous supporter of the [[Taliban]], whom we treat as a human rights defender, is a gross error of judgment", she said. Amnesty International, appalled at the notion that support for the Taliban is in any way unacceptable for human rights advocates, promptly suspended her.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249649/Amnesty-turmoil-suspending-chief-attacked-groups-links-Muslim-jihadists.html Amnesty chief suspended after attacking group's links to 'Britain's most famous Taliban supporter'] (12:51 EDT, 9 February 2010) ''The Daily Mail''.</ref>

One of the more peculiar pages on the CAGE website is an article dated 15 May 2021 entitled "Breaking News: [[Barack Obama]] Dead". The article is a fictional account of "American War Criminal Barack Obama" being killed in circumstances similar to [[Osama bin Laden]], complete with a photoshopped picture of Obama's bloody body based on the fake photo of Osama that circulated after his death; it concludes that "All events are purely fictional – but you knew that already, didn’t you?"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110512042654/http://www.cageprisoners.com/our-work/opinion-editorial/item/1534-breaking-news-barack-obama-is-dead Breaking News: Barack Obama Is Dead] by Fahad Ansari (Monday, 09 May 2011) ''Cageprisoners'' (archived from May 12, 2011).</ref>

Begg and CAGE have campaigned for the release of Shaker Aamer, Guantanamo's one remaining British detainee.<ref>[http://archive.ph/10cLE A decade of injustice &mdash; UK] (14 September 2012) ''Cageprisoners''.</ref><ref name=simcox>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204468004577164904145708474.html Guantanamo and Its Critics: Some regard the camp as so immoral that detainees must not only be innocent, but uniquely good.] by Robin Simcox (Jan. 18, 2012 6:55 p.m. ET) ''The Wall Street Journal''.</ref> A U.S. Department of Defense memorandum released by [[Wikileaks]] reveals that Begg spoke out against Aamer while detained, identifying him as an [[al-Qaeda]] recruiter who fought under Abu Zubayr al-Haili, a senior figure in the terrorist organisation.<ref name=simcox/>

==External links==
*[https://cage.ngo/ CAGE website]

==References==
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[[Category:Islamic extremism]]
[[Category:Organizations]]

Categories: Islamic extremism, Organizations