Free Mr. Kahlid Adem
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Author: Selamawi Tesfa
Started: November 4, 2006, 12:07:53 am
Target: Gwinnett County Court, Atlanta, Georgia
Supporters:

1,048
Goal:

2,000
Goal Progress:

53% Complete
Status

Active
I was very shocked when I heard about the news of an Ethiopian father (Mr. Khalid Adem) circumcising his 2 year old daughter in 2001 (now 7 years old). I was even more shocked when I read the news that Mr. Adem was sentenced to 10 years in prison on November 1, 2006.

However, I don’t think Mr. Adem did this brutal act to his daughter. I am suspicious that his ex-wife has leveled this false charge against him. My suspicion stems from that Mr. Adem was going through an exceptionally nasty divorce and custody case from a South African woman who only noticed that her daughter was circumcised after the separation! And the vivid detail with which the seven-year-old girl remembers what happened when she was two unsettles me.

Adem's attorney acknowledged that the girl had been cut, but implied that the family of the girl's mother, who emigrated from South Africa, may have been responsible.

Even though I agree with the cruelty and brutality of female genital mutilation, I believe Mr. Adem is a victim of unfounded accusations. I think the sentence was nothing but an attempt to satisfy the media that picked up the news to tarnish the image of Ethiopia or out of fear of some "women rights" organizations.

Therefore, we the undersigned individuals respectfully ask the judge to reconsider the sentencing of Mr. Khalid Adem.

Thanks




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zanthine girl said 02/24/09, 5:28 am (verified)
Keep him in jail where he belongs.
#1048

Abebech m said 11/18/08, 6:44 am (verified)
FGM (cercumstion) in any part of africa traditionally is done by older females . Men let alone doing FGM they even do not present during the FGM . Khalid is innocent . it is sad that an innocent man sent to jail. The grandmother of the child as being a nurse and traditionally curcumstion is done by older african women makes it that the grandmother and the monther are responsible and did it for a revenge.. Khalid adem is innocent. free khalid!
#1047

sprecher said 05/09/08, 9:11 am (verified)
I support this petition.
#1046

iman said 04/16/08, 6:09 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1045

nebat hussen said 04/15/08, 9:15 am (verified)
I am defintly sure that he isn't responsible for it. His wife's mother did it and the wife knows when it exactly happened, and she just want to revenge him for leaving her for another women.iT Is obvious that it is always the mother or the grand mother (the wife's mother) who are responsible to get the circumsition done.
#1044

Hassan Kedir said 04/14/08, 2:53 pm (verified)
FREE FREE FREE KHALID!!!!
#1043

Samir Shakour said 03/01/08, 3:00 am (verified)
Bull shit the jury, they set their conviction based on religion,and forgot about their dignity and dumped it in the trash and sent some one innocent to jail, don't they fear God !!! I hope they all and the judge to go to hell
#1042

Melat Solomon said 02/18/08, 8:33 pm (verified)
I think there were/are enough evidence that supports his innocence
#1041

muna aman said 01/07/08, 12:53 am (verified)
I support this petition.
#1040

Dr fikadu said 12/13/07, 8:49 am (verified)
He is in prison for one year ,What a sad story...for me this is all done my the mistake of his lawyer W. mark. he did not defense khalid well ...Please Gwinnett court you will be amazed by this case if you are neutral lawyer W. mark.he did not defense khalid well ...Please Gwineet court you will be amazed by this case if you are nutral
#1039

Tifsihit Ezra said 10/17/07, 6:07 pm (verified)
I have no doubt he Khalid Adem is innocent. He absolutely does not fill the profile of someone who would do this and the mother's story is very fishy. Justice has not been served.
#1038

je suis abdy said 10/09/07, 4:44 am (verified)
i hate to see inosent people crying. let go of the inosent.
#1037

Ezra said 10/05/07, 5:30 am (verified)
This is not the case of white and black (African) people it is a case where an innocent man and littel girl victimised by false allegation.
#1036

mensur said 09/23/07, 11:12 am (verified)
I support this petition.
#1035

Miriam Palm said 09/12/07, 12:48 pm (verified)
Mr. Khalid Adem is an innocent man! No way did he do this...only women practice this
#1034

Nina Mitchell said 08/31/07, 4:15 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#1033

Seid Omer said 08/30/07, 7:24 am (verified)
Free Khalid......Free Khalid. God Bless
#1032

Elias Rashid said 08/24/07, 7:32 am (verified)
Khalid is the victim of corrupt and an etical media propagand. Who ever sent him to the prison must be ignorant of the law and driven blindly to extrim heatred his back ground. If he was white American or Non Muslim that will never happend with these poor evidences
#1031

kedir said 08/18/07, 6:07 am (verified)
FGM was common in ethiopia with out any relilgious backing. But it never performed by the child's parents. if the mother accuse him for highering some one to do it for him, I would be sespecious. If she said that he did it, it is a lie and perscutors have to do more work to find out the truth.I blieve that Khalid is a victom of family dispute not crulity.
#1030

Nejat Ibrahim said 07/29/07, 1:10 pm (verified)
I really support this petition!!!
#1029