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Syed Fahad Hashmi is an American citizen who has not been convicted of any crime yet who has been held for more than two years under Special Administrative Measures - the harshest conditions of solitary confinement - at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan. He is accused by a government informer of allowing a duffel bag of waterproof socks and raincoats to be stored at his house that, without his knowledge, went to terrorists in Afghanistan. For more information, see www.freefahad.com, www.educatorsforcivilliberties.org, www.thawaction.org. See this posting on the New York Metro Progressives Blog for summary information about actions you can take http://nymetroprogressives.blogspot.com/2010/01/facing-70-years-in-prison-for-clothing.html

Tags: Civil Liberties Government Accountability Human Rights/Torture Racism & Ethnic Rights