Rights Groups Chide US for Holding Afghan Journalist |
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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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