Al-Ahram Weekly International March 19, 2003 The Bush administration’s war on terror has targeted Arabs right, left and centre; Sami Al-Arian is a case in point. Sherine Bahaa Link: Click here “Politics” was how computer science professor Sami Al- Arian summed up the motivation behind the phone book- sized indictment[Read More…]
Dissident Voice by Eileen Fleming / March 15th, 2008 Link:Click here American Palestinian Professor Dr. Sami Amin Al-Arian, has spent the last five years behind bars although NO jury ever returned a single guilty verdict against him. On March 3, 2008 he began his third hunger strike in Northern Neck[Read More…]
CounterPunch Sami al-Arian’s Final Persecution By JOHN F. SUGG May 4, 2006 Link:Click here You have to wonder about a few things in the May 1 sentencing of Sami Al-Arian. For example, Alberto Gonzalez–the “torture-is-OK” and “no-law-binds-the-president” U.S. attorney general”–flew into the Tampa Bay area five days before the courtroom[Read More…]
Says Justice Department’s Integrity at Stake Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and PeaceMarch 9, 2009Alexandria, VA Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled in favor of a defense request to file a motion to dismiss the charges against Dr. Sami Al-Arian at a hearing in federal court today. Her decision follows new revelations[Read More…]
Says Justice Department’s Integrity at Stake March 9, 2009 – Alexandria, VA Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled in favor of a defense request to file a motion to dismiss the charges against Dr. Sami Al-Arian at a hearing in federal court today. Her decision follows new revelations that prosecutors in Florida were[Read More…]
Says Justice Department’s Integrity at Stake March 9, 2009 – Alexandria, VA Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled in favor of a defense request to file a motion to dismiss the charges against Dr. Sami Al-Arian at a hearing in federal court today. Her decision follows new revelations that prosecutors in Florida were[Read More…]
ASSOCIATED PRESS March 9, 2009 By: Matthew Barakat Link: Click here ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The Justice Department may have hoodwinked a defendant in a high-profile terrorism case into thinking his plea bargain would protect him from further prosecutions, a federal judge said Monday. Monday’s hearing in U.S. District Court was the latest[Read More…]
Read more>> Associated Press Report: Judge suspects feds duped defense in Al-Arian case
“I remember when I first heard about the case of Professor Al-Arian, when I met his daughter at the University of South Florida years ago. I thought at the time that it was an outrageous violation of his human rights, both from the constitutional point of view and as a[Read More…]
On Friday April 24th, Judge Brinkema is expected to definitively rule whether Dr. Al-Arian should stand trial, or whether the charges against him should be dropped altogether. There have been several hearings in the past few months, but this is the most important so far. (Click here to RSVP via Facebook) The[Read More…]
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