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Pakistani immigrant sues US over false arrest |
2013-12-07 |
[Pak Daily Times] A Pak immigrant who says he was held for more than 10 months in solitary confinement after being falsely placed in durance vileYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! on terrorism charges has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Miami, saying he was a victim of "overzealousness" in the US war on terrorism. Irfan Khan, a 40-year-old Mohammedan, emigrated to the United States from Pakistain in 1994 and is a naturalised US citizen. He is the son of a 78-year-old south Florida imam who was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge in August for funneling more than $50,000 to the Pak Taliban. Hafiz Khan was convicted in March on four counts of providing money and support to the group, which the United States considers a terrorist organization. He had faced a maximum of 60 years in prison, and prosecutors sought a 15-year sentence. |
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