[2063] in peace2
FREE SPEECH NEEDS YOUR HELP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anton F Van Der Ven)
Tue Nov 19 00:28:54 2002
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:28:45 -0500
From: Anton F Van Der Ven <avdv@MIT.EDU>
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FREE SPEECH NEEDS A SHOW OF SUPPORT*
Amer Jubran, picked up by FBI and INS agents more than two weeks ago,
will have a bond hearing this Thursday at 9:00 am.
FBI and INS agents arrived at Amer's house at 8:00 am, Nov 4, two
days after a legal pro-Palestinian protest that Amer helped organize.
The agents entered and searched his home without a warrant and took
him in for questioning, telling him that he would be home by noon if
he cooperated. Amer agreed to cooperate as long as he had legal
council. He is currently still in jail and has not been charged with
any offenses that warrant incarceration.
The targeting of Amer Jubran is an example of a deeply disturbing trend
since Sept 11, where legal immigrants of Arab descent are denied their
constitutional rights. Amer's case is a very important one. That is
why we need as many people as possible to show up at the INS court
house at government center at 8:00 am this Thursday (Nov. 21) to rally
on Amer's behalf. It is extremely important that law enforcement
officials and politicians get the message that continued infringements
of our constitutional rights will not be tolerated by the American
people. We must be out there in force.
Waking up a little earlier than usual and standing in the cold for
an hour is little sacrifice compared to the sacrifices we will be
making once we lose important constitutional rights such as
freedom of speech.
For more information go to (articles, pictures and audio):
http://boston.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=9013&group=webcast
http://boston.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=9001&group=webcast
http://boston.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=9012&group=webcast
