Tue 7 Feb 2012
Thank you to the Syracuse Post Standard
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , Democracy , Katherine's WritingNo Comments
Tue 7 Feb 2012
Mon 6 Feb 2012
Published on February 7th, 2012
To the Editor:
On Friday, February 3rd, Judge Mordue resentenced Dr. Rafil Dhafir to 22 years in prison, in large part because he is unrepentant about sending food and medicine to starving Iraqi civilians in violation of International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA). (more…)
Sat 4 Feb 2012
Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. Attributed to the Talmud
Fri 3 Feb 2012
Lean On Me By Bill Withers
Thu 26 Jan 2012
DR. RAFIL DHAFIR AND THE HELP THE NEEDY MUSLIM CHARITY CASE
By Katherine Hughes [also published by Truthout and the National Lawyers Guild and now available as a free e-book (24 pages)].
What was the result of Feb 26, 2003 besides imprisoning of innocent people? Scores of innocent elderly American cancer patients died needlessly, innumerable tens of thousands of Iraqi needy (children, women and men) died, and more than that suffered malnutrition and the humiliation of poverty. (more…)
Fri 30 Dec 2011
Dr. Dhafir’s resentencing is postponed. It will now be held on Friday, February 3rd, 2012, at 11 a.m. in the James Hanley Federal Building in downtown Syracuse.
Sat 22 Oct 2011
Thu 11 Mar 2010
Below is an email to the Syracuse Post-Standard thanking it for correcting its website photo caption, which erroneously stated that Dr. Dhafir was convicted on “terrorism-related charges,” and asking that it also issue a correction in the print edition. (more…)