[Peace-discuss] Aug. 8 Hearing on Dr. Sami Al-Arian's Pre-Trial Motions

[David Green]

ACTION ALERT
August 7, 2008 
Contact:
communications@ wrmea.com

Aug. 8 Hearing on Dr. Sami Al-Arian's Pre-Trial Motions

Today Dr. Sami Al-Arian's lawyer Jonathan Turley filed his response to the government's opposition to his motions to quash Dr. Al-Arian's indictment on the basis of a flawed immunity order and selective prosecution. See Turley’ blog for details: http://jonathanturl ey.org/.

Nearly three weeks after being granted bond by federal Judge Leonie Brinkema, Sami Al-Arian is still being held in prison. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has moved him three times and subjected him to terrible treatment, including 23-hour lock-downs and placement in isolation in Pamunkey Regional Jail in Hanover, VA—more than 100 miles from his wife and children.

Yesterday Dr. Al-Arian was transported back to Arlington, VA in order to be near the Alexandria Courthouse in time for his hearing tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 8.

Show your support! Join Dr. Al-Arian and his family and supporters in court.

Pre-trial hearing: Friday Aug. 8 at 10:00 a.m.
Scheduled trial date: Wednesday Aug. 13 at 9:00 a.m.

Albert V. Bryan
U.S. Courthouse
401 Courthouse Square
Alexandria, VA 22314
Courtroom of the Hon. Leonie Brinkema

Directions: http://www.vaed. uscourts. gov/locations/ ale.htm

Dr. Al-Arian's friends, neighbors and supporters in Tampa are chartering a bus which will leave from First United Church of Tampa, 7308 E. Fowler, Tampa, FL, at 11:00 a.m. and return the evening of Aug. 14. For more information contact Lois Price at imprice at yahoo. com or (813) 760-4107.

The evening before the trial, the American Muslim Alliance (AMA), along with co-sponsors CAIR, MAS Freedom Foundation, Friends of Human Rights, and the Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace will present a:

Civil Rights Forum

Focusing on

The Case of Dr. Sami Al-Arian (USA vs. Al-Arian)*

Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 7 to 9 p.m.

At the

Historical Society of Washington
801 K Street, NW
(between 7th and 9th Streets, NW, across from the Washington Convention Center)
Washington, DC 20001

Speakers include:
Laila Al-Arian, Prof. Norman Finkelstein, Prof. Peter Erlinder, Esq., Prof. Charles Butterworth, Attorney Linda Moreno, Prof. John Voll, Dr. Agha Saeed and more.

*The forum will focus on the unjust detention and abuse of legal process against Dr. Sami Al-Arian.

The forum is open to the public, however seating is limited. There will be light refreshments.

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, PO Box 53062, Washington DC 20009. Phone: (202) 939-6050, Fax: (202) 265-4574, Toll Free: (800) 368-5788, www.wrmea.com Published by the American Educational Trust, a non-profit foundation incorporated in Washington, DC to provide the American public with balanced and accurate information concerning U.S. relations with Middle Eastern states. Material from the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs may be printed with out charge with attribution to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.

       
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