- Keep on Calling to Free Ansar Mahmood!
- Seven Things You Can Do to Help Free Farouk Abdel-Muhti
- Hackensack, NJ Community Forum on Immigrant Rights, Farouk Case
[Foro Comunitario en Hackensack, NJ: Los Derechos de los Inmigrantes y
el caso de Farouk Abdel-Muhti]
1) Keep on Calling to Free Ansar Mahmood!
PLEASE CALL!!! IT'S WORKING!!!
Ansar was first picked up in October 2001, when guards at a water
treatment
facility thought he looked suspicious. he has now been detained for 2
years.
his supporters have been negotiating with the top immigration official
in
Buffalo for his release, and asking Clinton and Schumer to support our
efforts.
they need to be pushed NOW...
FOLLOW UP CALL-IN DAY FOR ANSAR MAHMOOD
PLEASE CALL SENATOR SCHUMER'S NEW YORK CITY OFFICE: 212-486-4430
ASK THAT SENATOR SCHUMER WRITE A JOINT LETTER WITH SENATOR CLINTON ON
BEHALF OF ANSAR MAHMOOD.
The Call-In Day on Monday, December 15 was effective. Clinton's aide in
DC, Leecia Eve, who hasn't returned a phone call in weeks, called me
out
of the blue that afternoon. She said that Clinton's office has been
exploring writing a joint letter with Schumer for Ansar but weren't
willing to write a letter on their own right now. Since Schumer is in
NYC
for the coming month, we need to call his NYC office to let him know
that
Ansar needs his support now and that he should work with Clinton to
write
a joint letter to Mr. Cleary on Ansar's behalf. Senator Schumer's
Albany
office has been sympathetic but we need to get the word to the rest of
his
staff. So call this Monday, December 22. If you get really ambitious
make
a second call to LEECIA EVE IN CLINTON'S WASHINGTON OFFICE at
202-224-4451
and say you support Clinton's writing a joint letter with Senator
Schumer
on behalf of Ansar Mahmood.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE CALLS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! OUR ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELL-DEFENDED AGAINST US, BUT TOGETHER WE CAN SCALE
THE WALLS OF THEIR INDIFFERENCE!
If you have questions call Susan Davies 518-392-9477 or Bob Elmendorf
518-766-2992. Thanks for your interest and support!
Aarti Shahani
Families for Freedom
2 Washington Street, 766 North
New York, NY 10004
212.898.4121
212.363.8533 fax
aarti@nationalimmigrationproject.org
2) Seven Things You Can Do to Help Free Farouk Abdel-Muhti
New York area Palestinian activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti has now been held
in
detention by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) since
April
26, 2002. He is not charged with any crime; he is being held allegedly
on
the basis of a 1995 deportation order even though the INS has been
unable
to deport stateless Palestinians like Farouk. In June 2001, the Supreme
Court ruled that detainees who cannot be deported within a reasonable
period--generally six months--must be released. But the government
continues to defy the law and keep Farouk in jail.
Free Farouk: Seven Things You Can Do
- Urge immigration official David Venturella to stop violating the law
and FREE FAROUK NOW! Venturella: tel 202-514-8663; fax 202-353-9435;
email david.venturella@dhs.gov; copy messages to freefarouk@yahoo.com
- Download the petition form off the website at http://freefarouk.org
and
gather 20 (or more) signatures, then mail them to us at the address
below.
- Get a copy of the short video "Farouk Abdel-Muhti: Political
Prisoner"
by Konrad Aderer (see http://lifeorliberty.org ) and show it at an
event
or meeting in your area where you can urge folks to get involved. (We
can
provide speakers, too.) Get the video from the Farouk Cmte (address
below); $10 suggested donation goes entirely to Farouk's defense fund.
- Send a donation for the campaign to Free Farouk: make checks payable
to
Nicaragua Solidarity Network & mail to the Committee for the Release of
Farouk Abdel-Muhti, PO Box 20587, Tompkins Square Sta., New York, NY
10009
- If you live in the NYC area, come to the Free Farouk
vigil/leafleting
every Friday from 12 noon to 1 pm at 26 Federal Plaza, Broadway at
Worth
St (4/5/6/N/R trains to City Hall or A/C/E to Chambers St) in
Manhattan.
