DhafirTrial

This memorandum is a disgrace, not just morally, but legally as well. In fact it’s not really a legal document at all

Jameel Jaffer Guardian U.K. 4/05/08

Since 2003, my organisation, the American Civil Liberties Union, has been litigating for the release of government documents concerning the abuse and torture of prisoners at Guantánamo and other US facilities overseas. (more…)

Adam Liptak NYTimes 02/19/08

Jeffrey Breinholt, who is on leave from a counterterrorism post at the Justice Department, has been studying what he calls “an undervalued source of strategic intelligence about the threats we face from radical Islam within the U.S.” He has been looking at court decisions. (more…)

Please consider signing the petition to free Sami Al-Arian.

[KH: Dr. Al-Arian was arrested the week before Dr. Dhafir and, like Dr. Dhafir, held without bail. After being held for 29 months, Dr. Al-Arian faced a six-month trial in which the government achieved not one guilty verdict, yet continues to hold him. In an effort to gain his freedom Dr. Al-Arian is on his third hunger strike; I fear for his life.]

To the Honorable Judge Gerald Lee, (more…)

One of the main concerns Dr. Dhafir expresses in the letter, is that they now have an FBI agent present in the Communication Management Unit (CMU) “mingling” with them:

“I asked the warden around the holidays in December for a meeting with all of us here. He agreed, after I provide him with a list of the topics that concern us: I did. After waiting for almost three months, he finally showed up. I prepared myself to discuss the issues that concern us, with all the documents and statements and notes. (more…)

By Philip Sands Vanity Fair May 2008

As the first anniversary of 9/11 approached, and a prized Guantánamo detainee wouldn’t talk, the Bush administration’s highest-ranking lawyers argued for extreme interrogation techniques, circumventing international law, the Geneva Conventions, and the army’s own Field Manual. (more…)

By Katherine Hughes

I was disappointed in the “Sophie Scholl: The Last Days.” The story of the White Rose Society is, of course, very powerful, but this movie did not do it justice. (more…)

Category: Documentaries
Regions: North America
Topics: Human Rights

Link TV, Monday, April 7th, at 7 p.m.: This revealing documentary presents a close portrait of an Arab-American family facing terrorism charges leveled by the U.S. government. (more…)

A report by Peggy Boyd of The Dr. Dhafir Support Committee:

The Conference was held in Earl Hall at Columbia University in New York City on Saturday, 4/1/08. The event was hosted by the Muslim Student Association. It started with an exhibit relating to individual victims of America’s unjust persecution of Muslims. Dr. Dhafir was represented by myself. (more…)