Thursday March 25th at 7:00 p.m.
40 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Vanderbilt Room 220, New York University
The Fort Dix Five. Yassin Aref. The Newburgh Four.
"Homegrown terrorists" stopped dead in their tracks, or victims of FBI
entrapment? A panel of speakers will discuss these cases in light of the FBI's
campaign since 9/11 that includes preemptive prosecution, the targeting of
Muslim communities and the use of agent provocateurs and informants to entrap
innocent people.
"Homegrown terrorists" stopped dead in their tracks, or victims of FBI
entrapment? A panel of speakers will discuss these cases in light of the FBI's
campaign since 9/11 that includes preemptive prosecution, the targeting of
Muslim communities and the use of agent provocateurs and informants to entrap
innocent people.
Panelists include:
El-Hajj Mauri Saalakhan, Director of Operations for The Peace and Justice Foundation - a Muslim led grassroots human rights
organization based in Metropolitan Washington, DC, and lead convener for the May
6, 2010, mass mobilization for political prisoner, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
organization based in Metropolitan Washington, DC, and lead convener for the May
6, 2010, mass mobilization for political prisoner, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
Alicia Mc Williams, aunt of David Williams, one of the Newburgh Four, the men charged with the attempted bombing of the Riverdale
Temple.
Temple.
Lejla Duka, 12 year old family member of Fort Dix Five.
Faisal Hashmi, brother of Fahad Hashmi, who has been in pre-trial solitary confinement for over two years under the charges of providing
material aid to Al-Qaeda
material aid to Al-Qaeda
Lynne Jackson, a volunteer and one of the founders of Project Salam, an internet group that believes many innocent Muslims were
targeted, prosecuted, and convicted in the hysteria following 9/11 and the Bush
Administration's violations of the US Constitution. The organization's mission is to identify
as many of these cases as possible, to advocate for their release, and to make
sure that their names and the injustices against them are not forgotten.
targeted, prosecuted, and convicted in the hysteria following 9/11 and the Bush
Administration's violations of the US Constitution. The organization's mission is to identify
as many of these cases as possible, to advocate for their release, and to make
sure that their names and the injustices against them are not forgotten.
Other family members and lawyers from these entrapment cases will be present.
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