We have approximately one month before Fahad’s trial begins on April 28th. Now is the time for us to organize our efforts on behalf of Fahad, and to come together to plan campaigns that we could not do successfully alone.
Let’s take an evening to brainstorm: What does the case mean to us, what are symbolic [...]
Manhattan Vigil for Muslim Held Prisoner for Three Years
Sharmila Devi, Foreign Correspondent
The National
* Last Updated: March 10. 2010 7:50PM UAE / March 10. 2010 3:50PM GMT
NEW YORK // Far from Guantanamo Bay or anywhere else the United States might hold prisoners, a Muslim-American man has been held for almost three years in solitary confinement in [...]
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By Jeanne Theoharis, March 1, 2010
A U.S. citizen has spent his last three birthdays in solitary confinement awaiting trial.
Not in Iran.
Not in North Korea.
But in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan.
His name is Fahad Hashmi. He turned 30 last week.
But there was no celebration with family and friends, though they are but a few [...]
