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NEW PUSH IN STRUGGLE
TO FREE FAROUK

 
                      Farouk Abdel-Muhti has now spent more than 500 days in jail. He
                      has been charged with no crime and faces possible deportation
                      from the country where he lived for some 30 years. Farouk, who
                      often spoke out on Palestinian issues on New York radio station
                      WBAI, was detained on April 26, 2002. He has been detained ever
                      since, and is now in solitary confinement. His supporters
                      consider him a political prisoner. He is 56 years old. He is in
                      failing health but remains handcuffed and shackled when he goes
                      to the health clinic.

                      The case is starting to get more attention, and we feel this is
                      the time for a new push to get Farouk released. Please read below
                      for what you can do to help and for an update on the case.

                      1. Ask Top Deport Officer: Why are you breaking the law? Free
                      Farouk!
                      2. Join the Struggle Against Unlawful Detention
                      3. Deport Official Feels the Heat on "Democracy Now!"
                      4. Transcript of Farouk Segment on "Democracy Now!" Sept. 12,
                      2003

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                      1. Ask Top Deport Officer: Why are you breaking the law? Free
                      Farouk!

                      Contact David J. Venturella at phone 202-514-8663, fax
                      202-353-9435, email david.venturella@dhs.gov (w/copies to
                      chri@itapnet.org) and ask him:

                      1) Why are you keeping Farouk Abdel-Muhti in jail, in violation
                      of the Supreme Court's June 2001 ruling in Zadvydas v. Davis?

                      2) Why are you keeping Farouk in solitary confinement?

                      3) Given the high profile of Farouk's case and the number of
                      people who have contacted you about it, how can you possibly
                      pretend on national radio that you are not familiar with the
                      relevant details of the case?

                      4) The Supreme Court ordered your office to release detainees
                      held over six months. Why do you refuse to do so? Why should
                      detainees and their attorneys have to sue you to force you to
                      comply with the law?

                      Please send copies of your correspondence (or reports on your
                      phone conversations) to Coalition for the Human Rights of
                      Immigrants (CHRI) at fax 212-674-9139 or chri@itapnet.org.

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