Support Defense Request for Guantanamo Detainee Mohammad Jawad
Target:
The Honorable Susan J. Crawford, Convening Authority of the Military Commissions
Support the Defense Request for Reconsideration of the Referral of Charges against Guantanamo Detainee Mohammad Jawad to Trial by Military Commission
Mohammad Jawad is one of two juveniles captured in the war in Afghanistan to face charges before military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Mohammad Jawad is charged with attempted murder stemming from a hand-grenade attack forces in Kabul, Afghanistan on December 17, 2002 in which two U.S. special forces soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were injured. Charges were referred to trial by the Convening Authority (the senior official in the military commissions) in January 2008. Since that time, significant new evidence has come to light casting doubt on Mr. Jawad's involvement in the attack. Additionally, significant evidence has come to light about the torture and abuse Mr. Jawad has suffered during his detention at Bagram Prison and Guantanamo Bay over the last 5 years and 8 months. The charges against Mr. Jawad are unsupported under international law. Charging a child soldier with war crimes is unprecedented in modern history. The military judge has ordered the Convening Authority to reconsider her decision to refer the charges to trial and has afforded the defense an opportunity to submit written matters to the Convening Authority for her consideration. This petition drive and an associated letter-writing campaign are part of the defense efforts to persuade the Convening Authority to drop the charges. Thank you for your support.
Mohammad Jawad is one of two juveniles captured in the war in Afghanistan to face charges before military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Mohammad Jawad is charged with attempted murder stemming from a hand-grenade attack forces in Kabul, Afghanistan on December 17, 2002 in which two U.S. special forces soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were injured. Charges were referred to trial by the Convening Authority (the senior official in the military commissions) in January 2008. Since that time, significant new evidence has come to light casting doubt on Mr. Jawad's involvement in the attack. Additionally, significant evidence has come to light about the torture and abuse Mr. Jawad has suffered during his detention at Bagram Prison and Guantanamo Bay over the last 5 years and 8 months. The charges against Mr. Jawad are unsupported under international law. Charging a child soldier with war crimes is unprecedented in modern history. The military judge has ordered the Convening Authority to reconsider her decision to refer the charges to trial and has afforded the defense an opportunity to submit written matters to the Convening Authority for her consideration. This petition drive and an associated letter-writing campaign are part of the defense efforts to persuade the Convening Authority to drop the charges. Thank you for your support.
Support the Defense Request for Reconsideration of the Referral of Charges against Guantanamo Detainee Mohammad Jawad to Trial by Military Commission
Mohammad Jawad is one of two juveniles captured in the war in Afghanistan to face charges before military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Mohammad Jawad is charged with attempted murder stemming from a hand-grenade attack forces in Kabul, Afghanistan on December 17, 2002 in which two U.S. special forces soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were injured. Charges were referred to trial by the Convening Authority (the senior official in the military commissions) in January 2008. Since that time, significant new evidence has come to light casting doubt on Mr. Jawad's involvement in the attack. Additionally, significant evidence has come to light about the torture and abuse Mr. Jawad has suffered during his detention at Bagram Prison and Guantanamo Bay over the last 5 years and 8 months. The charges against Mr. Jawad are unsupported under international law. Charging a child soldier with war crimes is unprecedented in modern history. The military judge has ordered the Convening Authority to reconsider her decision to refer the charges to trial and has afforded the defense an opportunity to submit written matters to the Convening Authority for her consideration. This petition drive and an associated letter-writing campaign are part of the defense efforts to persuade the Convening Authority to drop the charges. Thank you for your support.
Mohammad Jawad is one of two juveniles captured in the war in Afghanistan to face charges before military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Mohammad Jawad is charged with attempted murder stemming from a hand-grenade attack forces in Kabul, Afghanistan on December 17, 2002 in which two U.S. special forces soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were injured. Charges were referred to trial by the Convening Authority (the senior official in the military commissions) in January 2008. Since that time, significant new evidence has come to light casting doubt on Mr. Jawad's involvement in the attack. Additionally, significant evidence has come to light about the torture and abuse Mr. Jawad has suffered during his detention at Bagram Prison and Guantanamo Bay over the last 5 years and 8 months. The charges against Mr. Jawad are unsupported under international law. Charging a child soldier with war crimes is unprecedented in modern history. The military judge has ordered the Convening Authority to reconsider her decision to refer the charges to trial and has afforded the defense an opportunity to submit written matters to the Convening Authority for her consideration. This petition drive and an associated letter-writing campaign are part of the defense efforts to persuade the Convening Authority to drop the charges. Thank you for your support.
