URGENT ACTION NEEDED: NO GUANTANAMOS AT HOME
Ask the Attorney General to uphold the rights of Syed Fahad Hashmi. You can email the Attorney General and the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York using the following form:
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I am writing to register my concern about the case of Syed Fahad Hashmi, a Muslim American citizen being held in solitary confinement in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City on two counts of providing and conspiring to provide material support and two counts of making and conspiring to make a contribution of goods or services to Al Qaeda. As the case goes to trial, I am concerned about the civil rights violations surrounding his case, in particular the conditions of Hashmi’s detention (prolonged solitary confinement and the SAMs imposed upon him); the use of secret evidence and the constraints on his right to a fair trial; and the abrogation of his First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, religion and association. The Obama Administration promised a commitment to civil liberties and a return to the rule of law in America. The conduct of the government in this case stands in contradiction to this.