Muneer Ahmad
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Muneer Ahmad a professor of law at the Yale Law School. He is a specialist in international human rights and immigration law.
He is known for his work as co-counsel for Omar Khadr, a Canadian that is detained at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.[1]
Khadr subsequently dismissed Ahmad, after winning a legal fight to not be represented by Americans.[2]
Ahmad was critical of the qualifications of John Merriam, the 31 year old military lawyer who was appointed to defend Khadr.[3]
- "He is represented by a 31-year-old army captain who has never represented a defendant at trial in his life, even for charges of jaywalking... It would be laughable if the stakes weren't so high.[3]"
Ahmad contributed a chapter to Guantanamo attorneys.[4] Ahmad called representing Khadr "...the most challenging client representation in which I have engaged."
References
- ↑ Muneer I. Ahmad Appointed Clinical Professor of Law. Yale Law School. URL: http://www.law.yale.edu/news/9721.htm. Accessed on: November 13, 2009.
- ↑ Omar Khadr: Coming of age in a Guantanamo Bay jail cell. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. URL: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/13/f-omar-khadr.html. Accessed on: November 13, 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Michael Rowland (2006-01-11). "Lawyers sceptical as Guantanamo trials resume". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2006-01-11%2Flawyers-sceptical-as-guantanamo-trials-resume%2F777008&date=2012-08-12. "He says the hearings will be nothing but show trials."
- ↑ Muneer Ahmad. "On being fired". New York University. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdlib.nyu.edu%2Fguantanamo%2Fdocuments%2Fpdfa%2FAhmad_On%2520Being.pdfa&date=2012-08-12. "For me, it was the formal end of nearly three years of the most challenging client representation in which I have engaged."
External links
- Muneer I. Ahmad - yale.edu.