WHEREAS,
1. Significant doubt exists about Mohammad Jawad%u2019s culpability for the grenade attack on U.S. forces on December 17, 2002, in Kabul, Afghanistan;
2. Mohammad Jawad was a juvenile, only 16 or 17 years old, at the time he was taken into U.S. military custody on December 17, 2002;
3. Mohammad Jawad was subjected to extreme and illegal physical and psychological abuse at Bagram Air Base prison from December 18, 2002 to February 6, 2003, including, but not limited to, sleep deprivation, prolonged stress positions, threats, beatings, and being chained to the wall;
4. Mohammad Jawad has been subjected to extreme and illegal physical and psychological abuse at Guantanamo Bay from February 6, 2008, including, but not limited to, sleep deprivation, prolonged isolation, threats, beatings, temperature extremes, sensory deprivation and sensory overload;
5. Mohammad Jawad has been consistently denied the rights accorded to him under the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict and under the Geneva Prisoner of War Convention and Geneva Convention Common Article 3;
6. Mohammad Jawad%u2019s alleged act of throwing a hand grenade at lawful combatants in an armed conflict does not constitute a violation of the international law of war;
7. Mohammad Jawad has been unlawfully denied any opportunities for rehabilitation and reintegration during his nearly 6 years of captivity;
8. Mohammad Jawad is not affiliated in any way with the Taliban or Al Qaida, and is not alleged to have any involvement in any terrorist attacks and is not charged with any crimes of terrorism;
9. The United States has consistently opposed trying child soldiers as war criminals, and there is no mention in the entire legislative history of the Military Commissions Act by a single member of Congress of 2006 of any intent to try juvenile combatants or child soldiers; no juvenile or child soldier has ever been tried in an international war crimes tribunal for war crimes in modern history;
10. It is our view that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 was intended to provide a vehicle to bring to justice those persons responsible for major terrorist attacks on the United States and its allies, such as the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the bombing of U.S. Embassies in East Africa;
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# 268:
11:59 am PDT, Sep 11,
Shukri Shafi, United Arab Emirates
Well judge let me ask this question. What wuld you do if another country sends there troops, tanks to your neighbourhood ? for countries in war people have the right to protect themselves an defend there country in every which way they can. In this case mr.Jawad is acting out of ingnorance not knowing what the americans were trying to do in bringing democracy and justice. Therefore we cannot blame these people for there acts, but the americans should have made better publicity of what there intension were in the first place.
Well judge let me ask this question. What wuld you do if another country sends there troops, tanks to your neighbourhood ? for countries in war people have the right to protect themselves an defend there country in every which way they can. In this case mr.Jawad is acting out of ingnorance not knowing what the americans were trying to do in bringing democracy and justice. Therefore we cannot blame these people for there acts, but the americans should have made better publicity of what there intension were in the first place.
# 267:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 11,
Natalia Shafi, Canada
# 266:
5:31 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Name not displayed, Idaho
# 265:
12:43 pm PDT, Sep 10,
David Emmett Alford, Idaho
# 264:
4:51 am PDT, Sep 10,
Suhail Ibrahim, United Kingdom
# 263:
5:47 pm PDT, Sep 9,
Robin A., California
The torture and abuse of anyone, let alone a teenager, while imprisoned without charge sounds like something we once read about the USSR or Red China doing, but not US. What have we become?!
The torture and abuse of anyone, let alone a teenager, while imprisoned without charge sounds like something we once read about the USSR or Red China doing, but not US. What have we become?!
# 262:
3:13 pm PDT, Sep 9,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 261:
1:48 pm PDT, Sep 9,
Sadia Shahzad, United Kingdom
# 260:
9:18 am PDT, Sep 9,
Ron Nelson, Texas
The Accounts I've Read Of Captives Experiences In Guantanamo Are Horrendous, Unbelieveably Cruel And Inhumane ... Only Very 'Sick' Individuals Could Inflict This Kind Of Injustice
The Accounts I've Read Of Captives Experiences In Guantanamo Are Horrendous, Unbelieveably Cruel And Inhumane ... Only Very 'Sick' Individuals Could Inflict This Kind Of Injustice
# 259:
9:06 am PDT, Sep 9,
Uzma Mahmood, United Kingdom
# 258:
8:44 am PDT, Sep 9,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 257:
8:09 am PDT, Sep 9,
Syed Ahmad, New York
it's disgusting how Muslims are being denied their basic civil liberties/ 1st Amendment rights in this country and being denied basic humanitarian rights guaranteed by the Geneva Convention across the world. My prayers and duah's are with all the brothers and sisters, stay strong and remember that Allah is in control.
