A chapter closed this week in the case of Syed Fahad Hashmi. As supporters packed the courtroom and two overflow rooms at 500 Pearl Street, Judge Loretta Preska pronounced a sentence of 15 years, the maximum allowed for under the plea bargain accepted by Fahad after nearly 3 years in severe solitary confinement. Referring to [...]
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Wallace Shawn on “Tricks of the Theatre”
Posted in Actions, Community Voices, General Info, tagged due process, solitary confinement, Special Administrative Measures, Syed Fahad Hashmi, Wallace Shawn on May 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The following statement by Wallace Shawn and Deborah Eisenberg was delivered outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on May 3, 2010 where supporters of Fahad Hashmi have been gathering since last October to bear witness to the inhumane conditions of Fahad’s detention and to call for an end to the US government’s [...]
What if all this were just legal strategy…
Posted in Trial Watch, tagged Department of Justice, Guantanamo, Judge Preska, national security, SAMs, Special Administrative Measures, Syed Fahad Hashmi on April 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I fear that Fahad is also a victim to the government’s national security policy, a hostage on a ship that has committed itself to sailing into an iceberg. If Fahad is found guilty, we’ll have to watch the government bungle its way through another mess like Guantánamo. How long will the government impose solitary confinement on individuals who pose no real threat?
Fahad’s trial begins April 28 in NYC
Posted in General Info, tagged Chris Hedges, civil liberties, due process, Fahad Hashmi, solitary confinement, Special Administrative Measures on April 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
With Fahad Hashmi’s trial approaching, supporters are urging people in NYC to pack the courthouse at 500 Pearl Street in lower Manhattan to bear witness to the proceedings. The following video invite features Pulitzer Prize-winning author Chris Hedges speaking out about the case. In December, Hedges wrote an article condemning Fahad’s detention entitled One Day [...]
