Category: Statements
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Detroit U.S. Attorney threatens supporters of Rasmea Odeh
Bizarre DOJ accusations against Hatem Abudayyeh attempt to criminalize opponents of political repression In a bizarre and desperate move, prosecutors in the case of Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh filed a motion in Federal Court Oct. 3, which characterized the efforts of an important leader of the Rasmea Odeh defense campaign, Hatem Abudayyeh, as “jury…
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Take Action: All Out for Rasmea in Detroit Oct. 2nd; Call Prosecutors
Rasmea is due in court again on Thursday, October 2nd, for a status hearing. This is her most important court appearance thus far, where arguments will be made by Rasmea’s attorneys, Michael Deutsch and Jim Fennerty, regarding the inadmissibility of “evidence” from Israel’s notorious military court and prison system, the relevance on the case of the torture Rasmea endured,…
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Victory for the Resistance in Gaza, as the Struggle for a Free Palestine Continues
It is with much love and pained happiness that the members and supporters of the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) watch the daughters and sons of Palestine celebrate on the streets of Gaza. We wish our children and families there a future full of hope, freedom, and achievement, and congratulate them and the entirety…
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Motion made in federal court to dismiss charges against Rasmea Odeh
PRESS STATEMENT: For Immediate Release | Rasmea Defense Committee Press contact: Hatem Abudayyeh, 773.301.4108, [email protected] Defense says charges are product of illegal investigation violating First Amendment Attorneys representing Chicago’s long-time Palestinian community leader, Rasmea Odeh, have filed a motion and brief in Detroit’s U.S. District Court to dismiss the indictment against her. They are doing so on the…
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Keep Palestine Light on your Tongues: Tareq Radi at Washington, DC rally
Tareq Radi is a Palestinian-American organizer with USPCN in Washington, DC, and founding member of George Mason University’s Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA). This speech was given at the national rally for Palestine on August 2nd in DC. Today we stand in solidarity in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Falisteen. As the number…
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Open letter to Mr. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon: stand for law and Justice or resign!
The US Palestinian Community Network is a signatory of the following statement: 5 August 2014 For humanity and the little remained credibility of international law: Un Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, stand for law and Justice or resign! Mr. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, We, the under signed Palestinian human rights and community-based organizations are extremely disappointed by your performance, notably…
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Defend Palestinian professor Rabab Abdulhadi from vicious smear attacks
Take Action to Defend Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi The United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) urges you to show your support for Professor Rabab Abdulhadi, who is facing a brutal smear campaign from the AMCHA initiative, a right-wing, racist and Zionist organization led by Tammi Rossman-Benjamin. Dr. Abdulhadi’s First Amendment Rights have been attacked and her legitimate research endeavors manipulated by Rossman-Benjamin, who has…
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Victory for Dr. Sami Al-Arian: feds drop all charges!
All criminal charges against Palestinian American community leader and professor, Dr. Sami Al-Arian, were dropped on Friday, June 27th. The United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) congratulates Dr. Al-Arian, his family, and his legal defense team for this huge victory. Dr. Al-Arian was facing criminal contempt charges for refusing to testify in front of a…
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Presbyterians Vote for Divestment
The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) applauds the decision by the Presbyterian Church (USA) to divest $21 million from Hewlett-Packard, Motorola Solutions, and Caterpillar, three companies that continue to profit from Israeli apartheid. The church’s vote yesterday, at its General Assembly meeting in Detroit, preceded two weeks earlier by the United Methodist Church’s selling off all its…
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DePaul Divest declares victory in student campaign
The US Palestinian Community Network salutes the students of DePaul Divest and SJP DePaul on their historic victory: securing a vote in a campus-wide referendum to divest from corporations profiting from the oppression and exploitation of Palestinian people and Palestinian land. Their statement on this important victory, the first of its kind in the U.S. to…