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LONDON: The family and supporters of “one of the most abused prisoners in Guantanamo” on Tuesday launched a new celebrity-backed campaign demanding his release, coinciding with the publication of his prison diary. Oscar winner Colin Firth and fellow actors Jude Law, Benedict Cumberbatch and John Hurt are among those who will read out extracts from Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s “Guantanamo Diary” to appear on the Guardian newspaper’s website.
US district court judge James Robertson ordered that Slahi be released in 2010 due to lack of evidence that he was directly involved in Al-Qaeda terror plots, but he remains in detention after the Department of Justice appealed the decision (это к вопросу, насколько реально там отдать кого-нибудь под суд, не начав с Обамы).
The 44-year-old swore allegiance to Al-Qaeda after traveling to Afghanistan in the 1990s and fought against the Soviet-backed regime there, but claims he left the group in 1992.

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Sexism row erupts at Australian Open after Eugenie Bouchard and Serena Williams are asked to 'twirl' on court!
Bouchard had just beaten Kiki Bertens 6-0, 6-3 in a second round match at Melbourne Park when she was interviewed by Ian Cohen, a Channel 7 tennis commentator, on court. Cohen asked Bouchard - one of the favourites for the first grand slam of the year - to twirl, to which the player replied: "A twirl, like a pirouette, here you go."

The incident immediately provoked a backlash on social media, with fans and pundits pointing out that a male player would never be asked the same question.
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