15 years for a web site, under Patriot Act

[Ivo Skoric]

Web design becomes risky business. Sami Omar is kept in detention for 
over a year, despite the order of federal judge, for merely designing 
arabic web sites: this just shows how much undeserved power did the 
government get against non-citizens under the Patriot Act.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/27/national/27BOIS.html
http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040427/NEWS
01/404270352

Since February 26, 2003, Sami has been detained and kept in an 
isolation cell in Boise pending trail:
        * Detained for over a year on unfounded charge
        * Detained despite Federal Judge's ruling to set free pending 
trial
        * Detained from competing his Ph.D.
        * DETAINED FROM HIS FAMILY

"… As we leave we hope that you will keep Sami in your thoughts and 
prayers, make his case your case, and share your support with him. 
With his family gone, he needs your support more than ever."
Maha, Sami's wife