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An Interview With Alka Pradhan (Lawyer For 9/11 Defendant Ammar al-Baluchi)
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Alka Pradhan is an American human rights attorney who has represented Guantanamo Bay detainees, civilian drone strike victims, and other torture victims. She currently works for the U.S. Department of Defense, Military Commissions Defense Organization and represents Ammar al-Baluchi in the case of United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Pradhan also works as a defense attorney at the International Criminal Court.
Additionally, she is an active participant in the UN human rights mechanisms, with submissions or presentations on behalf of clients to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the UN Committee Against Torture, the Human Rights Committee, and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. She has co-written or advised on several amicus curiae briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In this interview, Ms. Pradhan speaks at length regarding her initial career as a litigator while working alongside the International Criminal Court., Military Commissions Defense Organization and co-counsel for Ammar al-Baluchi (one of the defendants charged for the Sept 11th attacks).
111 episodes
Manage episode 431151125 series 2929792
Alka Pradhan is an American human rights attorney who has represented Guantanamo Bay detainees, civilian drone strike victims, and other torture victims. She currently works for the U.S. Department of Defense, Military Commissions Defense Organization and represents Ammar al-Baluchi in the case of United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Pradhan also works as a defense attorney at the International Criminal Court.
Additionally, she is an active participant in the UN human rights mechanisms, with submissions or presentations on behalf of clients to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the UN Committee Against Torture, the Human Rights Committee, and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. She has co-written or advised on several amicus curiae briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In this interview, Ms. Pradhan speaks at length regarding her initial career as a litigator while working alongside the International Criminal Court., Military Commissions Defense Organization and co-counsel for Ammar al-Baluchi (one of the defendants charged for the Sept 11th attacks).
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