DhafirTrial

The Return of Legalized Profiling…

By Margaret Kwoka ZMagazine 6/02/08

Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a series of decisions mimicking an odd dance. The end result? The first jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a post-9/11 airline racial profiling case against a company that was overturned. The outcome is devastating to all people who suffer discrimination and seek a remedy in court. However, the process by which this decision was reached may be even more disturbing than the outcome. (more…)

The brief in response to the government brief has now been submitted, Reply Brief of Appellant Dhafir. This is the final brief and we now await a date for oral arguments, most likely they will be some time in the fall.

The Opening Brief was submitted 2/08/08. The Government Response Brief was submitted 4/08/08. For more information about the appeal process see here.

I’ll be traveling for the next 4 weeks and this site won’t be updated. There is a wealth of information here and I encourage people to browse the site.

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This memorandum is a disgrace, not just morally, but legally as well. In fact it’s not really a legal document at all

Jameel Jaffer Guardian U.K. 4/05/08

Since 2003, my organisation, the American Civil Liberties Union, has been litigating for the release of government documents concerning the abuse and torture of prisoners at Guantánamo and other US facilities overseas. (more…)

Please consider signing the petition to free Sami Al-Arian.

[KH: Dr. Al-Arian was arrested the week before Dr. Dhafir and, like Dr. Dhafir, held without bail. After being held for 29 months, Dr. Al-Arian faced a six-month trial in which the government achieved not one guilty verdict, yet continues to hold him. In an effort to gain his freedom Dr. Al-Arian is on his third hunger strike; I fear for his life.]

To the Honorable Judge Gerald Lee, (more…)

Category: Documentaries
Regions: North America
Topics: Human Rights

Link TV, Monday, April 7th, at 7 p.m.: This revealing documentary presents a close portrait of an Arab-American family facing terrorism charges leveled by the U.S. government. (more…)

Showing at The Palace Theatre, James Street, Syracuse.
Thursday, April 3rd at 7 p.m.

New York Times Review: “Sophie Scholl: The Final Days” conveys what it must have been like to be a young, smart, idealistic dissenter in Nazi Germany, where no dissent was tolerated. This gripping true story, directed in a cool, semi-documentary style by the German filmmaker Marc Rothemund from a screenplay by Fred Breinersdorfer, challenges you to gauge your own courage and strength of character should you find yourself in similar circumstances. (more…)

The government has asked for, and recevied, an extension to filing a response to the appeals brief submitted by Dr. Dhafir’s lawyers, Peter Goldberger and Barry Boss. The response will now be submitted on April 9th, 2008. The appeal team will have two weeks to respond. These are all the briefs that will be submitted and, after a few months, a date for oral arguments will be set.

See here for some more information about the appeal process.