IJNetwork Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Canadian TV Journalist Held Without Charge at Bagram
    Mr. Jawed Ahmad

Jawed Ahmad, CTV

International Justice Network Continues Legal Battle Against Human Rights Abuses by the Bush Administration in the “War on Terror”

Contact: Mahdis Keshavarz
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June 3, 2008, New York, NY—Attorneys from the International Justice Network (IJNetwork) filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. government seeking the release of 22-year old Canadian Television (CTV) journalist, Jawed Ahmad.  Ahmad has been held incommunicado by the U.S. military for more than six months without charge at the notorious United States Air Base in Bagram, Afghanistan, where several confirmed instances of detainee abuse and deaths have occurred.

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Justice Department Admits to Holding Children at Bagram Air Force Base
 May 16, 2008, New York, NY-- Attorneys from the International Justice Network (IJN), the organization who has championed the rights of innocents held at US prisons in Afghanistan, today expressed outrage over recent revelations by the Justice Department that they are holding youth under the age of 18 at the notorious adult prison. In a report released to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, the United States government admitted to holding over 90 children in Afghanistan, including 10 children who currently remain at the Bagram prison among the adult population. 

 

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IJN : Release Civilians at Bagram

January 7, 2008 New York, NY—Attorneys from the International Justice Network (IJN) today denounced the Bush Administration for their continued refusal to provide access to IJN clients currently held at the Bagram Airforce Base prison camp. Amid recent reports in the New York Times detailing how the Bush Administration’s detention policy extends well beyond Guantánamo into facilities such as Bagram, IJN continues to express concern for their clients and call for the US government to comply with the Geneva Conventions and release civilians who are not involved in the conflict in Afghanistan.

Download or view entire press release here: IJN Bagram Release Jan 7, 2008
 

Contact: Mahdis Keshavarz  email: Mahdis@TheMakeAgency ph: 425.591.8781

 
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