Exclusive: Bahraini Man Extradited from Greece to US and Jailed as Case Sealed and No Urdu Translation - more here

by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY EXCLUSIVE, April 21– A man named Mullah Mohammad Saleh, a citizen of Bahrain, was extradited to the United States from Greece and appeared in Magistrates Court of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 21 at 5 pm. 

 Inner City Press was there, the only media (the only civilian) in the Mag Court.   Saleh's case is sealed, but assigned to District Judge Valerie E. Caproni.

He was assigned a US taxpayer funded lawyer, saying that his income "varies... based on currency exchange rates." 

 His Federal Defender said she spoke with him in English, but that he speaks two languages including Urdu. The AUSA said that consular notification to Bahrain was in the works.

He consented to detention and was led away by the US Marshals. Inner City Press will continue on the case.  

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