DhafirTrial

Spreading Awareness or Smearing a Religion?

By GARY LEUPP Counterpunch 10/11/07

With much fanfare, a collection of far-right ideologues backed by right-wing “think tank” money are proclaiming an “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” on college campuses beginning Oct. 22. (more…)

Thank you to all who wrote to the Syracuse Post Standard asking that it publish two letters from the Dr. Dhafir Support Committee and Mohamed Khater, in response to its article about Glen Suddaby being nominated for a judgeship. (more…)

Alert from: The Bill of Rights Defense Committee

The “Protect America Act” (PAA) makes the whole world a target for surveillance – and that includes you. (more…)

Please write to the Syracuse Post-Standard and ask that it publish two letters; from the Dr. Dhafir Support Committee and from Mohamed Khater, sent in response to the article on the Glenn Suddaby nomination for a judgeship. The letters correct misinformation (more…)

To the editors at the Syracuse Post-Standard.

Dear Mr. Connor and Mr. Linhorst:

The Syracuse Post-Standard’s recent article on Glen Suddaby’s nomination to a judgeship included a number of unfortunate inaccuracies regarding the trial and conviction of Dr. Rafil Dhafir. (more…)

Fourth Whistleblower Rocks Guantánamo

By ANDY WORTHINGTON Counterpunch 10/08/07

The saga of the Guantánamo whistleblowers, which sprang to life in June, but then, like so many news stories, was considered done and dusted by a media hungry for fresh meat, resurfaced unexpectedly last week. (more…)

The Anonymous Victims of Guantánamo

By ANDY WORTHINGTON Counterpunch 10/05/07

Hot on the heels of the release of Mohammed al-Amin, a Mauritanian student who was just a teenager when he was kidnapped for a bounty payment on a street in Pakistan over five years ago, the Pentagon has released another eight detainees (more…)

By Gil Courtemanche Translated by Truthout Le Devoir 10/08/07

The two Thursday news items have no connection, and yet… In Winnipeg, at the Salvation Army local, Stephen Harper, first minister among all ministers, kinglet of all that happens in Ottawa, unveiled a new Canadian anti-drug policy. (more…)