Free Sami Al-Arian! www.FreeSamiNow.com Dr. Al-Arian Released on Bail! After 5 Grueling Years, a Moment of Repose Fairfax, VA – September 2, 2008 – After five-and-a-half years of harsh and gratutious detention, former Florida professor and civil rights activist Dr. Sami Al-Arian was released on bond, reuniting with his family[Read More…]
Free Sami Al-Arian! www.FreeSamiNow.com Dr. Sami Al-Arian Files Habeas Petition To Challenge Continued Detention Government Fails to Explain Why Dr. Al-Arian Still in Prison Alexandria, VA – August 31, 2008 – Late last week, attorneys for Dr. Sami Al-Arian filed a petition for habeas corpus to demand that the Department of Justice[Read More…]
Free Sami Al-Arian! www.FreeSamiNow.com Dr. Al-Arian’s Trial Postponed Indefinitely Prosecution emotionally accuses defense of carrying out personal attacks August 9, 2008 / Alexandria, VA – On Friday, in a pre-trial hearing which witnessed one of the single most dramatic clashes between Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s attorneys and the government, a federal judge[Read More…]
Free Sami Al-Arian! www.FreeSamiNow.com In This Issue Prison Folds Under Pressure from Call-In Campaign Come to Dr. Al-Arian’s Pre-Trial Hearing Friday Morning! New Address for Dr. Al-Arian Quick Links How to Help More Dear Friends, We wanted to thank all of you who called the Pamunkey Regional Jail. Because of[Read More…]
Free Sami Al-Arian! www.FreeSamiNow.com Government’s Abuse of Sami Al-Arian: From Bad to Worse Despite Judge’s Words, Treated Like Violent Criminal Hanover, VA – August 1, 2008 – More than two weeks after a federal judge granted Dr. Al-Arian bond, the government has stepped up its abuse of America’s high-profile prisoner of[Read More…]
Free Sami Al-Arian! www.FreeSamiNow.com Keep Calling the Prison! Don’t Let Receptionist Give You the Run-Around! July 29, 2008 – [Pamunkey Regional Jail: (804) 365-6400: press 4 then 3001 and ask to speak to the superintendent’s office; press 0 after business hours] Dear friends, we would like to express our heartfelt[Read More…]
Free Dr. Sami Al-Arian! www.FreeSamiNow.com Dr. Al-Arian Granted Bail In hearing, prosecutors send judge “strange signals” Alexandria, VA. July 10, 2008 – In perhaps the first promising development this year, a federal judge granted Dr. Al-Arian bail today, acknowledging that he does not represent any danger to the community. Judge[Read More…]
Free Dr. Sami Al-Arian! www.FreeSamiNow.com Judge to Consider Releasing Dr. Al-Arian on Bail Bond hearing to be held Thursday 10 AM Alexandria, VA – July 10, 2008 All of Dr. Al-Arian’s supporters who are able to travel to Virginia are requested to attend Dr. Al-Arian’s bond hearing this Thursday, July[Read More…]
Free Dr. Sami Al-Arian! www.FreeSamiNow.com Dr. Sami Al-Arian: Affidavits Filed With the Court Show Government Seeks to Re-Argue Florida Trial Jonathan Turley (Dr. Al-Arian’s lead attorney) Washington, DC, July 16, 2008 – In the last hearing, Prosecutor Gordon Kromberg indicated that Dr. Al-Arian was being charged with his refusal to answer[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace July 2, 2008Subject: -[TBCJP]- Trial Date Set; Judge to Consider Releasing Al-Arian on Bail ALEXANDRIA—Dr. Sami Al-Arian was arraigned before the federal court of Judge Leonie Brinkema on Monday. After attorney Jonathan Turley did not enter a plea, Judge Brinkema entered a plea[Read More…]
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