Category: Media
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Chicago: USPCN supporting protest of Trump’s Racist DOJ March 7th & Rally for Intl. Women’s Day March 8th
************************************************************************************************************* Also read this teleSUR article/interview with USPCN co-founder Hatem Abudayyeh, Oppression in the Land of the Free, by Edu Montesanti
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USPCN joins call for protection of human rights defenders working on issues related to Palestine
New signatories added 12/12/16 December 9, 2016 – In marking International Human Rights Defenders Day, the undersigned organizations commend the work of all human rights defenders working for justice globally, stand in solidarity with them, and highlight the case of individuals and organizations focused on Palestine. Human rights defenders advocating and working on Palestinian human…
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Rasmea Defense Twitter Power Hours Wed., November 23, from 12 Noon – 2 PM CST
Rasmea Defense Twitter Power Hours Wednesday, November 23rd, from 12 Noon – 2 PM CST In anticipation of her Daubert hearing on November 29th, join the Rasmea Defense Committee for twitter power hours Wednesday, November 23rd, from 12 Noon to 2 PM CST. During these two hours, we will flood social media with messages of support…
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Donate now to help send Rasmea’s supporters by bus to Detroit!
The Rasmea Defense Committee is asking for your support to help send a charter bus from Chicago to Detroit for Rasmea’s next hearing! Please go to this page to donate, and forward it far and wide! In addition, see the specific information about Detroit below, and let us know here that you’re attending the rally…
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URGENT UPDATE: Rasmea Odeh’s hearing for tomorrow, Nov 29th, CANCELLED!
The Rasmea Defense Committee just now got word from Rasmea’s defense attorneys that Judge Gershwin Drain cancelled the Daubert hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29th, in Detroit. We have no idea what this means, besides the simple fact that the judge will be rendering a written decision without hearing arguments. We will…
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USPCN supports #NoDAPL on #IndigenousPeoplesDay
USPCN supports #NoDAPL on Indigenous People’s Day The $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has faced months of opposition from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, as well as members of hundreds of other tribes across North and South America. Their goal is to stop the building of the DAPL, which would connect production fields in…
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USPCN presents #Freebird: Gaza artist Mohammed Qraiqea in MKE & Cleveland
Milwaukee ************************************* Cleveland Wednesday, September 14th, at Kan Zaman Club, 1616 W 25th St., in Cleveland, OH, at 6 PM. Phone number: (216) 621-2222 Mohammed Qraiqea is a 15 year old self-taught artist from Gaza. He is currently touring the U.S. to share his #FreeBird Campaign, an effort to highlight the lack of educational resources…
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For Immediate Release: Rasmea’s lawyers file motion “to protect defendant from additional harm”
News Alert | For Immediate Release | Rasmea Defense Committee, Wednesday, September 7, 2016 Press Contact: Hatem Abudayyeh, [email protected], 773.301.4108 Rasmea’s lawyers file motion “to protect defendant from additional harm” Defense attorneys for Rasmea Odeh, the Palestinian American icon who was wrongfully convicted in a politically-motivated, federal immigration case, filed a motion yesterday in response…
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Rasmea’s prosecutors deny the horror of torture; Judge Drain accepts their argument
For Immediate Release: Rasmea Defense Committee, August 30, 2016 Media Contact: Hatem Abudayyeh, [email protected], 773.301.4108 Rasmea’s prosecutors deny the horror of torture; Judge Drain accepts their argument Rasmea Odeh, a survivor of vicious torture at the hands of the Israeli military, will be compelled to undergo hours of psychological evaluation by a government forensic examiner,…