San Diego IAC
Local Actions and Events
3930 Oregon Street #230
619-692-4422
iacsandiego@sbcglobal.net
JUSTICE FOR Anastasio Hernández Rojas!
(Spanish version below)
Anastasio Hernández Rojas, a 42 year old father of five, was brutally beaten and killed while in the custody of Border Patrol agents on Friday, May 28, 2010. This tragic incident occurred at the San Ysidro Port-of-Entry at approximately 9:00 pm while Mr. Hernández Rojas was in the process of being deported by Border Patrol.
The killing of Anastasio Hernández Rojas by Border Patrol agents is a clear indication of the climate of hate and repression that is being fomented every day against migrant communities and is tied to the current genocidal and murderous governmental policy.
The border communities of San Diego repudiate and denounce this aggression against human and civil rights in general, and the impunity evident with the murder of Mr. Hernández Rojas in particular. Furthermore, we demand a swift and transparent investigation of this lamentable case.
Words can’t describe the extremely violent acts that resulted in the death of Anastasio. Our silent protest will help expose the cruelty of a militarized border that is built upon a foundation of hate and repression.
Bi-National Silent Vigil
Justice for Anastasio Hernández Rojas!
Gathering Place: Last Trolley Stop (Blue Line) in San Ysidro
Date: Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Time: 5:00 pm
Organized by: Raza Rights Coalition & American Friends Service Committee
For more information contact: 619-923-3685 or 619-233-4114
email: coalicionproderechos@hotmail.com or usmexborder@afsc.org
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¡JUSTICIA PARA Anastasio Hernández Rojas!
Anastasio Hernández Rojas de 42 años de edad, padre de 5 hijos, fue brutalmente golpeado y asesinado a manos de la Patrulla Fronteriza el pasado viernes 28 de mayo alrededor de las 9pm en la Puerta México (Garita Internacional en San Ysidro/Tijuana) en el proceso de ser deportado por la Patrulla Fronteriza.
Este caso de asesinato por agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Anastasio Hernández Rojas es una clara indicación del clima de odio y represión que se fomenta día a día en contra de comunidades fronterizas y comunidades migrantes por una política de gobierno genocida y asesina.
La comunidad fronteriza de San Diego repudia y denuncia la continua agresión a los derechos humanos y civiles del pueblo y exige una pronta y transparente investigación de este lamentable caso.
Las palabras se nos agotan ante los violentos hechos que le arrebataron la vida a Anastasio. Dejemos que el silencio ponga en evidencia la crueldad de una frontera militarizada y ciega por el odio y la represión.
Vigilia Binacional
¡Justicia para Anastasio Hernández Rojas!
Lugar de Congregación: Última parada del Trolley (Línea Azúl) en San Ysidro
FECHA: Jueves, 3 de junio de 2010
Hora: 5:00 pm
Convoca: Coalición Pro-Derechos de la Raza y Comité de Amigos
Para moyores informes llame: 619-923-3685 or 619-233-4114
email: coalicionproderechos@hotmail.com o usmexborder@afsc.org
American Friends Service Committee
San Diego Area Office
P.O. Box 126147
San Diego, CA 92112
(619) 233-4114
fax (619) 233-6247
usmexborder@afsc.org
PROTEST THE ZIONIST PIRACY
AND MASSACRE OF GAZA AID CONVOY
FEDERAL BUILDING
880 Front St. (and Broadway)
Downtown San Diego
FRIDAY 6/4/2010 at 5:00 PM
The ANSWER Coalition, Free Palestine Alliance, MAS San Diego and other organizations and individuals are calling for a national days of action against the Zionist state on Friday June 4th and Saturday June 5th to denounce the Israeli military massacre of human rights activists on a Gaza aid convoy. At least 19 international activists were killed by Israel, with dozens injured. The death toll may rise.
The attack on the Freedom Flotilla is a crime against humanity. The Gaza aid convoy, made up of 6 ships bringing medical, construction and school supplies to besieged Palestinians in Gaza, was attacked in international waters by 14 Israeli ships. Heavily armed Israeli commandos dropped onto the ships from helicopters and opened fire on the activists.
Gaza has been blockaded by Israel since 2007 with full backing by the U.S. government. The blockade is a brutal form of collective punishment aimed at strangling the Palestinian people.
Come out Friday to protest this outrage and to demand an end to the siege of Gaza!
