Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees who on Saturday committed suicide criticized the U.S. military Tuesday for taking nearly three days to notify them that their clients had died at the military prison in southeastern Cuba. In disclosing the identities of the three detainees on Sunday, the military had said none of the men had an attorney. A Guantanamo Bay spokesman has since said that authorities later realized that two of them had lawyers, and they were notified Monday.
Indonesia: Militant cleric released
A militant cleric alleged to be a top leader in an al-Qaida linked terror group was released from prison Wednesday to cries of “God is great” from cheering supporters. Abu Bakar Bashir, 68, had served 26 months for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people. Bashir was alleged to be a leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, which is accused of carrying out bombings across Indonesia.
China: Activist attacked, paralyzed
A Chinese activist was struck by an assailant and left paralyzed after meeting with police, a human rights group said Tuesday. On June 8, Fu Xiancai was called in by police in Zigui county to discuss his interview on German television that was critical of the government’s treatment of people displaced by the Three Gorges dam project. While walking home after meeting with police, Fu was struck from behind, and the blow broke his neck, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down, New York-based Human Rights in China said in statement.
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