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      Justice Denied in Afghanistan

      Human Rights First Senior Associate Sahr MuhammedAlly was one of only three outside observers allowed by Afghan officials to witness trial proceedings of former Guantanamo and Bagram Air Base detainees. Sahr’s observations are documented in HRF’s report Arbitrary Justice and she discusses her trip to Afghanistan and the findings of the report in this video. Our report sparked significant news coverage exposing the unjust proceedings and the United States’ role in enabling fair trial violations.

       

       

      Executive Director Vince Warren discussing CCR's Supreme Court case
       Al Odah v. United States

       

       

      		  

       

       

      		CCR client Ibrahim Turkmen,
      lead plaintiff in Turkmen V. Ashcroft,
      describes his dentention and
      abuse by the U.S. Government.
      Turkmen v. Ashcroft is filed on behalf
      of a class of Muslim, South Asian, and
      Arab non-citizens who were swept up
      by the INS and FBI in a racial profiling
      dragnet following 9/11.

    Humiliated In The Shackles
     An Al-Jazeera cameraman, Sami al Hajj, a Sudanese, was visiting his brother in Damascus after the 11 September attacks when he got a call asking him to go to Pakistan to cover the impending war in Afghanistan. Instead, he ended up in Guantanamo where he claims he has been severely and regularly beaten, scarring his face.

     

              By Sami al Hajj

    When I heard pigeons cooing in the trees,
    Hot tears covered my face.

    When the lark chirped, my thoughts composed

    A message for my son.

    Mohammad, I am afflicted.

    In my despair, I have no one but Allah for comfort.

     

    The oppressors are playing with me,

    As they move freely around the world.

    They ask me to spy on my countrymen,

    Claiming it would be a good deed.

    They offer me money and land,

    And freedom to go where I please.

    Their temptations seize

    My attention like lightning in the sky.

    But their gift is an empty snake,

    Carrying hypocrisy in its mouth like venom,

     

    They have monuments to liberty

    And freedom of opinion, which is well and good.

    But I explained to them that

    Architecture is not justice.

    America, you ride on the backs of orphans,

    And terrorize them daily.

    Bush, beware.

    The world recognizes an arrogant liar.

    To Allah I direct my grievance and my tears.

     

    I am homesick and oppressed.

    Mohammad, do not forget me.

    Support the cause of your father, a God-fearing man.

    I was humiliated in the shackles.

    How can I now compose verses? How can I now write?

    After the shackles and the nights and the suffering and the tears,

    How can I write poetry?

    My soul is like a roiling sea, stirred by anguish,

    Violent with passion.

     

    I am a captive, but the crimes are my captors'.

     

    I am overwhelmed with apprehension.

    Lord, unite me with my son Mohammad.

    Lord, grant success to the righteous.

     

     

     

     

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