.Briton jailed for 15 years in Iraq
A British student who claims he was on a humanitarian mission to Iraq when he was arrested by US forces has been jailed for 15 years for passport violations.
Mobeen Muneef, 27, from Tooting, south London, was sentenced by the central criminal court in Iraq after a trial last week. He was apprehended by US marines with a group of men in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi on December 7 2004. His family claim he was helping with the humanitarian aid effort, but the US military say gunpowder residues were found on his hands when he was arrested.
It is not known exactly what charges were brought against him by the court, or on what grounds US forces held him.
His lawyers claim he did not have a fair hearing as charges were only brought on April 15. Phil Shiner of Public Interest Lawyers said Muneef should be transferred to British custody at the al-Shaibah facility in Basra.
But a spokesman for the Foreign Office said it was continuing to offer Muneef consular assistance and that he had had legal representation at his trial.
Guardian
What he needed was Kahlids mother to intervene on his behalf, that would have got him off.
Mobeen Muneef, 27, from Tooting, south London, was sentenced by the central criminal court in Iraq after a trial last week. He was apprehended by US marines with a group of men in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi on December 7 2004. His family claim he was helping with the humanitarian aid effort, but the US military say gunpowder residues were found on his hands when he was arrested.
It is not known exactly what charges were brought against him by the court, or on what grounds US forces held him.
His lawyers claim he did not have a fair hearing as charges were only brought on April 15. Phil Shiner of Public Interest Lawyers said Muneef should be transferred to British custody at the al-Shaibah facility in Basra.
But a spokesman for the Foreign Office said it was continuing to offer Muneef consular assistance and that he had had legal representation at his trial.
Guardian
What he needed was Kahlids mother to intervene on his behalf, that would have got him off.
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