Historical Person

Syed Farhaj Hassan

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📍 United States

Syed Farhaj Hassan

Gender: Male

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New Jersey Muslims file Hassan v. City of New York against NYPD surveillance

📅 6 June 2012

Muslim individuals, businesses and organizations in New Jersey sued New York City over the NYPD’s surveillance program. The plaintiffs alleged that their religious identity, rather than evidence of...

Hassan plaintiffs win reinstatement of their surveillance lawsuit

📅 13 October 2015

The Third Circuit reversed the dismissal of Hassan v. City of New York and returned the case to the district court. It recognized that being singled out for surveillance because of Muslim identity...

Hassan plaintiffs settle the NYPD surveillance lawsuit

📅 5 April 2018

Muslim businesses, mosques, individuals and student groups finalized a settlement in Hassan v. City of New York. The agreement followed years of litigation over religiously targeted surveillance in...