<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>World-famous physicists have signed a petition for this guy. We should be able to get him out. </div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Tallie Ben-Daniel, Jewish Voice for Peace</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tallie@jewishvoiceforpeace.org">tallie@jewishvoiceforpeace.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 4:20 PM<br>Subject: Lock Up. Released. Charged.<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman.uiuc@gmail.com">naiman.uiuc@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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<p style="color:rgb(50,50,50);font-family:'lucida sans',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:25px">Dear Robert,</p>
<p style="color:rgb(50,50,50);font-family:'lucida sans',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:25px"><font color="#323232" face="lucida sans, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:25px">Locked up without charge or trial. Then released by a judge, only to be indicted by a military prosecutor. And thrown back in jail. </span></font></p>
<p style="color:rgb(50,50,50);font-family:'lucida sans',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:25px"><font color="#323232" face="lucida sans, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:25px">That’s what millions of Palestinians living under Israel’s military occupation face.</span></font></p>
<p style="color:rgb(50,50,50);font-family:'lucida sans',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:25px"><font color="#323232" face="lucida sans, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:25px">And it’s exactly what famed Palestinian astrophysicist Imad Barghouthi is enduring - right now. Last month Dr. Barghouthi was placed under Administrative Detention - which in practice means an indefinite sentence in prison without charges - based on Facebook posts. Our Academic Advisory Council, in coalition with the US Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and the Association of Academics for the Respect of International Law in Palestine, mobilized to support their colleague. </span></font></p>
<p style="color:rgb(50,50,50);font-family:'lucida sans',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:25px"><font color="#323232" face="lucida sans, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:25px">Hundreds of academics from across the globe signed a letter of support, which was presented in court by Dr. Barghouthi’s lawyer. And it made a difference, with the judge ruling for Dr. Barghouti’s release from administrative detention.</span></font></p>
<p style="color:rgb(50,50,50);font-family:'lucida sans',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:25px"><font color="#323232" face="lucida sans, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:25px">But then we heard on Tuesday that IDF prosecutors had found an end-run around the release order. In spite of the judge’s ruling that Dr. Barghouti poses no danger, army prosecutors formally indicted him on charges of incitement.</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="#323232" face="lucida sans, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:25px">Along with Dr. Barghouthi, hundreds of Palestinians remain in administrative detention, without charge or trial. Since January, 190 Palestinians have been detained specifically because of Facebook posts critical of Israeli government actions. While the IDF can place gag orders on the Israeli media, they can’t place a blanket gag order the internet. </span></font></p>
<p><font color="#323232" face="lucida sans, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:25px">In this political climate, let's send a message that all Palestinians deserve to express themselves freely.</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="#323232" face="lucida sans, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:25px">PS: We know that this back-and-forth between administrative detention and formal incitement charges is a pattern for repressing Palestinian leaders from all walks of life - like poet Dareen Tatour, who is under house arrest because of a poem she wrote. Please check out </span></font><font face="lucida sans, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:25px"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7%2BtN4flz6hX9RsjMfRfC7rAGu2NMWFqO" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(234,104,71)"><u>jvp.org/unless-palestinan</u></span></a></span></font><font color="#323232" face="lucida sans, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:25px"> for more examples of this crackdown - and opportunities to act.</span></font></p>
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