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…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace www.FreeSamiAlArian.com The Verdict’s Seventh Anniversary: December 6 should be celebrated as “First Amendment Day” Watch on “The Al-Arian Trial: An Inside Look by A Juror” For immediate release- WASHINGTON DC – Dec. 6, 2012 December 6, 2005 shall be remembered as a great day[Read More…]
December 6 should Be Celebrated as “First Amendment Day” Washington – Dec. 6, 2012 December 6, 2005 shall be remembered as a great day in which justice triumphed over intolerance and the First Amendment reigned supreme. On that day, a jury of twelve ordinary citizens refused to return a single[Read More…]
The Nation. June 13, 2012 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 father’s arrest on terrorism charges in February 2003. At dawn, a team of FBI agents and police, clad in black[Read More…]
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…]
May 29, 2012 In a nationwide press conference in 2003, George W. Bush’s attorney general, the born-again John Ashcroft, trumpeted the arrest of Dr. Sami al-Arian, who he described as “the most dangerous man in the world.” All that was nine years ago. Nine years. And, in one form or[Read More…]
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 Glenn Greenwald – April 16, 2012 Dr. Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian whose ongoing persecution by the U.S. Government is one of the most repellent and unjust of any in the post-9/11 era. I can’t begin to convey all or even most of the extreme injustices that have been imposed[Read More…]
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…]
Ninth Commemoration of the Political Persecution of Professor Sami Al-Arian Dr. Al-Arian still under House Arrest Awaiting Dismissal of Unjust Case Washington, DC – February 20, 2012 On this day nine years ago Dr. Sami Al-Arian was snatched from his family and community by the U.S. authorities in a[Read More…]
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