[free-sklyarov] Dmitry's Status

[Will Doherty]

We know where Dmitry is, that is, in a Las Vegas jail.
A TV news crew has visited him and others are in contact
as well.

At 09:43 AM 7/24/2001 -0700, Dan Martinez wrote:
>So, last I heard, (a) no one knows exactly where Dmitry is, and (b) he
>has yet to be allowed even consular contact.
>
>Are these things still true?
>
>If so, it seems like (b) should be played up in the press. Our
>government raised quite a stink a few months ago when several of its
>servicepersons were held by the Chinese government without immediate
>consular contact.
>
>As for (a), someone mentioned a writ of habeas corpus. IANAL -- can
>someone who is comment on the usefulness of such a thing as a means of
>establishing contact with Dmitri? Is anyone at the EFF or elsewhere
>pursuing this avenue?
>
>While I'm all for marching on until the DMCA lies in rubble at our
>feet, I don't want to lose sight of the fact that a guy younger than I
>am has been entrusted to the tender mercies of federal custody, and it
>would probably do him a great deal of good to know that there's still
>a larger world out there that cares about him and wants to get him
>out.
>
>Dan
>
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