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  • It is worth repeating that four separate U.S. inquiries have dismissed Mr. Begg's accusations that this information was obtained under coercion.

    Guantanamo and Its Critics Robin Simcox 2012

  • Either way, Mr. Begg's handwritten evidence to his Combatant Status Review Board at Guantanamo—which is meant to represent his side of the story—describes his visits to camps on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he was responsible for "small arms and mountain tactics" training.

    Liberals and the Guantanamo 'Innocents' Robin Simcox 2012

  • Either way, Mr. Begg's hand-written evidence to his Combatant Status Review Board at Guantanamo—which is meant to represent his side of the story—describes his visits to camps on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he was responsible for "small arms and mountain tactics" training.

    Guantanamo and Its Critics Robin Simcox 2012

  • She believed it was legitimate to give a platform to Begg's account of his experience of unlawful detention and torture, but his beliefs meant it was a "gross error" to associate Amnesty with his organisation.

    Gita Sahgal's dispute with Amnesty International puts human rights group in the dock 2010

  • The problem, for Sahgal, is Begg's championing the rights of "hate" preachers and alleged defence of the notoriously misogynistic Taliban, which has used its power to systematically suppress the rights of women.

    Gita Sahgal's dispute with Amnesty International puts human rights group in the dock 2010

  • Edwin Begg's demise was greatly exaggerated, as Rose von Bek could attest.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Blue Tyson 2007

  • While the world's leaders grapple with Begg's fate, his family -- including his wife and children, now back in Britain -- can communicate with him only through censored letters that take four months to be delivered.

    SCHOOL DAYS WITH A QAEDA SUSPECT 2008

  • For many in Britain, especially Begg's family, the simple response is to blame the United States for his incarceration.

    SCHOOL DAYS WITH A QAEDA SUSPECT 2008

  • Begg's journey from Hebrew lessons to what authorities say was terrorist training is as perplexing as it is extraordinary.

    SCHOOL DAYS WITH A QAEDA SUSPECT 2008

  • Handwritten on Red Cross notepaper, Begg's letters veer from the mundane to the miserable.

    SCHOOL DAYS WITH A QAEDA SUSPECT 2008

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