Associated Press 3-20-07 Family of fasting inmate asks for hunger strike to stop Link: Click here SAMUEL SPIES RALEIGH, N.C. – A former University of South Florida professor is “very, very weak” and cold after spending two months on a hunger strike that his family believes threatens his life, his[Read More…]
St. Petersburg Times March 20, 2007 Gaunt Al-Arian shocks familyLink: Click here By Meg Laughlin Sami Al-Arian has been on a hunger strike for 58 days to protest being held beyond his prison sentence. On a water-only diet, he has lost 53 pounds. The former University of South Florida professor[Read More…]
USF Oracle, 3/22/07 Link: Click here By David Guidi, Asst. News Editor Sami Al-Arian slumped forward in his wheelchair Saturday, reached forward and grasped a black chess piece to make his next move, as his wife, Nahla, looked on. His hand trembled, one of the many tolls exacted by a[Read More…]
The Nation editorial | posted March 22, 2007 (April 9, 2007 issue) Sami Al-Arian Link: Click here Dr. Sami Al-Arian could die in jail. The Palestinian computer professor is withering away in a North Carolina medical prison, where he was moved on day 24 of a hunger strike he began[Read More…]
The New York Sun BY JOSH GERSTEIN – Staff Reporter of the Sun September 12, 2007 Link: Click here JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A federal appeals court is struggling with the case of a former Florida college professor who admitted to aiding Palestinian Islamic Jihad but later insisted that his plea[Read More…]
St. Petersburg Times Meg Laughlin, Times staff writer December 11, 2008 Link: Click here In early 2007, Sami Al-Arian was verbally and physically abused by federal prison guards, according to the inspector general for the Department of Justice. Last week, Al-Arian’s attorney, Jonathan Turley, received a letter from an investigator[Read More…]
The Tampa Tribune By ELAINE SILVESTRINI December 21, 2008 Link: Click here TAMPA – The criminal contempt case against Sami Al-Arian may collapse because of the actions of the federal prosecutor who brought the charges in Virginia, two low professors say. The prosecutor added language to what otherwise would have[Read More…]
IPSnews.netMarch 27, 2008By Ali Gharib Link: Click here WASHINGTON, Mar 27 (IPS) – Webster’s New Dictionary defines “justice” with words that represent lofty ideals; “integrity”, “impartiality”, and “the awarding of what is due”. But in the case of Palestinian activist and former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian, critics[Read More…]
Tampa Tribune March 31, 2008 By Keith Morelli Link: Click here TAMPA – Sami Al-Arian, the former University of South Florida professor who remained in a Virginia prison on contempt of court charges despite his acquittal on serious terrorist charges, has lost 32 pounds in a month-long hunger strike, according[Read More…]
Political Prisoner Suffers Isolation while Doc Wows Toronto Audiences April 21, 2007 (Links below) The Norwegian documentary “USA vs Al-Arian” premiered Friday at HotDocs, eliciting moviegoers’ outrage towards the US justice system and its treatment of the Al-Arian family. The film portrays an American Muslim family facing charges of terrorism[Read More…]
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