DhafirTrial

Oral arguments in Dr. Dhafir’s appeal will be heard on Thursday, August 28th, 2008, at 10 a.m., at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City.

We will not know until the week before the arguments which three judges will sit on the panel. A decision will not be taken from the bench on that day, but will be given some months later.

More information about the appeal process can be found here.

In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger digs beneath the received wisdom for the break-up of Yugoslavia and points to a largely ignored memoir by the former chief prosecutor in The Hague – and an echo from current events in the Caucasus. (more…)

By NINA BERNSTEIN New York Times 8/12/08

He was 17 when he came to New York from Hong Kong in 1992 with his parents and younger sister, eyeing the skyline like any newcomer. Fifteen years later, Hiu Lui Ng was a New Yorker: a computer engineer with a job in the Empire State Building, a house in Queens, a wife who is a United States citizen and two American-born sons. (more…)

The Muslim Solidarity Committee invites you to the 4th Anniversary Commemoration of the Arrests of YASSIN AREF & MOHAMMED HOSSAIN on Friday August 22, 2008 from 4:30-6pm

4.30 p.m. March from Masjid As-Salam mosque, located at 278 Central Avenue, Albany, to the Washington Ave. Armory near the corner of Lark Street in Albany. Followed by a vigil at the Armory displaying our signs and banners.

ACTION ALERT Washington Report On Middle East Affaris 8/11/08

Although Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s criminal contempt trial has been postponed, two events planned around his original trial date of June 13 will take place as scheduled:

1. A screening of the award-winning documentary “USA vs Al-Arian,” sponsored by Friends of Human Rights: Monday, August 11, 7:30 p.m. (more…)

William Fisher Huffington Post 8/11/08
 
I never thought I’d find myself defending Karen Hughes, so this is a big deal. (more…)

Action Alert from The Washington Report On Middle East Affairs 8/08/08

At a pretrial hearing today in Alexandria, Virginia, Judge Leoni Brinkema of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia postponed Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s trial on charges of criminal contempt of court. (more…)

 William Fisher Inter Press Service 8/08/08

Despite a sentence that effectively means convicted war criminal Salim Hamdan could be a free man before the end of this year, the future of Osama bin Laden’s driver is far from clear. (more…)