it's disgusting how Muslims are being denied their basic civil liberties/ 1st Amendment rights in this country and being denied basic humanitarian rights guaranteed by the Geneva Convention across the world. My prayers and duah's are with all the brothers and sisters, stay strong and remember that Allah is in control.
# 256:
4:00 am PDT, Sep 9,
Faisal Rajbee, United Kingdom
"2 go in , 1 come out" was the mantra for bloodsport justice in mad max 3 - (beyond the thunderdome). Alas - these unfair trials are destroying the image of the US in Europe as well the rest of the world.It will lose the moral high ground against countries like China and Russia, thus confirming that the new phrase should be "freedom, justice OR the american way". the only way to redeem this situation is to free this young man, apologise to his parents/compensate his Mother and Father hearing of their son's torture during his detention and return him to his family.
"2 go in , 1 come out" was the mantra for bloodsport justice in mad max 3 - (beyond the thunderdome). Alas - these unfair trials are destroying the image of the US in Europe as well the rest of the world.It will lose the moral high ground against countries like China and Russia, thus confirming that the new phrase should be "freedom, justice OR the american way". the only way to redeem this situation is to free this young man, apologise to his parents/compensate his Mother and Father hearing of their son's torture during his detention and return him to his family.
# 255:
1:45 am PDT, Sep 9,
Rafaqut Rashid, United Kingdom
# 254:
12:53 pm PDT, Sep 8,
Zainab Taylor, United Kingdom
# 253:
12:52 pm PDT, Sep 8,
Shaheen Bagha, Canada
# 252:
12:43 pm PDT, Sep 8,
Naseem Mithoowani, Canada
Let us not let our zealousness for "national security" endanger civil liberties, democratic and human rights. These are the things that make a nation truly safe.
Let us not let our zealousness for "national security" endanger civil liberties, democratic and human rights. These are the things that make a nation truly safe.
# 251:
11:08 am PDT, Sep 8,
Edward Wilk, Arizona
# 250:
10:48 am PDT, Sep 8,
Rex Hutcheson, Wisconsin
# 249:
10:07 am PDT, Sep 8,
Grant Low, Washington
# 248:
9:29 am PDT, Sep 8,
Talib Mearza, United Kingdom
I am wholly commited to supporting due process and law when it comes to punishing anyone in our society in this day and age. We claim to live in a civilised society with human rights and a legistlation that should mean an end to the lawless practises of the ruling governments of times before when a man could be killed or imprisoned on the say so of an important official without trial, judge or jury.
I am wholly commited to supporting due process and law when it comes to punishing anyone in our society in this day and age. We claim to live in a civilised society with human rights and a legistlation that should mean an end to the lawless practises of the ruling governments of times before when a man could be killed or imprisoned on the say so of an important official without trial, judge or jury.
# 247:
9:07 am PDT, Sep 8,
James Davidson, Washington
# 246:
8:59 am PDT, Sep 8,
Omar Farooqui, United Kingdom
May Allah protect you during this blessed month and relieve you of all your worries, Ameen
May Allah protect you during this blessed month and relieve you of all your worries, Ameen
# 245:
8:40 am PDT, Sep 8,
Gary Norton, Colorado
It is imperative that justice not only be done, but that it appear to the world to have been done. The United States is as much on trial in this proceeding as is Mohammad Jawad. Please consider that in your deliberations and actions on this case.
It is imperative that justice not only be done, but that it appear to the world to have been done. The United States is as much on trial in this proceeding as is Mohammad Jawad. Please consider that in your deliberations and actions on this case.
# 244:
8:25 am PDT, Sep 8,
Beenish Gaya, Canada
Justice for one, Justice for all!
Justice for one, Justice for all!
# 243:
7:29 am PDT, Sep 8,
Rookaya Patel, Canada
# 242:
7:03 am PDT, Sep 8,
Yeota Imam, United Kingdom
This is a disgrace and as Muslims we need to stand up for this- let the shade of islam return so She can protect us all- ameen.
