Chaudry pointed to other cases of mistreatment of Arab immigrants. An Indonesian engineer, detained without charges and held in solitary confinement, eventually accepted a plea bargain and now faces a deportation hearing. A Moroccan man, enrolled in an MBA program at a major university, went on a hunger strike after being denied legal counsel and held in solitary confinement for four weeks. A Saudi Arabian woman held along with her husband in Florida was denied medical treatment for her back problems.
San Diego attorney Randall Hamud spoke, describing his experience representing victims of the government’s anti-Arab dragnet. Hamud currently represents several detainees from the San Diego area. The men were arrested because they had casual contact with two of the alleged September 11 hijackers who resided for a short period in the San Diego area. Hamud said, “After 9/11 the FBI set on San Diego like locusts. My three clients cooperated with the FBI.
Notwithstanding their cooperation they were arrested as material witnesses.” His clients were not charged with any crime. However, they were transported in chains to the notorious Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, a high security prison.
San Diego attorney Randall Hamud spoke, describing his experience representing victims of the government’s anti-Arab dragnet. Hamud currently represents several detainees from the San Diego area. The men were arrested because they had casual contact with two of the alleged September 11 hijackers who resided for a short period in the San Diego area. Hamud said, “After 9/11 the FBI set on San Diego like locusts. My three clients cooperated with the FBI.
Notwithstanding their cooperation they were arrested as material witnesses.” His clients were not charged with any crime. However, they were transported in chains to the notorious Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, a high security prison.