Jawed "Jojo" Ahmad was a reporter for the Canadian media outlet CTV who was held and allegedly tortured by American forces at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. His attorneys and students with the Human Rights Clinic at Stanford Law School won his release after nearly a year in captivity.

Jojo was murdered by gunmen in Kandahar, Afghanistan on March 10, 2009.

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Jawed "Jojo" Ahmad was a reporter for the Canadian media outlet CTV who was held and allegedly tortured by American forces at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. His attorneys and students with the Human Rights Clinic at Stanford Law School won his release after nearly a year in captivity.

Jojo was murdered by gunmen in Kandahar, Afghanistan on March 10, 2009.

On March 12, 2009, Jojo's attorneys and student attorneys held this vigil at Stanford Law School in his memory.
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