This is a disgrace and as Muslims we need to stand up for this- let the shade of islam return so She can protect us all- ameen.
# 241:
6:32 am PDT, Sep 8,
Omer Moghraby, United Kingdom
This is a terrible travesty of justice. A man is entitled to a fair trail, subject to decent environment andto see his family if he chooses to. All of those it seems are being denied to this man without our Government doing anything active about it. PLEASE ACT NOW!!
This is a terrible travesty of justice. A man is entitled to a fair trail, subject to decent environment andto see his family if he chooses to. All of those it seems are being denied to this man without our Government doing anything active about it. PLEASE ACT NOW!!
# 240:
2:39 am PDT, Sep 8,
Ayesha Mian, United Kingdom
# 239:
9:25 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Melody Smith, Iowa
# 238:
8:24 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Name not displayed, Canada
The United States, a great country, shouldn't tarnish its image by penalising minors, who are not even convicted of any terrorist charges.
The United States, a great country, shouldn't tarnish its image by penalising minors, who are not even convicted of any terrorist charges.
# 237:
7:32 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Angelika Neumann, Washington
I wholeheartedly support the defense's request. Please refer the charges.
I wholeheartedly support the defense's request. Please refer the charges.
# 236:
7:20 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 235:
6:52 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Sheila Oxford, California
# 234:
6:45 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Name not displayed, New York
# 233:
6:39 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Cherie Clark, Nebraska
# 232:
6:37 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Alexander Sagady, Michigan
I find it reprehensable that the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Military have engaged in the conduct of holding and torturing children in the name of a so-called "war on terror."
I find it reprehensable that the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Military have engaged in the conduct of holding and torturing children in the name of a so-called "war on terror."
# 231:
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6:27 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Bonnie J. Duncan, Vermont
Please reconsider the case of Mr. Jawad and drop the charges against him. It is not humane to subject him to further prosecution and imprisonment. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Sincerely |
# 230:
6:24 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Martha Maddy, West Virginia
This is a great injustice to a boy. Think of your own child and how you would feel if this happened to him.
This is a great injustice to a boy. Think of your own child and how you would feel if this happened to him.
# 229:
3:53 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Nasir Hasan, Florida
# 228:
2:28 pm PDT, Sep 7,
Lisa Lockwood, Georgia
# 227:
10:25 am PDT, Sep 7,
Juli Ozan Minion, Florida
It is a sad but obvious fact that Air Force Brigadier General Thomas Hartmann has tried to bully prosecutors into charging and trying Mohammad Jawad, a minor at the time of the alleged act of throwing a grenade at US forces in Afghanistan. The United States has been a voice around the world about the plight of Child Soldiers, and has championed their rehabilitation. This case should never have come to be. Mohammad Jawad has been the scapegoat for a failed and immoral military misadventure in capturing, holding without charges and torture of detainees at the Guantanamo Detention Center, as well as other notorious prison sites around the world. It is a shameful chapter in American History, but the Convening Authority, Ms. Susan Crawford has a chance to remove this blot on our history by dropping the charges against Mohammad Jawad. I and my family will continue to pray that she makes the right decision.
It is a sad but obvious fact that Air Force Brigadier General Thomas Hartmann has tried to bully prosecutors into charging and trying Mohammad Jawad, a minor at the time of the alleged act of throwing a grenade at US forces in Afghanistan. The United States has been a voice around the world about the plight of Child Soldiers, and has championed their rehabilitation. This case should never have come to be. Mohammad Jawad has been the scapegoat for a failed and immoral military misadventure in capturing, holding without charges and torture of detainees at the Guantanamo Detention Center, as well as other notorious prison sites around the world. It is a shameful chapter in American History, but the Convening Authority, Ms. Susan Crawford has a chance to remove this blot on our history by dropping the charges against Mohammad Jawad. I and my family will continue to pray that she makes the right decision.
# 226:
9:09 am PDT, Sep 7,
Shafeen Khan, United Kingdom
# 225:
6:57 am PDT, Sep 7,
Hina Khan, Canada
Justice should be served despite of skin colour or religion.
Justice should be served despite of skin colour or religion.
# 224:
11:48 pm PDT, Sep 6,
I Syed, Canada
# 223:
2:52 pm PDT, Sep 6,
Hakeem Baig, Canada
There is absolutely no evidence against Mohammad Jawad. Would appreciate justice!!!
