Political Prisoner Petition-Circulate Widely: Free Political Prisoners, Moayad & Zayed
To skip & sign go to: http://www.al-awdany.org/politicalprisoners/signletters.html
ALSO NOTE: Friday JUNE 17th-Rally To Free Political Prisoners, Moayad & Zayed, 9am-1pm, 25 Cadman Plaza, Court of the Eastern District of NY.
Salaam Friends:
As many of you know, the judgment and committal (sentencing) of Sheikh Moayad & Mohamad Zayed is two weeks away. We would like to have the letters & petitions mailed out within the next week and a half.
Some of you have committed to signing and collecting signatures from your academic institution & organizations, please take the time to submit those signatures as we are cutting it close.
For those who are unfamiliar with the case, i have pasted a portion of the case background which can also be found on our website (link is below.
In Either case, i urge u all to individually and organizationally sign the letters & petition and circulate it as widely as possible.
thanks & salaam in strugle, lamis PS: if you have any further questions about the case, please feel free to contact me at this address.
Background on the case of Sheikh Mohamad Al-Moayad and Mohamad Zayad
On March 10, 2005, Sheikh Mohamad Al-Moayad and Mohamad Zayad were convicted on charges of providing "material support" to Hamas, in one of the more egregious frame-up cases of the U.S. government's so-called "war on terror." Far from being a prosecution aimed at safeguarding the United States, the government sought out two Yemeni citizens, well-known for their numerous charitable endeavors, and brought them to the U.S. for the sole purpose of prosecuting them for their entirely legal activities in Yemen, at the sole instigation of a notoriously unreliable informant who has repeatedly pressured the FBI itself for more money for his services. During the trial of these men, the government attempted to block the entry of a Palestinian-born defense attorney into the case, alleging that her "foreign-born" status posed an "increased risk." The prejudice and racism of the prosecution was revealed on numerous occasions, including one prosecutor's reference to a Qu'ranic verse as the "terrorist verse." This case is a microcosm of the reality of the "war on terror" inside the U.S., what has proven to be a "war of terror" against Arabs and Muslims.
Please read the summary of the case at: http://www.al-awdany.org/politicalprisoners/pcbackground.html
Please sign the online Petitions & Letters addressed to the Judge, Bureau of Prisons and Yemeni President at: http://www.al-awdany.org/politicalprisoners/signletters.html
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