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Family photograph of Dr. Wafaa Alrashid and Rami Othmane.<\/p>\n
(Dr. Wafaa Alrashid)<\/p>\n
Since his arrest, Othmane has been kept in the Federal Building \u2014 sleeping on a cold floor with no bedding, hygiene supplies or privacy, his wife said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not just an immigration issue \u2014 this is a human rights crisis,\u201d Alrashid said in a statement. \u201cMy husband has been subjected to 12 days of inhumane treatment in a federal building. He is not a criminal. He is a kind, peaceful man with an open immigration petition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alrashid said in a post to Instagram<\/a> that the conditions are not livable, adding detainees are fed at random times and are expected to share an open toilet.<\/p>\n On Friday, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, an advocacy group based in Pasadena, organized a protest vigil<\/a> outside the federal detention facility in downtown L.A., known as B-18, to demand Othmane\u2019s release.<\/p>\n \u201cLike all immigrants \u2014 like all human beings \u2014 he deserves to be treated with decency and respect and to receive due process of the law. It appears that these basic rights are being cruelly denied him,\u201d the organization said in a statement Friday. \u201cWe demand an end to the lawless campaign of raids and arrests that has led to gross injustices like the imprisonment of our friend Rami, and so many others.\u201d<\/p>\n