Thu 30 Oct 2014
By Dr. Dhafir
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Sun 31 Aug 2014
Dr. Dhafir is released from the Special Housing Unit
Posted by k under By Dr. Dhafir , Civil Liberties1 Comment
KH: Thank you to everyone who wrote and/or phoned the prison. After 73 days in the Special Housing Unit, Dr. Dhafir was released without any explanation. This from Dr. Dhafir:
Hello everyone
Just wanted to let you know that I am finally out of the SHU yesterday.
Mon 23 Jun 2014
Wed 14 Jan 2009
[Katherine: The letter below was sent from Dr. Dhafir to Warden Jett. Please consider writing to Warden Jett to ask that Muslim prisoners be allowed to continue fasting as they have done for the last two years. Dr. Dhafir and other Muslims are being held in a special prison unit in Terre Haute, Indiana.]
Dear Warden Jett:
After months of requesting you to meet with us (more…)
Wed 7 Jan 2009
Please help get Dr. Dhafir’s concern about religious hardship at the Communication Management Unit heard
Posted by k under By Dr. Dhafir , Civil Liberties , Site AnnouncementsNo Comments
Dr. Dhafir and other Muslims being held at the Communication Management Unit (CMU) in Terre Haute, Indiana need your help. Please write to Warden Jett (address below) and ask that he address Dr. Dhafir’s concern about a situation that is creating religious hardship for Muslim prisoners. Please be respectful and courteous in all correspondence.
Dr. Dhafir says: (more…)
Sat 3 Jan 2009
Every December Dr. Dhafir receives a lot of supporting mail and he would like to say thank you to all who have written to him:
United Kingdom
Nietzer Bales
Mr.& Mrs. Owen-Wales (more…)
Fri 2 Jan 2009
Dr. Dhafir writes from the Communications Management Unit in Terre Haute, Indiana
Posted by k under By Dr. Dhafir , Civil LibertiesNo Comments
by Rafil Dhafir, from the Nuclear Resister #151, 12/20/08 p.5
Two days ago, December 14, was my second anniversary here in CMU-Terre Haute, Indiana.
Two years ago, with dozens of others, I was whisked here without explanation, to this place reserved for those on death row. (more…)
Fri 4 Apr 2008
Excerpts from a letter from Dr. Rafil Dhafir dated 3/15/08
Posted by k under By Dr. Dhafir , Civil LibertiesNo Comments
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…)