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The Case of Abdul ZahirAbdul Zahir was the first Afghan citizen to be tried before a military commission. He was allegedly captured in July 2002 in Afghanistan with $10,000, a photocopy machine, and an accounting ledger. According to the Department of Defense, Zahir was accused of being a translator for the Taliban in 1997 and then later was a translator and money courier for the alleged commander and accountant of al Qaeda, Abdul Hadi al Iraqi. In March 2002, Zahir allegedly was involved in an attack on three foreign journalists in Gardez, Afghanistan. Two of the journalists escaped unharmed. The third, Kathleen Kenna, a journalist for the Toronto Star, sustained serious leg injuries due to the attack. |
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PublicationsHuman Rights First has written a series of reports on the erosion of civil liberties in the U.S. since 9/11. The three reports, and the dates they cover, are:Assessing the New Normal Imbalance of Powers A Year of Loss Latest NewsPosner speech: National Security After September 11 -- A Rights Perspective (2/7/04) U.S.: Pentagon Denies Rights Groups Access to Guantanamo Trials (02/24/04) |
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