DhafirTrial

John

Please put my website address in a prominent place in your newspaper and give people a chance to seek out another point of view. I did ask you to do this. All I have ever wanted was for people to come to the trial and make up their own mind. Or find out the facts and make up their own mind. Because of your paper’s inadequate coverage and because people did not attend the proceedings, I started my website. (more…)

The emails below were written to members of the Syracuse University community. (more…)

This is an email to John O’Brien of the Post-Standard, in reply to his question about why I am attending the trial. It is posted with his permission.

Hi John,

I’ve spent a lot of the day thinking about our conversation earlier today. Sometime, if you like, we should have a conversation “off the record” and I can explain to you my perspective, which is a global one. This case for me is not about Dr. Dhafir, per se, it’s about civil liberties in this country and around the world. Because of where I think we are heading, I’m glad I don’t have children. (more…)

The case of the United States of America v. Rafil A. Dhafir Et al., concluded today after six years of investigation and 14 weeks of hearing. The only witness the defense called was Dr. Edward Cox, Director of Health Now, for Medicare. Dr. Cox was on the stand for approximately 15 minutes. The defense called Dr. Cox to testify on their behalf about the Medicare “incident to” rule. (more…)

This week, starting Monday, January 24th is expected to be the last week of the trial and closing arguments will follow.

Court will be in session regular hours: Mon-Thurs 8.30-1.30pm. Court is held on the 12th Floor and a picture ID is required to enter the building. It’s possible to come and go quietly during the proceedings.

An ecumenical prayer vigil is held outside the Federal Building, 8-8.30am (dress very warmly).

Holocaust

Survival in Auschwitz
Primo Levi
Touchstone. Reprint Edition. 1995 (more…)

This letter was sent to the Post-Standard on January, 20th in response to Richard Lindsay’s letter:

The Jan. 20 letter of Richard Lindsay is a perfect illustration of the difficulty I have with the Post-Standard’s coverage. His letter is a perfect imitation of most of the Post-Standard articles I have read on the trial. (more…)

Welcome to DhafirTrial! We will soon post some background information about Dr. Dhafir, the trial, and Katherine (the site’s primary author). In the meantime, enjoy the archived articles.

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