Part 1 of a two part event that combines an educational element followed by an organizing session consisting of working groups who's themes were determined by the families of those incarcerated.
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Personal Stories of Preemptive Prosecution Part II: A Call to Action! Thursday December 16, 2010 Furman Hall, NYU
The time for speeches is over! Join us for the 1st ever Town Hall meeting with family members of wrongly convicted terror-suspects post-9-11. Justice is still needed for these cases and this event will be for individuals wanting to learn what they can do to assist these families in receiving their constitutional rights. Each family will briefly discuss the current status of their loved one's case. As a grassroots coalition of affected families, solidarity activists/organizations, and concerned community members, we will then determine what efforts are needed for each case, and set action items to work as a community to respond to the injustice that comes with preemptive prosecutions, often perpetuated by FBI agent provocateurs.
This event is for you, your rights, your freedoms... The time for feeling helpless is over, itâs time to act, get involved, share resources, and work to bring justice for all!
This will be a forum where all are welcome to collaborate and contribute to develop solutions.
Speakers:
Alicia McWilliams, aunt of David Williams, one of the Newburgh Four, the men charged with the attempted bombing of the Riverdale Temple. Lejla Duka, 13 year old daughter of one of the Fort Dix 5 Fatin Shnewer, mother of Mohammed Shnewer of the Fort Dix 5 Marlene Jenkins, mother of Tarik Shaw of the martial arts case Laila Yaghi, mother of Ziyad Yaghi from the Raleigh 7 case in North Carolina Shirin Sadequee, mother of Shifa Sadequee who was kidnapped from Bangladesh in 2006 under the direction of the US government and handed over to the US on alleged charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorism Noor Elashi, Daughter of Ghassan Elashi of the Holy Land 5 Tamer Mehanna, brother of Tarek Mehanna who was charged with conspiracy in 2009 after refusing to become an FBI informant Faisal Hashmi, brother of Fahad Hashmi, who has been charged with providing material aid to Al-Qaeda Hesham El Meligy, family friend of Farooque Ahmed who was arrested in Virginia on material support charges Shaheena Parveen, mother of Matin Siraj, convicted in 2006 in NYC Lynne Jackson, a volunteer and one of the founders of Project Salam, an internet group that believes many innocent Muslims were targeted, prosecuted, and convicted in the hysteria following 9/11 and the Bush Administrationâs violations of the US Constitution. The organizationâs mission is to identify as many of these cases as possible, to advocate for their release, and to make sure that their names and the injustices against them are not forgotten. Mauri Salakhaan, Director of Operations for The Peace and Justice Foundation - a Muslim led grassroots human rights organization based in Metropolitan Washington, DC Dominick Calsolaro, Albany Common Council Member sponsored and help pass a resolution in the Albany, NY City Council entitled âResolution Urging The U.S. Department Of Justice To Review The Convictions Of Muslims Who Were âPreemptively Prosecutedâ To Ensure Their Fair Treatment Under The U.S. Constitution And Bill Of Rights.â
Videos for Part 1 of this series: FBI Entrapment: Personal Stories of Preemptive Prosecution 25 March 2010, NYU http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=preemptive+prosecution+ConflictOrientedDave&aq=f
Endorsed by: WESPAC, Malcom X Grassroots Movement, DRUM, Project Salam, Justice for the Newburgh 4 Committee, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law School, Pakistan Solidarity Network, Preemptive Prosecution Coalition, The Peace Thru Justice Foundation, Families United for Justice in America, Al Awda-Palestine Right to Return Coalition-NYC
Sites of interest:
Project SALAM: Support and Legal Advocacy for Muslims www.projectsalam.org
WESPAC Foundation www.wespac.org
The intelligence factory: How America makes its enemies disappear Harper's Magazine Petra Bartosiewicz http://harpers.org/archive/2009/11/0082719
Democracy Now! 'Entrapment or Foiling Terror? FBI's Reliance on Paid Informants Raises Questions about Validity of Terrorism Cases' www.democracynow.org/2010/10/6/entrapment_or_foiling_terror_fbis_reliance
www.freeshifa.com
FBI engineers terror plot, creates terrorist http://rt.com/usa/news/fbi-usa-terrorism-portland
The Violation of Human Rights: The âWar on Terrorâ Continues at Home and Abroad http://politube.org/show/3107
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