U.S. civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor released from United Arab Emirates jail, lawyer says
U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor, who was convicted in the United Arab Emirates this week on money laundering charges, has been released from detention there and was headed home to the United States, his lawyer said on Friday.
A court on Wednesday upheld Ghafoor’s earlier in-absentia conviction, ordering him to pay a fine but revoking a three-year jail term handed down in May.Ghafoor, who lives in Virginia, was transiting through Dubai airport on July 14 when he was detained for the in-absentia conviction in May for money laundering and tax evasion that followed a 2020 request for assistance by U.S. authorities.
U.S. officials have not confirmed the assistance request, but said that the arrest was not made at the request of Washington. The in-absentia trial and his detention last month while U.S. President Joe Biden was visiting the region has drawn criticism from rights groups and some members of Congress.
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