USA: Prisoner of conscience: Abdullah William Webster

Index Number: AMR 51/137/2004
Date Published: 16 September 2004
Categories: Americas, USA

On 3 June, Sergeant Abdullah William Webster was sentenced by US court-martial to 14 months imprisonment for refusing to participate in the war in Iraq on the basis of his religious beliefs. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned for his conscientious objection to participating in war.