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The Fight to Save an Innocent Man from Almost Certain Death

The New Yorker magazine has a piece here entitled, "The Fight to Save an Innocent Man from Almost Certain Death," about the Omar Ameen extradition case in Sacramento federal court.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!  We have a lot more work to do.

Attorneys Say "No Possible Way" Omar Abdulsattar Ameen Killed Police Officer In Iraq

For months, attorneys for Omar Abdulsattar Ameen, the Iraqi national living in Sacramento as a refugee and accused of killing a police officer in Iraq on behalf of ISIS in June 2014, have maintained their client's innocence, arguing he was in Turkey at the time of the murder.

On Tuesday, Ameen's lawyers filed more 500 pages of documents in support of that theory, saying there is "no possible way" their client murdered the Iraqi police officer because he never left Turkey between April 1, 2012, and November 4, 2014.

ABC 10, 5/15/19

 

Extradited Sikh Activist Claims India Tortured Him

A Sikh political activist who was extradited from the United States claims in court that Indian intelligence officers tortured him despite the Indian government's promise that it would not happen.

Kulvir Singh Barapind sued the Republic of India, the State Government of Punjab, the Punjab police and a slew of other Indian officials, under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.  [Barpind v. India, No. 13-CV-0667-AWI].

The U.S. Secretary of State "agreed to extradite and surrender Mr. Barapind to India, but only after the Government of the Republic of India represented that Mr. Barapind would not suffer 'torture' in India as defined by the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment," Barapind says in the complaint.

Courthouse News, 5/9/13

Grass Valley Couple Extradited From Costa Rica For Bankruptcy Fraud And Tax Evasion

Sacramento Business Journal, 1/12/10

[Added 1/16/10, "Details Emerge In Federal Tax Evasion Indictment," Union.com]