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We produce cutting edge reports, briefings and papers documenting the abuse of due process and the erosion of the rule of law in the context of the ‘war on terror’.
Thanks to our unique access to impacted individuals and communities and the trust established with them, we are able to build our reports on unmatched authentic and accurate primary source information.
In addition, our empirical analysis and investigations into subjects related to far-reaching impacts of the ‘war on terror’ on law, people and communities, mean that our research reports are widely referenced and acknowledged by leading academics and organisations.
Our research and analysis aims to cut through the noise and provide an invaluable critical perspective for our advocacy work.
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Reports & Publications
Report on Ghost Detention
November 12, 2005
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The War on Terror has heralded in unprecedented times for those living in the democratic world. The way in which the Bush administration has dealt with detainees worldwide leaves major questions regarding the implementation of the human rights and the international rule of law.
The policy of transferring detainees, holding them incommunicado, keeping them off record books and outsourcing of torture has now become standard practice for many states.
These detainees have no fundamental rights such as access to a lawyer, fair hearing, and the right to humane and dignified treatment as required under the POW conditions of the Geneva Conventions. These figures are those who are being currently held across the world at the moment, since 2001, just through the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some 65,000 prisoners have been detained and subsequently freed.
The reason for these high numbers is that the strategy that has been adopted by the US has been to imprison anyone considered to be a suspect, regardless of what those grounds might be. In order to detain such a wide suspect list, the US have been forced to commandeer blocks and buildings in order to establish detention sites and interrogation facilities. These facilities can take the form of anything from a shipping container to an apartment block. The greatest concern stemming from this practice is the complete invisibility of any infrastructure. There is no method of recording the prisons, prisoners, or staff members hired to perform the interrogations.
The suspects are not merely processed by the Americans though, the detainees are sent to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Egypt, Thailand, Malaysia and the British island of Diego Garcia. Particularly those detainees who are kept of any official registers
or books are frequently shuttled between the facilities in an attempt to extract information through a variety of interrogation techniques. These suspects have been termed by the US military as <strong>‘ghost detainees’</strong>
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Report on Ghost Detention free download
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The Conscious Muslim Guide
July 24, 2024
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THE GAMES OF SHAME: CAN THE 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS WHITEWASH GENOCIDE AND WIDESPREAD EXCLUSION?
July 19, 2024
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Unnecessary and Disproportional: The Killings of Anwar and Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki
June 20, 2024
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Johannesburg Declaration on Israel's Settler-Colonialism, Apartheid and Genocide: Towards a Global Anti-Apartheid Movement for Palestine
May 14, 2024
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Over 400 UK Imams and scholars reject Gove's new extremism definition and call on Muslims to support MEND, CAGE and The Muslim Association of Britain
March 22, 2024
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European Policy Briefing: Special Edition on Palestine
January 5, 2024
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Censoring Palestine, From Schools to Workplaces
December 21, 2023
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Expert Opinions on Israel’s “right to exist” by Professor John Dugard SC and Professor Avi Shlaim
March 1, 2023
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We are Beginning to Spread Terror - French
March 2, 2022
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Muslim Scholars demand an end to War on Terror
September 17, 2021
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Aafia Siddiqui: A case of lies and inconsistencies report
August 19, 2021
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Letter to the EC president
March 8, 2021
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Human Rights Council Complaint Procedure Form
January 18, 2021
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20 Years of TACT: Justice Under Threat report
July 20, 2020
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Exploiting the Pandemic
May 14, 2020
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Coronavirus Bill: Extra powers must be subject to strict oversight and must end with the pandemic
March 24, 2020
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Letter to Home Secretary
January 23, 2020
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Over 100 leading academics and campaigners call for end to PREVENT and back CAGE’s alternative 8-point plan
January 17, 2020
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Beyond PREVENT: A Real Alternative To Securitised Policies report
January 16, 2020
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Schedule 7: Harassment at Borders
August 20, 2019
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Response to Narratives of Division by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
January 24, 2019
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CCE Exposed Report
January 6, 2019
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Response to National PREVENT coordinator
October 5, 2018
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Letter from National Prevent Coordinator Nik Adams
