Spanish? British? A fellow human being & brother reagrdless of anything else
Once again the disproportionate and discriminative actions in the name of the “War on Terror” breach the Human Rights Conventions.
Mohammed Fahsi is a pillar of the community he lived among in Spain (although he has leave to remain in the U.K). He is a committed family man, married with three children. He worked hard, through peaceful measures, to bring communities together and promote understanding and community cohesion. He was president of the Islamic Cultural Association which he set up within the Town Council.
On the 10th January 2006, masked police officers shot their way into his house. He has alleged that excessive force was used and that he has been tortured and drugged by the authorities in Spain.
Many other members of the mosque were also arrested. Although he has been accused of “recruiting fighters for the Iraqi insurgency”, no evidence has been disclosed to support this charge. Any legal material is generally classified as “secret”. He has also been denied adequate access to legal advice.
On the limited information that Mohammed’s lawyer has been given, he has said that “they do not have a single proof or evidence to find Mohammed guilty”. However, Mohammed can be detained for up to 4 years without trial under Spanish Legislation.
Spain does not have any specific anti terrorism legislation. They use Criminal Law to deal with suspected terrorists. However Human Rights Watch has criticised this and reported that: “its counterterrorism measures still infringe basic rights of suspects charged with terrorist acts …suspects can be held incommunicado-without access to a lawyer of their choice or the ability to contact family members – for up to 13 days.
Suspects are assigned legal aid attorneys during this period, but cannot confer with them in private… This makes the lawyers little more than silent witnesses and effective challenges to the grounds of detention extremely difficult.” The Rapporteur noted that: “the degree of silence that surrounds the subject and the denial by the authorities without investigating the allegations of torture have made it particularly difficult to provide the necessary monitoring of protection and guarantees……………the occurrence of torture was “more than sporadic and incidental” (Amnesty International 2006).
We are very concerned about Mohammed’s safety and security. Clearly his human rights are not been respected and we fear that he may be being ill treated. His family is deeply traumatized by his detention which seems to be purely based on the fact that he was an active in the local mosque and within the community. He deserves the right to due process, the right to be free from torture, the right to a fair trial, the right to JUSTICE…. We do not have to be “silent witnesses”. YOU can help.
Source: Clear Conscience
For further information, please contact:
info@clearmyconscience.org
We are very concerned about Mohammed’s safety and security. Clearly his human rights are not been respected and we fear that he may be being ill treated. His family is deeply traumatized by his detention which seems to be purely based on the fact that he was an active in the local mosque and within the community. He deserves the right to due process, the right to be free from torture, the right to a fair trial, the right to JUSTICE…. We do not have to be “silent witnesses”. YOU can help.
Source: Clear Conscience
For further information, please contact:
info@clearmyconscience.org
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