Jawed 'JoJo' Ahmad Released

  jawed_ahmad.jpgJawed "JoJo" Ahmad was released on September 21, 2008 after almost a year of being held in U.S. custody. JoJo suffered broken ribs and other abuse, but like so many victims of the U.S.'s illegal and bizarre detention policies, he was never charged or given a chance to prove his innocence. 

The International Justice Network, acting as co-counsel with the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) of Stanford Law School's Mills Legal Clinic, had fought for JoJo's release. Jawed Ahmad, a 22-year-old Canadian Television (CTV) journalist, had been held without charge in military custody at the detention facility at the United States Air Base in Bagram, Afghanistan since October 2007.

"I am free from hell and today is my victory," said Jawed Ahmad. "After 11 months of being held in cell that was a like a grave, I want to tell the world the story of my detention and I hope that the stories of others held at Bagram will also see the light of day."

 
IJNetwork Staff Bring Attention to Jo Jo Ahmad's Illegal Detention

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IJNetwork's Tina Foster and Barbara Olshansky traveled to Afghanistan in July of 2008 and worked with Afghanistan Human Rights Organisation chairman Lal Gul to bring attention to the illegal detention of CTV journalist Jo Jo Ahmad.

Read more in the AFP news story .

 
IJNetwork Responds to Boumediene Supreme Court Decision

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June 12, 2008, New York, NY--In today's decision in Boumediene v. Bush, No. 06-1195----the United States Supreme Court today stated beyond all doubt that the rule of law is alive and well in this country and that the three branches of government--the executive, legislative, and judicial branches--are once again functioning as they should be in the world's strongest democracy.

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