DhafirTrial

We have raised the money to purchase Dr. Dhafir’s trial transcripts ($22,000) and are profoundly grateful to all who donated and helped in other ways, thank you. Unfortunately we continue to need money to cover Dr. Dhafir’s legal expenses and so will continue to accept donations to help us in our quest for justice for Dr. Dhafir. (more…)

This is an excerpt from a recent letter from Dr. Dhafir:

“I am not in the habit of complaining, but you asked me to keep you informed of my situation.

“I am having a great problem with the medical services here. (more…)

To Counterpunch.org: thank you for publishing “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer: Syracuse University Enlists in the Global War on Terror” by Linda Ford and Ira Glunts. The concern expressed in this article is well founded.

In the summer of 2005, I contacted the Syracuse University Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) about a local “terrorism” case (more…)

[KH: A link to a video of the event will be posted as soon as it is available.]

Denis Halliday, former UN Assistant Secretary General and Head of the UN Humanitarian Program in Iraq 1997-98, spoke at an evening panel discussion (more…)

We have raised the money needed to purchase the transcripts.

The Dr. Dhafir Support Committee would like to offer our profound thanks to all who have donated to enable immediate purchase of the transcripts; this will allow the appeal lawyers the maximum amount of time possible to prepare their brief before the October 2007 deadline. (more…)

The Dr. Dhafir Support Committee met with Denis Halliday, former UN Assistant Secretary General, on Thursday afternoon, June 28th, this was followed by an evening panel discussion at Syracuse University Maxwell School. (more…)

THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH AT 7 P.M.
THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Iraq Sanctions and the Case of Dr. Rafil Dhafir:
Criminalizing Compassion in the “War on Terror” (more…)

By Katherine Hughes Washington Report On Middle East Affairs May-June 2007

AT PRECISELY 7 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 11, 2006, 17 federal prisoners across the country were taken out of their cells, held in isolation for two days, then bused to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Terre Haute, Indiana. Here the government quietly began implementing the first stages of a secret new program (more…)