Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace March 4, 2008Subject: -[TBCJP]- Dr. Al-Arian Begins Hunger Strike ALEXANDRIA, VA.– On Monday, March 3, 2008, Dr. Sami Al-Arian began a hunger strike for justice to protest continued government harassment. Earlier in the day, Dr. Al-Arian was informed that he would be called[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace Dec. 3, 2007Subject: -[TBCJP]- “USA vs. Al-Arian to Screen in DC”; “My Family’s Nightmare” I. “USA vs. Al-Arian” Documentary to Screen in Washington D.C. II. “My Family’s Nightmare Caught on Film,” Huffingtonpost, 12/3/07 III. “Civics 101: USA v. Al Arian,” Common Dreams, 12/3/07[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace Nov. 9, 2007Subject: -[TBCJP]- Tonight — “USA vs. Al-Arian” Screens in Tampa I. “USA VS. ARIAN” SCREENS AT USF TONIGHT The award-winning documentary “USA vs Al-Arian” will be shown TONIGHT at the University of South Florida. WHERE: USF, Marshall Center Ballroom WHEN: TONIGHT,[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace September 26, 2007Subject: -[TBCJP]- “USA vs. Al-Arian” Wins Best Nordic Documentary TAMPA — I. “USA vs. Al-Arian” wins Best Nordic Doc II. Hearing on Oct. 17, write to Judge Lee III. Write to Dr. Sami I. Last night, the award-winning documentary film “USA[Read More…]
Political Prisoner Suffers Isolation while Doc Wows Toronto Audiences April 21, 2007 (Links below) The Norwegian documentary “USA vs Al-Arian” premiered Friday at HotDocs, eliciting moviegoers’ outrage towards the US justice system and its treatment of the Al-Arian family. The film portrays an American Muslim family facing charges of terrorism[Read More…]
New York Sun, April 20, 2007 By Josh GersteinLink: Click here A former Florida college professor at the center of a celebrated terrorism prosecution, Sami Al-Arian, saw a federal appeals court dash his hopes for relief today, only to have the same court revive them a short time later. Last[Read More…]
My Father, 9/11 Scapegoat, Huffingtonpost.com, April 24, 2007 By Laila Al-ArianLink: Click here “If they can kill each other during Ramadan, they can appear before the grand jury. I am not going to put off Dr. Al- Arian’s grand jury appearance just to assist in what is becoming the Islamization[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace April 25, 2007Subject: My Father, 9/11 Scapegoat; Bad News, Good News Day for Al-ArianI. My Father, 9/11 ScapegoatII. Bad News, Good News Day for Al-ArianIII. Political Prisoner Suffers Isolation while Doc Wows Toronto AudiencesIV. New article on “USA vs. Al-Arian”V. Write to Dr.[Read More…]
IN CONVERSATION… USA VS AL-ARIAN Programmer Angie Driscoll interviews filmmaker Line Halvorsen Link: Click here A passionate activist and pro-Palestinian, professor Sami Al-Arian was charged with terrorism and held in prison without trial for two- and-a-half years. USA VS AL-ARIAN is an intimate family portrait that documents the strain brought[Read More…]
New York Sun, April 19, 2007By Josh Gerstein Link: Click here Authorities have opened an inquiry into claims that federal guards abused and threatened a prominent Palestinian Arab inmate, Sami Al- Arian, as he was being transferred last week to a jail in Northern Virginia from a prison hospital in[Read More…]
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