DhafirTrial

We do not have a date yet for Dr. Dhafir’s resentencing but should hear any time.  Dr. Dhafir’s lawyer, Peter Goldberger, has supplied us with clear guidelines for writing the most effective letters to Judge Mordue.  Please read Peter’s guidelines carefully and then take the time to write this very important letter to Judge Mordue, it is Rafil’s best hope.

All letters should be sent to: (more…)

Muslim Solidarity Committee and Project SALAM invite you to a rally in support of Muslims Tareted by Preemptive Prosecution.  Sunday, July 25, 2010, 1 p.m., in Albany, New York. More information here.

The Rally will begin at the closing of the National Peace Conference to be held in Albany, July 23-25.  We hope that you will attend this important Peace Conference.  For more information, see nationalpeaceconference.org

How Champions of Neoliberalism are Reversing New Deal Economics

Ismael Hossein-zadeh Counterpunch 3/12/10

The “golden” years of the U.S. economy in the immediate post-WW II period, along with the recovery and expansion of the economies of other industrialized countries, afforded the working class of these countries a decent, even middle-class, standard of living. (more…)

The Post-Standard issued a correction in its print edition today about the charges Dr. Dhafir was convicted of.  We are grateful for this and continue to hope that it will publish attorney Steve Downs’ OpEd on the case.

WHAT: A vigil to commemorate the anniversary of Dr. Rafil Dhafir’s arrest and the interrogation of 150 Muslim families here in Syracuse, New York.

WHEN: Friday, February 26th.  2.15 – 2.30 p.m.

WHERE: In front of the James M. Hanley Federal Building in downtown Syracuse, 100 S. Clinton St.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER 2 WILL MARK PUBLICATION OF BOOK ON ALBANY’S AREF-HOSSAIN STING CASE

CONTACT:    Shamshad Ahmad:  cell (518) 331-3310 [for interviews]
Steve Downs:  (518) 767-0102 [for interviews] (more…)

Convictions in Dr. Dhafir’s case were affirmed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals but the case was sent back to Judge Mordue for resentencing. The court decision can be read here.

Dr. Dhafir’s lawyers will file a petition for a rehearing en banc (all the judges on the court of appeals) because they believe that the court’s analysis of the sentencing issue is inconsistent with the holding of a fairly recent Supreme Court case.  They will also renew their challenge on convictions on at least one ground. (more…)