BURLINGTON, Vt. – From the bench, Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi from prison on bail today, pending the resolution of his habeas petition. The government requested that Judge Crawford pause his release from prison for seven days by issuing a stay of the order, which the judge denied. “They were trying to silence Mohsen’s speech solely because he dared to speak about his people, about the atrocities that are going on, and he had the audacity t