[2392] in peace2
Aimee Smith in court hearing tomorrow
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Outcalt)
Wed Mar 26 13:39:51 2003
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I am reposting this post from Anton as a reminder to those who can
attend. The hearing is tomorrow a.m. Aimee explained to me that the
arrest had to do with the fact that the name of a legal aid contact
was listed on the reverse side of the information handed out. So I
guess the Boston INS definition of freedom of speech is that we can
let people know that "maybe they could get some help" but not
actually explain how.
Jan
At 5:44 PM -0500 3/18/03, Anton F Van Der Ven wrote:
>Protest the Targeting of Immigrant Rights Activists--
>Pack the Courtroom!
>
>Thursday, 3/27, 9:30 a.m.
>Boston Federal Courthouse
>(Joseph Moakley Courthouse near Fan Pier)
>
>On January 10, 2003, immigrant rights activists Aimee Smith and Dan Keshet
>were detained and cited for handing out information about basic
>constitutional rights to immigrants at the INS headquarters in Boston.
>Their actions were part of an ongoing campaign to get necessary legal
>information to Arab and Muslim men who have been forced to appear to be
>photographed, fingerprinted and interrogated as part the Special
>Registration Program--a systematic program of racial profiling and
>religious persecution--instituted by the Department of Justice in December
>of 2001.
>
>Please help us pack the courthouse for their hearing on Thursday, 3/27, to
>support the right of freedom of speech and freedom of protest.