For more info call 619-980-0677 or email yabudayyeh@sbcglobal.net
Yousef Abudayyeh
Please visit
http://wewillreturn.blogspot.com
http://www.farewellhakeem.blogspot.com/
www.freepalestinianprisoners.com
Forwarded to you by the San Diego International Action Center:
The Israeli lies combined with media blackout on anything but their own version were apparently prepared long in advance of their planned massacre. Claiming they found weapons but all they could show is kitchen knives and construction tools (wrenches, water pipes etc). All cargo was listed on the ships’ manifesto that the Israeli ‘intelligence’ agencies could easily acquire and were freely available and meticulously documented by the organizers. The Israeli spin machine also claimed they were first trying to use non-lethal weapons including, and this is no joke, paint ball guns (funny that we did not see evidence of passengers with pained shirts but only blood soaked shirts). The respected media watch group FAIR detailed how some Western media (mis)reported of the attack on the humanitarian aid ships ‘Reporting Israeli Assault Through Israel's Eyes: Attack on humanitarian flotilla prompts little media skepticism’ http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4081
Reporters Without Borders urges the Israeli authorities to release a list of the journalists who were arrested during yesterday’s raid on the humanitarian flotilla and to say where they are being held. There were at least 15 foreign journalists travelling with the flotilla who still cannot be reached directly. These are the names of the journalists known to have been aboard the flotilla: http://en.rsf.org/israel-israeli-military-prevents-media-31-05-2010,37630.html
Some Western Media did a balanced job. Here is Democracy Now with excellent coverage http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/1/global_condemnation_of_israeli_armed_attack
And while some western media dutifully reported Israeli government words of being sorry for the deaths and their verbal attack on the ships’ passengers (calling them terrorists or terrorist sympathizers), no media reported on Israeli fascists celebrating the massacre in front of the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a3_1275348204
And also a video at Ben Gurion University and other universities.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB9GYd3jq_E
(According to the person who sent this ‘It is important to mention that in principle all political activity on this campus is forbidden, and that leftist activists demonstrating outside of the campus during the war on Gaza last year were arrested. This demonstration was held with collaboration of the University authorities and contrary to these same authorities regulations.”)
Most abducted passengers will be released and deported but four have been brought before ‘judges’ and will be tried by the apartheid state: Lubna Masarwa (Free Gaza Movement board director), Sheikh Raed Salah (leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel/1948 Palestine), Mohammed Zeidan (Director of International Advocacy Program for the Arab Association for Human Rights), and Hamed abu Dabis (human rights advocate from Lebanon). It is to try to scare others in the future. But the Rachel Corrieship is already on its way to Gaza from Ireland in defiance of the Israeli terror tactics and plans for new fleets are already being implemented. Unfortunately, the US administration took the decision yet again to shield Israel from International law and make a mockery of the UN by refusing to demand a lifting of the siege (contrary to position of all other countries). So much for the change that those who voted for Obama had expected.
Caoimhe Butterly recorded a message before she was kidnapped. She is still unaccounted for
http://www.qumsiyeh.org/ofcowardicedignityandsolidarity/
Survivors of the massacre who are released tell their stories
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/02/gaza-flotilla-raid-gunfire-ship-blood
Sample Videos from demonstrations little reported in supine western media:
Bethlehem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOnsBKZknrc
New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BMxw1LnT50
San Francisco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-ijKBugff8
Gaza aid flotilla: Israeli sabotage suspected Israel's military may have sabotaged two boats carrying Free Gaza activists after both malfunctioned at the same time in the same way prior to the raid
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/01/israel-gaza-flotilla-sabotage-suspected
The Elders group of past and present world leaders, including former South African president Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, on Monday condemned as “completely inexcusable” the deadly Israeli attack on a flotilla carrying aid for Gaza.
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article442925.ece
Meanwhile the colonization activities in the occupied West Bank continue fast and furious. Bulldozers are tearing up the land all around us. Our friends at the Tent of Nations had demolition orders served for the few structures and renovated caves they maintain on the farm that also acts as a peace center (see http://www.tentofnations.org ). Our friends in Wad Rahhal are threatened with total eviction (if you are in Palestine, join us for a demonstration this Friday at 12:30 PM). The stories are endless in the land of apartheid. But resistance from brave souls continue (and our hearts and minds are with our friend Emily, a US visual art student who was targeted by the Israeli fascist forces and lost her left eye).
ACTIONS
Petition: call for independent investigation, accountability, and lifting the siege on Gaza
http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_flotilla/98.php?CLICKTF
Translate your anger into action. Other ways to help:
http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=345
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home
http://www.qumsiyeh.org
Professor, Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities
Chairman of the Board, Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People, http://www.pcr.ps
