23 organizations (including the ACLU and Amnesty International) signed on to a letter to the state department demanding that the State department intervene in my client's arrest in Algeria and force the Algerian government to live up to the assurances it made to the State Department when Saeed was released. So far the state department has not responded-- but apparently the state department thinks they are helpless in enforcing the assurances given to them in advance of Saeed's repatriation to Algeria. The state department has also refused to help facilitate my trip to Algeria by making the proper introductions.
Center for Constitutional Rights spearheaded the organization of the groups signing on to the letter and a big thank you from me (on behalf of Saeed) for their efforts. Read the letter here.
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