More than 85% of detainees at Guantánamo Bay were arrested by the Afghan Northern Alliance and in Pakistan at a time when rewards of up to $5,000 were paid for every “terrorist” handed over to the USA. Family members, lawyers and other activists are gathering in Islamabad, Pakistan (29 to 31 September) to inform and encourage action against Pakistan’s increasing use of arbitrary arrest, secret detention, torture and the failure of Pakistani courts to offer protection.
