[IMC-US] Ana Nogueira arrested:

[Sascha Meinrath]

josh -- do you have any information about the context of their arrests?

--sascha

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Joshua Breitbart wrote:

> Mike Medow and Jenny Lee of the Michigan IMC were arrested along with Ana.
> Winter, also from Indymedia, was as well. Justin, of the New York City IMC video
> team, was arrested yesterday and is apparently facing felony charges.
>
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> Josh
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> Quoting Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>:
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>  Hi all,
>
>  I've just learned that Ana Nogueira has been arrested by riot police in
>  Miami.  For those who don't know, Ana's been a longterm Indymedia
>  organizer and supporter.  She was arrested while engaged in completely
>  lawful behavior as a press member.  Please help spread the word about what
>  is happening to her and many others and take 5 minutes right now to help
>  one of our own.  Information on what you can do to help is below.
>
>  --Sascha
>
>  ***
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>  TAKE ACTION - DEMOCRACY NOW! PRODUCER ARRESTED BY MIAMI POLICE!
>  Democracy Now! , 11.21.2003 18:29
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>  TAKE ACTION - DEMOCRACY NOW! PRODUCER ARRESTED BY MIAMI POLICE!
>
>  Make the phone calls/emails below and demand the immediate release of Ana
>  Nogueira
>
>  Please Forward
>
>  TAKE ACTION - DEMOCRACY NOW! PRODUCER ARRESTED BY MIAMI POLICE!
>
>  Make the phone calls/emails below and demand the immediate release of Ana
>  Nogueira
>
>  At approx. 5 pm Friday evening, Nov. 21, Democracy Now! producers Ana
>  Nogueira and Jeremy Scahill were reporting on the arrest of approximately
>  20 people who were in Miami to oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
>
>  Nogueira and Scahill had their press credentials clearly visible. Nogueira
>  was videotaping the arrests. At the time of this writing, Nogueira was
>  being held, handcuffed, in a Miami Police patrol wagon. Jeremy Scahill has
>  learned that there will be a mandatory overnight detention. According to
>  Scahill, his efforts to alert the police that they had arrested a
>  journalist were met with the reply, .It doesn.t matter if she.s a
>  journalist . she shouldn.t have been there..
>
>
>  CALL NOW and demand that the Mayors of Miami City and Miami-Dade County
>  restrain their police from further violence and violation of
>  constitutional rights. RELEASE Democracy Now! journalist Ana Noguira
>  IMMEDIATELY.
>
>  For news and updates see  http://www.ftaaimc.org and
>  http://democracynow.org
>
>  ACTION:
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>  Call/Email These Authorities:
>  FTAA Miami Unified Command
>  Joint Information Center
>  Phone: (305) 579-6420
>
>  Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas
>  Director of Communications Lynn Norman-Teck
>  Cell: 786-256-4395
>  Pager: 305-291-0358
>   mayor at miamidade.gov
>
>  City of Miami
>  Mayor Manuel A. Diaz
>  Telephone: (305)250-5300
>  E-mail:  mannydiaz at ci.miami.fl.us
>  Janet Lopez, Director Office of Communications
>  Phone: 305-416-1036
>  Pager:305-312-2981
>
>  Send a cc: to  denis at democracynow.org
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