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April 15, 2008 Demand Immediate Release of Palestinian Nonviolent Resistance Activist ******Please forward widely and act TODAY!********** Early in the morning of Friday April 11th IDF troops invaded the home of the AbuMaria family and arrested Mousa AbuMaria. Mousa is a well known nonviolent activist and a co-founder of the Palestinian... July 11, 2007 Getting the FBI's files on Farouk I filed a Freedom of Information/Privacy Act request (commonly known as a FOIA) for the FBI's files on Farouk in March 2006. The first stirrings of a response started coming in December, when I got a voice mail message from... May 23, 2007 Human rights defender Lynne Stewart needs your help Lynne Stewart has for decades been a valued member of the New York progressive community and until recently a lawyer who defended the rights of many. Targeted under some of Attorney General John Ashcroft's most blatantly unconstitutional "anti-terrorism" laws,... March 29, 2007 Stop the deportations of stateless Palestinian refugees! PLEASE FORWARD FAR & WIDE! DIFFUSEZ SVP! (Français ci-dessous) STATELESS & DEPORTED.... Bi-Weekly Picket in Solidarity with Palestinian Refugees Facing Deportation THURSDAY MARCH 29th, 4 pm -> 6 pm Citizenship & Immigration Canada 1010 St. Antoine W. [corner of Peel]... March 20, 2007 URGENT: SAVE SAMI AL-ARIAN'S LIFE, DEMAND HIS IMMEDIATE RELEASE Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, calls on all people of conscience to demand that Dr. Sami Al-Arian is immediately freed from his political imprisonment. Dr. Al-Arian is a Palestinian former University of Florida professor who is currently... February 26, 2007 FBI Harrasses Farouk Friend and Activist by Maryloo Souied This is the latest chapter as far as my troubles with the feds. I had other troubles back in 1998-99 and in 2005 but those troubles were basically things that made me and my friends go, "hmmm."... August 03, 2006 Sharin Chiorazzo (Farouk's fiancee) on Cable Talk Show Middle East Analyst and Host of WBAI Radio Program "Live From Palestine" http://channer.tv/Thursday's%20.htm Airs at 10:30 AM Time/Warner Cable NYC Ch. 34 also streamed to Web at WWW.MNN.ORG: click here for webcast Sharin, who was engaged to Farouk during... July 31, 2006 Judge Orders Palestinian Freed from Immigration News Briefs Vol. 9, No. 27 - July 30, 2006 On July 27, US District Court Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. of Los Angeles ordered the government to free Southern California Muslim community leader Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan, a Palestinian... July 21, 2006 Vigil Commemorating the Life of Farouk Abdel-Muhti At the Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza Broadway at Worth Street NYC May 01, 2006 Great American Boycott 2006 in New York City 1) May 1: Great American Boycott 2006 in New York City (4pm rally/march) Primero de Mayo: Gran Paro Americano 2006 en Nueva York (4pm mitin/marcha) 2) Actions at 12:16pm in Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island [Acciones a las 12:16pm... March 20, 2006 SIGN PETITION to Block Anti-Immigrant Legislation There is now pending before Congress a very wrongheaded and destructive bill which panders to anti-immigrant hostility and fear by further criminalizing out-of-status immigrants. The bill offers no rational solution to the fact that there are already 11 million "illegal"... August 24, 2005 "LA 8" Hit with REAL ID Charges Immigration News Briefs Vol. 8, No. 33 - August 13, 2005 Immigration News Briefs is a weekly supplement to Weekly News Update on the Americas, published by Nicaragua Solidarity Network, 339 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012; tel 212-674-9499; fax... August 09, 2005 Farouk's 58th Birthday, 8/9/05 All, In addition to today, August 9th, 2005 marking the the 60th anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 (a somber and tragic anniversary), today also marks the would be 58th birthday of our friend, brother... April 08, 2005 Tribute to Farouk this Tuesday on WBAI This coming Tuesday (April 12th) will mark the one year anniversary since the release of our brother and comrade in struggle, Farouk Abdel-Muhti, from custody in the immigration jails of the United States Immigration authorities, on an alleged visa violation.... March 30, 2005 WITNESSES NEEDED for OIG investigation of detainee abuse Hello friends, The Office of Inspector General (OIG) connected to the Department of Homeland Security is currently conducting an investigation of abuses against immigrant detainees at four county jails throughout the country. Two of the county jails being investigated are... January 05, 2005 Prosecution in Lawyer's Terror Trial Is Accused of Playing on Fear January 5, 2005 The New York Times By JULIA PRESTON A defense lawyer in the trial of Lynne F. Stewart, a lawyer charged with conspiring with Egyptian terrorists, accused the government yesterday of trying to play on jurors' fears by... December 06, 2004 Immigration Authorities End Torture-by-Dogs of Detainees in U.S. Jails NJ Civil Rights Defense Committee Press Release For Release Dec. 6, 2004 Contact: Eric Lerner 973-736-0522 elerner@igc.org Press conference to be held Monday, Dec. 6 1:00 PM Rutger’s Newark Campus Newark, NJ Hill Hall (Room 208) To get to Room... December 03, 2004 Denounce the deportation of Ahmad Nafaa Stateless Palestinian Refugee is now in a US jail, eventually to be deported to the refugee camp! Denounce the deportation of Ahmad Nafaa, demand his return to Canada! December 1. 2004-- Tuesday morning, Ahmad Nafaa was deported from Canada to... November 24, 2004 DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE DEPORTATION OF AHMAD NAFAA DEMONSTRATION TODAY! 12:00-13:00 Immigration Canada: 1010 St. Antoine West (corner Peel) (metro Bonaventure) November 03, 2004 11/13/04 Memorial for Farouk Abdel-Muhti Contact: Sharin Chiorazzo,(201)951-6919 abufkheida@maktoob.com David Wilson,(212)674-9499 freefarouk@yahoo.com FOR RELEASE: Immediately MEMORIAL MEETING FOR PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST: A celebration of the life of Farouk Abdel-Muhti, who died July 21, 2004, 100 days after being released from a post-September 11,... September 14, 2004 U.S to free stowaway after 4 years in detention The federal government has agreed to release a stowaway who had been among the nation's longest-held immigration detainees. September 07, 2004 PALESTINIAN NEARLY SET ADRIFT On Aug. 26, US immigration officials tried to deport detainee Salim Yassir, a stateless Palestinian without travel documents. Officials sought to put Yassir on a cargo ship docked at the Port of Baltimore, set to depart for Britain on Aug.... August 20, 2004 3 Palestinian Activists Face U.S. Charges from The New York Times By DAVID STOUT Published: August 20, 2004 WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 — Three men have been charged with raising millions of dollars for Hamas, the group blamed for carrying out dozens of suicide bombings in Israel,... |
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