{"id":3383,"date":"2009-04-09T19:50:08","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T23:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2009-04-09T19:50:08","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T23:50:08","slug":"believing-in-civil-liberties-thats-a-paddlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/04\/09\/believing-in-civil-liberties-thats-a-paddlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Believing In Civil Liberties? That’s A Paddlin’"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is beyond depressing<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lawyers for Binyam Mohamed face the incredible prospect of a six-month jail sentence in America after writing a letter to President Obama detailing their client’s allegations of torture by US agents…<\/p>\n

Clive Stafford Smith, director of legal charity Reprieve, and his colleague Ahmed Ghappour have been summoned to appear before a Washington court on May 11 after a complaint was made by the privilege review team.<\/p>\n

The privilege team argue that by releasing the redacted memo Reprieve has breached the rules that govern Guant\u00e1namo lawyers and have made a complaint to the court of “unprofessional conduct”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, you read that right — you can essentially go to jail for 6 months for writing a letter to the President about torture. Hear no evil, see no evil, right?<\/p>\n

See Also:<\/strong> Torture And The Other<\/a>, Getting Your Face Wet<\/a>, What We Do And Don’t Know About US Medical Personnel and Interrogations<\/a>, A Month of Crucial Decisions on Torture<\/a>, Torture, It\u2019s Strictly Confidential<\/a>, Why is Obama Alienating His Base?<\/a>, and Red Cross report details CIA war crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This is beyond depressing: Lawyers for Binyam Mohamed face the incredible prospect of a six-month jail sentence in America after writing a letter to President Obama detailing their client’s allegations of torture by US agents… Clive Stafford Smith, director of legal charity Reprieve, and his colleague Ahmed Ghappour have been summoned to appear before a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nLawyers For Guantanamo Bay Detainee Face Prison Sentence For Letter To Obama on Torture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This is beyond depressing: Lawyers for Binyam Mohamed face the incredible prospect of a six-month jail sentence in America after writing a letter to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/04\/09\/believing-in-civil-liberties-thats-a-paddlin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawyers For Guantanamo Bay Detainee Face Prison Sentence For Letter To Obama on Torture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is beyond depressing: Lawyers for Binyam Mohamed face the incredible prospect of a six-month jail sentence in America after writing a letter to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/04\/09\/believing-in-civil-liberties-thats-a-paddlin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prose Before Hos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-04-09T23:50:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News to Make You Blue\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@pbhnetwork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pbhnetwork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News to Make You Blue\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/04\/09\/believing-in-civil-liberties-thats-a-paddlin\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/04\/09\/believing-in-civil-liberties-thats-a-paddlin\/\",\"name\":\"Lawyers For Guantanamo Bay Detainee Face Prison Sentence For Letter To Obama on Torture\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-09T23:50:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-04-09T23:50:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1c5184f6d8dd65ce4aa7c82c8494f3e6\"},\"description\":\"This is beyond depressing: Lawyers for Binyam Mohamed face the incredible prospect of a six-month jail sentence in America after writing a letter to\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/04\/09\/believing-in-civil-liberties-thats-a-paddlin\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/04\/09\/believing-in-civil-liberties-thats-a-paddlin\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/04\/09\/believing-in-civil-liberties-thats-a-paddlin\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Believing In Civil Liberties? 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