October 5, 2018
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Separating Families – How PREVENT Seeks the Removal of Children report
September 24, 2018
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Response to call for Working Definition of 'Islamophobia'
June 26, 2018
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Torture in America: FBI & DOD torture of Ali al-Marri on the Charleston Naval Brig - Report
April 24, 2018
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Africa Review: Ethiopia report
May 31, 2017
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The 'Science' of Pre-Crime
September 28, 2016
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Consent Denied report
January 29, 2016
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External Review into CAGE’s handling of the Mohammed Emwazi Affair report
October 19, 2015
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Submission to Home Affairs Select Committee
October 1, 2015
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CAGE’s response to Henry Jackson Society
July 27, 2015
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CAGE Brochure
July 6, 2015
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Failing Our Communities: A case study approach to understanding PREVENT
July 6, 2015
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Challenging the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill
January 5, 2015
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ISC inquiry NGO joint letter
November 8, 2014
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Criminalising Non-Violent Organisations
November 4, 2014
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Serious Crime Bill Submission
October 23, 2014
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Repression of Palestine solidarity in Schools 2021
July 20, 2014
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Blowback report
July 17, 2014
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Submission to the Home Office on Schedule 7
June 10, 2014
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The PREVENT strategy: A cradle to grave police-state report
February 1, 2014
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Tackling Extremism in the UK: Part II
December 1, 2013
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Tackling Extremism in the UK: Part I
December 1, 2013
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We are Beginning to Spread Terror - English
October 20, 2012
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Guantanamo Begins at Home report
April 1, 2012
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CagePrisoners Annual Report 2010-11
December 1, 2011
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Djamel Beghal - British and French complicity in torture report
October 1, 2011
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Good Muslim Bad Muslim: A response to the revised PREVENT strategy report
July 1, 2011
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Too blunt for just outcomes report
June 1, 2011
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Fabricating Terrorism III: British Complicity In Renditions And Torture report
January 1, 2011
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The Horn Of Africa Inquistion The Latest Profile In The War On Terror report
April 30, 2010
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Operation Luxor: Unravelling the Myths behind Austria's Largest Ever Peacetime Raids
November 20, 2009
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Detention Immorality report
November 1, 2009
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Blacklisted report
August 20, 2009
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Guantanamo’s Hidden History: Shocking statistics of starvation
June 10, 2009
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Fabricating Terrorism II: British Complicity in Renditions and Torture report
April 4, 2009
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Devoid of the Rule of Law: Pakistan’s ‘War on Terror’
July 24, 2008
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Citizens No More: ‘War on Terror’ Abuses in Bosnia and Herzegovina
July 1, 2007
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Off the Record report
June 1, 2007
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Inside Africa’s War on Terror: War on Terror Detentions in the Horn of Africa report
May 1, 2007
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Foreign Nationals Rendered To Guantánamo Bay-Style Detention And Abuse In Ethiopia report
April 16, 2007
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Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan report
February 1, 2007
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Detention in the name of the War on Terror report
June 24, 2006
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Fabricating Terrorism I report
March 1, 2006
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Report on Ghost Detention
November 12, 2005
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The status of British residents held in Guantanamo Bay report
October 1, 2005
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Report into the Systematic and Institutionalised US Desecration of the Qur’an and Other Islamic Rituals
May 16, 2005
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The Guantanamo Detainees report
May 13, 2004
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We are Completely Independent: The Home Office, Breakthrough Media and the PREVENT Counter Narrative Industry
May 20, 2002
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Beyond the Law report
December 20, 2001
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monthly policy briefings
Each month, CAGE analysts will provide briefings on important policy developments in Britain, France and Austria relating to counter-terrorism and national security policies. The briefings are designed to be short, indispensable references for activists, academics and others interested in keeping up to date with the proliferation of War on Terror-era policies worldwide.