- Buy, wear & distribute buttons reading "Free Farouk! and all
political
prisoners," available from the NJ Committee to Free Farouk
Abdel-Muhti--for details see http://www.anti-racist.org/freefarouk
- Write to Farouk, and send him reading materials (books & magazines
must
be sent directly from the publisher but articles, newsletters & other
stuff are usually OK):
Farouk Abdel-Muhti, JN 146160
Unit B-100 West
Hudson County Correctional Center
30 North Hackensack Avenue
Kearny, NJ 07032
3) Hackensack, NJ Community Forum on Immigrant Rights, Farouk Case
Foro Comunitario en Hackensack, NJ: Los Derechos de los Inmigrantes y
el
caso de Farouk Abdel-Muhti
[espan~ol sigue al ingles]
New Jersey Independents and the NJ Committee to Free Farouk Abdel-Muhti
Present
A Community Forum:
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS UNDER "ANTI-TERRORISM" LAWS
SATURDAY DECEMBER 20, 2003
12 Noon - 3 PM
Johnson Free Public Library, 274 Main St. Hackensack, NJ
- FAROUK ABDEL-MUHTI: POLITICAL PRISONER
Featuring the video on Farouk by Konrad Aderer
( http://www.lifeorliberty.org )
and an update on the campaign to free him, with representatives from
NJ Committee to Free Farouk Abdel-Muhti &
Committee for the Release of Farouk Abdel-Muhti
- Presentations on the impact of anti-immigrant laws and how you can
fight
detention and deportation, featuring speakers from FAMILIES FOR FREEDOM
and Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants (CHRI)
- Screening of the 30-min. documentary Uprooted: Refugees of the Global
Economy, produced by National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
( http://www.nnirr.org )
- Spanish translation provided -
Mass Transit: Many NJ Transit buses serve Main St. Hackensack
165 from NYC, 712 from, Paterson and 76 from Newark Penn Station.
Call NJ Transit for exact bus-line from your area.
Driving Directions:
- Route 80 Westbound- Exit 66 (HUDSON ST/ HACKENSACK/ LITTLE FERRY),
turn
right on Kennedy, left on River, left on East Salem and right on Main.
- Route 80 Eastbound- Exit 63B, take a left on Riverview, right on
Essex and
follow (bear left at Courthouse) until it turns into Main St.
For info call: NJI 201-487-3748 or NJ Free Farouk 201-716-1578
http://www.anti-racist.org/freefarouk * freefarouk@anti-racist.org
or
Committee for the Release of Farouk Abdel-Muhti, 212-674-9499
freefarouk@yahoo.com * http://www.freefarouk.org
***
El Comité de New Jersey para Liberar a Farouk Abdel-Muhti le invita a:
Un Foro Comunitario:
Los Derechos de los Inmigrantes
Frente a las Leyes "Anti-Terroristas"
SABADO 20 DE DICIEMBRE, 2003
12:00-3:00PM
Johnson Free Public Library
274 Main St. Hackensack, NJ
- FAROUK ABDEL-MUHTI: PRESO POLITICO
Presentaremos a un video sobre Farouk, producido por Konrad Aderer
( http://www.lifeorliberty.org ) y hablarán representantes del Comité
de
New Jersey para Liberar a Farouk Abdel-Muhti y del Comité por la
Liberación de Farouk Abdel-Muhti.
- Presentaciones sobre el impacto de las leyes anti-inmigrantes, y como
luchar contra la detención y la deportación, con presentadores de
FAMILIAS
POR LA LIBERTAD y la Coalición para los Derechos Humanos de los
Inmigrantes (CHRI)
- Se presentará el documental (30 min.) "Desarraigados: Refugiados de
la
Globalización", producido por la Red Nacional por los Derechos de los
Refugiados y los Inmigrantes ( http://www.nnirr.org )
Habrá traducción al español
Autobuses: Hay varios autobuses de NJ Transit que llegan a Main St. en
Hackensack: 165 desde Nueva York; 712 desde Paterson y 76 desde Newark
Penn
Station. Llame a NJ Transit para los detalles de su área.
En carro: Desde el este: Ruta 80 a salida 66 (HUDSON ST/ HACKENSACK/
LITTLE
FERRY), una derecha sobre Kennedy, una izquierda sobre River, una
izquierda
sobre East Salem y una derecha sobre Main. Desde el oeste: Ruta 80 a
salida
63B, una izquierda sobre Riverview, una derecha sobre Essex y siga
derecho
(inclinando hacia la izquierda pasando la Corte) hasta que Essex se
convierta en Main St.
Para información: Comité de New Jersey para Liberar a Farouk
Abdel-Muhti,
201-716-1578; o Comité por la Liberación de Farouk Abdel-Muhti (NYC),
212-674-9499, freefarouk@yahoo.com, http://www.freefarouk.org
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12/19/03: Farouk Abdel-Muhti has now been held for 603 days
Committee for the Release of Farouk Abdel-Muhti
PO Box 20587, Tompkins Square Station
New York, NY 10009
Phone: 212-674-9499
* Email freefarouk@yahoo.com
Website: www.freefarouk.org
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