DhafirTrial

Thank you to the Syracuse Post Standard for publishing my letter today.

Also available here.

Published on February 7th, 2012

To the Editor:

On Friday, February 3^rd, 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…)

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

Lean On Me By Bill Withers

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…)

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.

Katherine was interviewed along with Linda Taffs, a Victoria-based peace and justice activist who was a founding member of the Campaign to End the Sanctions Against the People of Iraq (30 minutes): here

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…)