KABUL (Reuters) - Human rights and journalists' groups lashed out at the United States on Sunday for holding an Afghan journalist without charge and pushed for his immediate release.

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Tina Monshipour Foster, executive director for International Justice Network, said there were no charges against Jawed, who was wounded while serving with U.S. Special Forces.

"He has not been accused of any crime either under U.S. law, Afghan law or international law," she said, adding that Jawed, like other detainees held by U.S., was regarded by Washington as an "enemy combatant".

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IJNetwork board member Ellen Lubell was interviewed for a segment on All Things Considered on July 10, 2008 · This segment focuses on the huge volume of work that lawyers must tackle to pursue fair trials for detainees in light of recent Supreme Court decisions.

Listen to the interview at npr.org

Listen to Barbara Olshansky, Litigation Director of the IJN, in her recent interview on Pacifica Radio with Mitch Jeserich. Barbara discusses the alarming speed of US detentions, the machinery for which may have been in place before September 11th. Barbara also discusses the challenges the next US president will face unravelling the illegal activities of the Bush administration.  If you would like to listen only to Barbara's interview, fast forward past the immigration segment to 63:30. 

The Bush administration replaced a military judge who pressed military prosecutors to turn over evidence of abuse and coercion in a Guantanamo detainee's hearing. 

Three weeks after Col. Peter Brownback threatened to suspend the proceedings due to the failure of prosecutors to produce prison logs which contain statements regarding detainee Omar Khadr’s alleged abuse and coercion, the case was reassigned to another military judge. Presumably, the Bush administration expects the new judge to rule in its favor without requiring the documents sought by Col. Brownback.

Omar Khadr was seized by US forces when he was 15, and has been in detention for seven years.  In February 2008, the Pentagon accidentally released documents that reveal that although Khadr was present during a firefight, there was no other evidence of his involvement in that incident. The coercion evidence might be particularly relevant for Khadr because his chief interrogator in Afghanistan was involved in beating an innocent prisoner to death.

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