Category: Media
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#BoycottCoke: BDS forum in Minneapolis April 19
https://www.facebook.com/events/628522377283282/ Sunday, April 19 at 2pm 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis In 2005, Palestinians issued a call for boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, because of its violations of international law and attacks on Palestinian rights. BDS is now a worldwide movement against Israeli Apartheid, and the governments, corporations and other institutions that support…
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Rasmea fundraiser April 19; and advocates meet with the UN
Co-sponsored by the Rasmea Defense Committee, Coalition to Protect People’s Rights, and United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), amongst others. Buy tickets in advance. Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting-defending-civil-rights-the-case-of-rasmea–odeh-tickets-15968305632 Consider sponsoring a table for youth to attend (table for 10 is $250) or just donate extra tickets for them. Post flyer on your website or FB page and other social…
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Media Action Alert for Rasmea!
On March 12, 2015, Palestinian American community organizer and women’s leader Rasmea Odeh was sentenced to 18 months in prison after an unjust conviction last November, but she is challenging that conviction, and our organizing has helped her remain free on bond, pending the outcome of her appeal. She is back home to her community…
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Write Letters to Editors in Response to Netanyahu’s Speech
On Tuesday, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress. Although most of the media coverage will likely focus on Iran and the US domestic politics surrounding the controversial way that the speech was arranged (i.e. between Republican House Speaker Boehner and the Israelis, without consulting the White House), the widespread attention that…
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Defense attorneys file “sentencing memorandum” calling for judge NOT to imprison Rasmea Odeh
Rasmea Defense Committee For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 Contact: Hatem Abudayyeh, National Spokesperson, Rasmea Defense Committee, 773.301.4108, [email protected] Defense attorneys file “sentencing memorandum” calling for judge NOT to imprison Rasmea Odeh Supporters mobilize for March 12 sentencing in Detroit Today, defense attorneys for Rasmea Odeh, Chicago’s 67-year-old Palestinian community leader, filed a “sentencing…
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Action Alert: #FreeLinaKhattab sentenced to 6 months in Israeli prison
Feb 16, 2015 Samidoun Report: Lina Khattab sentenced to six months in Israeli prison Continue to take action and demand her immediate release. Lina Khattab, Palestinian student at Bir Zeit University and folkloric dancer with El Funoun, was sentenced by an Israeli military court at Ofer to six months imprisonment on Monday, 16 February after…
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USPCN mourns the loss of Yusor, Razan, and Deah
The United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) offers its most sincere condolences to the families of the three Arab Muslim youth who were killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this week. Palestinian Americans Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, and Yusor’s husband, Syrian American Deah Shaddy Barakat, were shot execution style Tuesday…
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Rasmea is with her family and returning home to Chicago!
Members of the Rasmea Defense Committee from Chicago and Detroit / Dearborn just welcomed Rasmea back from 5 weeks in a Port Huron, Michigan, jail. She arrived at the U.S. Marshal’s office in Detroit for processing at approximately noon today, and was greeted shortly thereafter by friends and family, who are bringing her home to…
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Despite prosecution’s ploys, Rasmea to be freed
After close to an hour-long deposition, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel withdrew his motion to challenge the bond to be posted for Rasmea’s release. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Jebson led the questioning, asking whether the anonymous donor of the bond is actually a friend or only a political supporter, as well as challenging the…
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Prosecution maneuvers to keep Rasmea locked up
Today, the Rasmea Defense Committee was prepared to announce that Rasmea was on her way home to Chicago. Instead, we learned this morning that legal maneuvering by the government will further delay her homecoming. The prosecution in Rasmea’s case moved to challenge the bond money that was raised for her release. In its motion, the…