[IMC-US] Ana Nogueira arrested:

[Joshua Breitbart]

http://ftaaimc.org/en/2003/11/1697.shtml
clearest account so far

Josh


Quoting Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>:

 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.
 >
 >
 > Josh
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 > Quoting Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>:
 >
 >  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
 >
 >  ***
 >
 >  TAKE ACTION - DEMOCRACY NOW! PRODUCER ARRESTED BY MIAMI POLICE!
 >  Democracy Now! , 11.21.2003 18:29
 >
 >  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:
 >
 >  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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