Sat 17 Mar 2012
George Kilpatrick, of WCNY Channel 24, hosted a 30-minute interview that aired on October 26th, 2005, at 11 p.m., the night before Dr. Rafil Dhafir was sentenced to 22 years in prison (he had already been held for 31 months without bail). Dhafir’s crime was openly sending food and medicine to starving Iraqi civilians, through his charity Help the Needy for 13 years, in violation of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA). The panel included, Barrie Gewanter of CNYCLU, and court watchers Katherine Hughes and Julienne Oldfield. Â See it here.