Nov. 10, 2003 The hearing regarding Sami al-Arian’s conditions of confinement washeld on Friday, November 7 at 1:30 at the Federal Courthouse, theHonorable Thomas McCoun presiding. Since September 11, life in the United States has been like we haveall fallen down the rabbit hole, and this was no exception. First[Read More…]
Melva UnderbakkeDec. 21, 2003 On Christmas Day, the Al-Arian family usually spends the day together relaxing over breakfast and watching the Christmas parades. This year will be different. Sami Al-Arian will spend most of the day shivering in his very cold cell, one of two people at the federal prison[Read More…]
Expresses gratitude for support; “Freedom restores dignity and humanity” Northern Virginia – September 9, 2008 – Dr. Sami Al-Arian has given his first public statement since being released on bond, thanking his supporters for everything they have done, and calling on them to keep bearing witness to justice all over[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace July 27, 2008 Sami Al-Arian Subjected to Worst Prison Conditions since Florida More than two weeks after being granted bond by a federal judge, Sami Al-Arian is still being held in prison. In fact, Dr. Al-Arian is now being subjected to the worst[Read More…]
Last March, Sami Al-Arian was given a choice: 1) damned if you do; and 2) damned if you don’t; he chose “damned if you don’t”. Finally, a full three months after making that decision, he was formally charged last Thursday with contempt of court, a crime which has no maximum[Read More…]
Counterpunch Legislating Tyranny By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS and LAWRENCE M. STRATTON June 3, 2008 Link:Click here The George W. Bush administration responded to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with an assault on U.S. civil liberty that Bush justified in the name of the “war on[Read More…]
While the Bush Administration has, from time to time, done things which are – ahem – ethically questionable, it has usually made at least a half-hearted attempt to cover them with a veneer of legality. Occasionally, however, it will throw aside any such pretensions. Take Sami Al-Arian, a man who[Read More…]
April 29, 2008 VIRGINIA- April 29, 2008– Yesterday, on the 57th day of his hunger strike, Dr. Sami Al-Arian suspended his fast, at the urging of his family, friends and supporters. Dr. Al-Arian, who has lost more than 40 pounds, began the hunger strike on March 3 to protest continued[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace April 29, 2008 Dr. Al-Arian Suspends Hunger Strike After 8 Weeks VIRGINIA- April 29, 2008– Yesterday, on the 57th day of his hunger strike, Dr. Sami Al-Arian suspended his fast, at the urging of his family, friends and supporters. Dr. Al-Arian, who has[Read More…]
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, April 2007By Peter ErlinderThe Ordeal of Dr. Sami Al-Arian Despite Acquittal on Terrorism Charges, No Prospect of Release for Dr. Al-Arian Link:Click here In happier days, the Al-Arian family celebrates Abdullah’s 2002 graduation from Duke University in North Carolina. From left: Laila, Ali, Abdullah,[Read More…]
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