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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2008-01-04 01:10 pm

With Liberty and Justice for All!

Bilal Hussein, winner of the 2005 Pullitzer for Breaking News Photography is facing charges for aiding insurgents in Iraq.

Here you can find a description of the way the US government is (illegally) interfering with the case, providing a US military legal team for the prosecution, preventing his own lawyer from having access, preventing cross-examination of prosecution witnesses, etc.

It's a thing of beauty, really it is.

(that one from [livejournal.com profile] linkfrenzy)