Guantanamo teasing leads to racism lawsuit

Published: Nov. 7, 2007 at 10:40 AM
Order reprints
LONDON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A Muslim man who was teased by London co-workers about having the same name as a terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has filed a racism lawsuit.

Anwar Khan, 24, said there were three incidents while he worked at Royal & Sun Alliance insurance company in which references were made to the prisoner, The Independent reported Wednesday.

"On Tuesday, Sept. 18, one week after the anniversary of Sept. 11 and a few days into the holy month of Ramadan, I was welcomed into the office rather unusually -- with a colleague from a different team shouting across an open plan office 'so they have released you from Guantanamo Bay,'" he told the newspaper. "I made no comments. I was shocked and speechless."

Khan left the company last month before filing his lawsuit, the report said.

A spokesman for the insurer confirmed Khan had complained.

"Although Mr. Khan is no longer with R&SA, we are still in the process of hearing his grievance and as the investigation is ongoing we cannot comment further at this stage," the spokesman said.


© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.



U.N. extends term of Rwanda tribunal (3 min)
MLB: Seattle 3, Texas 1 (5 min)
Chinese condom plant starts production (8 min)
Customers decide barbershop price (33 min)
MLB: Colorado 7, Atlanta 6 (36 min)
Younger kids more likely to get wrong dose (48 min)
MLB: Houston 9, Washington 4 (50 min)
fark
Thousands homeless after China Quake. Quisp unavailable for comment
Ugly-ass okapi born at Denver Zoo. In fact, "okapi" means "ugly-ass" in Swahili
If you find a live grenade in your newly purchased vehicle, you probably shouldn't wait a month...
Family tries to lure back lost dog by spraying their own urine all over town. They then want to...
"Oh damn." Obama caught blatantly ogling some of the nicer scenery at the G8 summit, while Sarkozy...
Photoshop this artistic smoker