RICHMOND, Va. — Thirty Virginia legislators called on the Biden administration Saturday to take action on behalf of Asim Ghafoor, a friend and former lawyer of slain dissident Jamal Khashoggi who’s been imprisoned by the United Arab Emirates.
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Why is the UAE detaining an american lawyer who worked with Jamal Khashoggi?
SINCE THE AMERICAN lawyer Asim Ghafoor was arrested in July while trying to make a connecting flight in the United Arab Emirates, his supporters in Washington, D.C., have been speculating as to exactly why.
Emirati authorities detained Ghafoor on accusations of money laundering and tax evasion while he was catching a connecting flight, informing him that he had also been secretly tried, convicted, and sentenced in absentia…
Biden urged to release civil rights attorney with ties to Houston detained in Dubai
Houston Congressman Al Green and a bipartisan group of legislators are ratcheting up pressure on President Joe Biden to assist in releasing a civil rights attorney arrested after representing slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Attorney Asim Ghafoor, who grew up in Houston and now resides in Virginia, was detained on July 14 at an airport the United Arab Emirates while en route to Istanbul, Reuters previously reported…
Projecting Strength Abroad Isn’t Simply About Killing Terrorists. It’s About Standing Up to Despots, Too.
Ayman Al Zawahiri, terrorist and Al Qaeda mastermind, was killed in a targeted U.S. air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. He died with the blood of innocent civilians on his hands.
President Biden is using the strike to bolster his approval here at home. It is troubling to watch yet another American president flog “War…
Pressure Grows in the U.S. for the U.A.E. to Free an American Lawyer
Pressure is mounting in the United States for the United Arab Emirates to release a Virginia lawyer who represented Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist who was murdered and dismembered by Saudi agents in 2018.
On Thursday, members of Congress and a grouping of Muslim organizations held two separate news conferences to draw attention to the case of the lawyer, Asim Ghafoor, who was…
Virginia lawmakers urge action on behalf of detained lawyer
Ghafoor, a Virginia resident, was arrested earlier this month and quickly sentenced to three years in prison on charges of money laundering and tax evasion…
UAE detains U.S. lawyer for Khashoggi on money laundering charges
United Arab Emirates authorities have detained Asim Ghafoor, a U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney who previously served as a lawyer for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said U.S.-based rights group DAWN of whose board Ghafoor is a member.
A UAE government official confirmed Ghafoor was arrested while transiting through Dubai International Airport on July 14 on charges related to an in absentia…
US disputes UAE’s explanation of Khashoggi lawyer arrest
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States on Monday said it had not sought the arrest of the former lawyer of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, contradicting the United Arab Emirates’ official explanation for the American citizen’s detention.
The UAE on Saturday sentenced the civil rights lawyer, U.S. citizen Asim Ghafoor, to three years in prison followed by deportation on charges of money laundering and tax evasion…