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5 years later, Fla.-Va. case in limbo

5 years later, Fla.-Va. case in limbo

Associated Press Link: Fla-Ca Case in Limbo 5 years later, Fla.-Va. terrorism case in limbo   By MATTHEW BARAKA   Thursday, May 15, 2014     ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — For five years, a federal judge upset with the prosecution of a Florida professor once accused of being a leading[Read More…]

by May 15, 2014 0 comments 2014
The Other Guantanamo Bay

The Other Guantanamo Bay

Mother Jones June 10, 2013 By Victoria Brittain Due to a 2010 Supreme Court ruling, American Muslims are being pre-convicted and pre-punished on US soil. Dr. Sami Al-Arian, accused of being a leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has been in legal limbo for years. A four-month hunger strike, mass force-feedings,[Read More…]

by June 10, 2013 0 comments 2013

San José event exposes persecution of Sami Al-Arian

Fight Back News July 22, 2013 By Masao Suzuki | Read more articles in Political PrisonersSan José, CA – On July 19, some 25 people gathered at the San José Peace and Justice Center to watch the film USA vs. Al-Arian. The event was organized by the South Bay Committee[Read More…]

by February 22, 2013 0 comments 2013
When Your Father Is Accused of Terrorism (6/13/2012)

When Your Father Is Accused of Terrorism (6/13/2012)

Source: The Nation Magazine By: Laila Al-Arian June 13, 2012 | This article appeared in the July 2-9, 2012 edition of The Nation. TIM ROBINSON For a while, the phone stopped ringing. Not completely—reporters called, but many old friends did not. That’s how my mother remembers the days following my[Read More…]

by June 16, 2012 0 comments 2012
Never Ending Prosecution and Vendetta: The Kafkaesque Story of Sami Al-Arian (5/29/2012)

Never Ending Prosecution and Vendetta: The Kafkaesque Story of Sami Al-Arian (5/29/2012)

Link: Prism Magazine (5/29/2012): Never Ending Prosecution and Vendetta: The Kafkaesque Story of Sami Al-Arian   Never Ending Prosecution and Vendetta: The Kafkaesque Story of Sami Al-Arian By William Fisher. Published on May 29, 2012 In a nationwide press conference in 2003, George W. Bush’s attorney general, the born-again John[Read More…]

by May 30, 2012 0 comments 2012
Personalizing civil liberties abuses (4/16/2012)

Personalizing civil liberties abuses (4/16/2012)

Source:Salon.com Personalizing civil liberties abuses By Glenn Greenwald April 16, 2012 On Saturday, I was at the University of Chicago for an event to discuss humanitarian intervention and empire. One of my fellow speakers was Tariq Ramadan, the highly regarded Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford. He’s one of[Read More…]

by April 16, 2012 0 comments 2012
Al-Arian affair biggest local Tampa story that resulted from 9/11 attacks (9/12/2011)

Al-Arian affair biggest local Tampa story that resulted from 9/11 attacks (9/12/2011)

by Mitch Perry – Creative Loafing (CL) Sep 12, 2011 The St. Petersburg Times has two excellent stories regarding 9/11 in their Sunday editions; A front-pager from Leonora LaPeter Anton about the mission of one man bring a piece of the World Trade Center to Venice in Sarasota County, and[Read More…]

by September 12, 2011 0 comments 2011
Political Persecution, American Style: A film review (4/4/2012)

Political Persecution, American Style: A film review (4/4/2012)

Source: Chicago Sun Times By Omer M. Mozaffar Uploaded by Roger Ebert on April 4, 2012 Just a few months ago, our President signed the National Defense Authorization Act 2012 after almost unanimous bipartisan support in both the House and Senate, while the media almost unanimously ignored it. This is that same[Read More…]

by September 12, 2011 0 comments 2012
How the Road from 9/11 Led to My Door (9/10/2011)

How the Road from 9/11 Led to My Door (9/10/2011)

By Jess Sundin – Op-Ed News A legal campaign has targeted Arabs and Muslims engaged in political or charity work that runs counter to official US foreign policy.   Dr. Sami Al Arian of Tampa, Florida, was an outspoken defender of civil liberties for Arabs and Muslims in the US,[Read More…]

by September 12, 2011 0 comments 2011
US activists face new repression as political prisoners fight for justice  (11/15/2010)

US activists face new repression as political prisoners fight for justice (11/15/2010)

US activists face new repression as political prisoners fight for justice Nora Barrows-Friedman and Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 15 November 2010 Link: Click Here The US government is attempting to criminalize solidarity work in the Palestinian community. (Maureen Clare Murphy) For decades the United States government has attempted[Read More…]

by February 1, 2011 0 comments 2010