There is absolutely no evidence against Mohammad Jawad. Would appreciate justice!!!
# 222:
2:29 pm PDT, Sep 6,
Name not displayed, Ohio
Please release innocent victims who have been wrongly imprisoned - this is injustice and oppression.
Please release innocent victims who have been wrongly imprisoned - this is injustice and oppression.
# 221:
10:46 am PDT, Sep 6,
Name not displayed, Pakistan
# 220:
10:21 am PDT, Sep 6,
Name not displayed, Canada
Justice is what we stand up for and what we believe in. It is about a fair trial, due process, and the rule of law. Yes, these values are indeed enshrined in our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but why should other human beings be unjustly and inhumanely deprived of these very rights and freedoms?
Justice is what we stand up for and what we believe in. It is about a fair trial, due process, and the rule of law. Yes, these values are indeed enshrined in our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but why should other human beings be unjustly and inhumanely deprived of these very rights and freedoms?
# 219:
8:24 am PDT, Sep 6,
Diane Gee, Michigan
# 218:
8:04 am PDT, Sep 6,
Faizah Akhtar, United Kingdom
# 217:
7:47 am PDT, Sep 6,
Aaisha Akhtar, United Kingdom
# 216:
7:23 am PDT, Sep 6,
Y A Hasnain, United Kingdom
Holding juveniles in such unjust conditions is a sad reflection of current US politics and procedures. The USA is capable of better human rights.
Holding juveniles in such unjust conditions is a sad reflection of current US politics and procedures. The USA is capable of better human rights.
# 215:
4:27 am PDT, Sep 6,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
The innocent are suffering and our voices should not stay silent for this is inhuman...may allah protect the innocent
The innocent are suffering and our voices should not stay silent for this is inhuman...may allah protect the innocent
# 214:
3:11 am PDT, Sep 6,
Mahmuda Khan, Canada
Dear Hon. Susan, Like many people of conscience, I am asking that you please pay a special attention of child captives who have been clearly abused beyond imagination and are going on trial at the Guatanomo.Humanity dictates that we consider these young humans as if they were our own children and mete out justice accordingly. I hope and pray that you will as a Convening Authority, be able to do that in the case of Mohammed Jawad. Thankyou!
Dear Hon. Susan, Like many people of conscience, I am asking that you please pay a special attention of child captives who have been clearly abused beyond imagination and are going on trial at the Guatanomo.Humanity dictates that we consider these young humans as if they were our own children and mete out justice accordingly. I hope and pray that you will as a Convening Authority, be able to do that in the case of Mohammed Jawad. Thankyou!
# 213:
8:51 pm PDT, Sep 5,
Name not displayed, Canada
As global citizens, let us support the fundamental right for justice. Let us not burden our conscience with the guilt of unfairly charging a victim of torture.
As global citizens, let us support the fundamental right for justice. Let us not burden our conscience with the guilt of unfairly charging a victim of torture.
# 212:
10:57 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Sandra Levee, New York
IF this child is innocent please release him...He doesnt deserve such cruelty we are a fair nation and are the good guys
IF this child is innocent please release him...He doesnt deserve such cruelty we are a fair nation and are the good guys
# 210:
5:23 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Chum R, Canada
# 209:
5:23 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Helen Schietinger, Washington D.C.
# 208:
3:45 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Leigh Messinides, California
The 5 1/2 year holding of a juvenile under such inhumane conditions is a grave mark of dishonor on the American people and its representatives in government. This act against someone without recourse to the usual legal representation and a young person caught up in a terrible war dishonors us all.
The 5 1/2 year holding of a juvenile under such inhumane conditions is a grave mark of dishonor on the American people and its representatives in government. This act against someone without recourse to the usual legal representation and a young person caught up in a terrible war dishonors us all.
# 207:
2:37 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Arthur Drucker, California
# 206:
11:26 am PDT, Sep 4,
BiLL Fowlie, Maine
# 205:
4:32 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Sonja DeSantiago, Illinois
# 204:
3:51 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Jeremy Young, Indiana
# 203:
1:54 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Marcia Visanji, Italy
Please show humanity. the man has suffered enough
Please show humanity. the man has suffered enough
# 202:
1:46 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Jill Benitez, Florida
Justicia.
Justicia.
# 201:
5:56 am PDT, Sep 3,
Roxie Schliesman, Wisconsin
