Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace April 16, 2008Subject: -[TBCJP]- Dr. Al-Arian Faces Shocking Abuse in New Facility Yesterday morning, Dr. Sami Al-Arian was transported by immigration agents to the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Virginia. Since arriving at the facility, he has been subjected to numerous, shocking[Read More…]
April 15, 2008 ARLINGTON, Va.– Immigration officials on Monday afternoon removed Dr. Sami Al-Arian from the Howard County Detention Center in Maryland to an undisclosed detention facility. Dr. Al-Arian, who entered the seventh week of a hunger strike on April 14, had been kept in punitive conditions over the weekend,[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace April 15, 2008Subject: -[TBCJP]- Dr. Al-Arian Moved from Abusive Facility I. Dr. Al-Arian Moved from Abusive Facility II. Reminder about Al-Arian Press Conference Today! Dr. Al-Arian Moved from Abusive Facility ARLINGTON, Va.– Immigration officials on Monday afternoon removed Dr. Sami Al-Arian from the[Read More…]
April 13, 2008 As reported on Friday, Dr. Sami Al-Arian was transferred that day into the custody of immigration authorities, in compliance with a plea agreement that promised his deportation. He was placed in the special housing unit (SHU) of the Howard County Detention Center in Jessup, Maryland, where he[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace April 13, 2008Subject: -[TBCJP]- Abusive Treatment of Dr. Al-Arian ContinuesDetails Emerge of 36-hour Ordeal As reported on Friday, Dr. Sami Al-Arian was transferred that day into the custody of immigration authorities, in compliance with a plea agreement that promised his deportation. He was[Read More…]
April 12, 2008 VIRGINIA– At 1 a.m. on Saturday, Dr. Sami Al-Arian was moved by hostile prison guards from a regular holding cell at the Howard County Detention Center in Jessup, Maryland, to the “Special Housing Unit.” The SHU is an extremely punitive and restrictive section of the prison where[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace April 12, 2008Subject: -[TBCJP]- Dr. Al-Arian Placed in Punitive Detention VIRGINIA– At 1 a.m. on Saturday, Dr. Sami Al-Arian was moved by hostile prison guards from a regular holding cell at the Howard County Detention Center in Jessup, Maryland, to the “Special Housing[Read More…]
April 11, 2008VIRGINIA– Today, April 11, 2008, was the scheduled release date of Dr. Sami Al-Arian, according to the U.S. government, but he remains in prison. Earlier today, Dr. Al-Arian was transferred out of the custody of the Bureau of Prisons into the custody of immigration authorities. One of the[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace April 11, 2008Subject: -[TBCJP]- Sami Al-Arian Transferred to Immigration Custody VIRGINIA– Today, April 11, 2008, was the scheduled release date of Dr. Sami Al-Arian, according to the U.S. government, but he remains in prison. Earlier today, Dr. Al-Arian was transferred out of the[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…]
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