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Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:50 PM
Subject: [bangla-vision] The Jan. 28th DC Mobilization, and other important announcements..
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Ali Asad Chandia, a young and mild-mannered widely respected school teacher, was wrongfully convicted (in our humble opinion) and subsequently incarcerated for providing "material support" to a group fighting the Indian occupation of Kashmir.
The Loss of Civil Freedoms in America
A Response by Muslim and Civil Rights Organizations
"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will
vanish like spirits at the dawn of day." Thomas Jefferson
Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011
When: 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Martin Luther King Memorial Library- Room A-5
Washington D.C. – 901 G St. NW- (Between 9th and G streets NW)
Panel II: Profiling and the Erosion of Civil Freedoms
Witnesses: Shahid Buttar, Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Mike German, American Civil Liberties Union
Corey Saylor, Council on American-Islamic Relations
Panel III: Unequal Treatment and Victim Families Testimonies
Witnesses: Shaker Elsayed, Universal Justice Foundation
Padriss Kebriaei, Center for Constitutional Rights
Faisal Hashmi, Muslim Justice Initiative
A member from the Duka, Elashi, and Abu Ali Families
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From: <peacethrujustice@aol.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:50 PM
Subject: [bangla-vision] The Jan. 28th DC Mobilization, and other important announcements..
THE PEACE THRU JUSTICE FOUNDATION
17 SAFAR 1432 A.H.
(January 21, 2011)
Assalaamu Alaikum (Greetings of Peace):
If you are a Muslim who resides in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan area - or you are within driving distance of Metro DC - please mark your calendar for these important initiatives, and share this information with others! To IMAMS: PLEASE ANNOUNCE AT TODAY'S JUMU'AH! Shukran
CONTENTS
1. January 28th Mobilization @ U.S. Department of Justice
2. Re-Sentencing of Ali Asad Chandia
3. January 29th Citizens' Hearing at MLK Memorial Library, Washington, DC
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THE JANUARY 28TH DC MOBILIZATION
In Memory of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
THE SHAME AND AGONY OF
AMERICA'S DISAPPEARED
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011
ASSEMBLY TIME 12 NOON
NEW YORK AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1313 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
*FROM THERE WE MARCH TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT*
This very important mobilization for justice will begin with jumu'ah, shortly after 12 noon, at the historic New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, located at 13th Street & New York Avenue NW, in downtown Washington, DC. The subject matter for the khutbah will be relevant for the occasion, insha'Allah.
Jumu'ah will be followed by a short organizing/logistical meeting (and refreshments). Between 2:00 – 2:30 we will begin our march in unison from the church to the front of the U.S. Department of Justice for the rally.
Insha'Allah (God willing), we expect a significant number of Muslim families who have been forced to suffer the brutal dispossession of a loved one (i.e. a husband, a father, a brother, a sister, a son, a daughter) – in the name of "national security" and a "War on Terrorism" - to be present to speak of their loss.
IT'S TIME FOR MUSLIM FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN SUFFERING IN SILENCE TO COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS. AND IT'S PAST TIME FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY (AS A COMMUNAL FORCE FOR GOOD) TO STAND UP!!!
For additional information call: (301) 220-0133
E-mail: peacethrujustice@aol.com
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THE JAN. 28TH RESENTENCING OF ALI ASAD CHANDIA
Ali Asad Chandia, a young and mild-mannered widely respected school teacher, was wrongfully convicted (in our humble opinion) and subsequently incarcerated for providing "material support" to a group fighting the Indian occupation of Kashmir.
The Court of Appeals for the second time has agreed with Ali that the District Judge Claude Hilton did NOT justify his use of the "terrorism enhancement" when he sentenced Ali Asad to 15 years of imprisonment in 2006.
A "terrorism enhancement" is a tool used to inflate the sentences for any "normal" crimes done in the furtherance of "terrorism." Had Ali's crime not been associated with "terrorism," his maximum sentence would have been about six years.
Since the Court of Appeals is not convinced that the lower judge justified using the terrorism enhancement in Ali's sentencing, it "vacated" the sentence, which means Ali technically has no sentence at this time. Thus, Ali is scheduled to be brought back to Alexandria (VA) for a re-sentencing for the second time. This re-sentencing is scheduled for the morning of Friday, January 28.
Since the Court of Appeals is not convinced that the lower judge justified using the terrorism enhancement in Ali's sentencing, it "vacated" the sentence, which means Ali technically has no sentence at this time. Thus, Ali is scheduled to be brought back to Alexandria (VA) for a re-sentencing for the second time. This re-sentencing is scheduled for the morning of Friday, January 28.
As this will occur the same day as the demonstration at the Justice Department, we urge our supporters and other concerned and committed folk to be present for Ali's court appearance in Alexandria, and then join us for the mobilization in downtown Washington!
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National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF)
Presents: CITIZENS' HEARING
The Loss of Civil Freedoms in America
A Response by Muslim and Civil Rights Organizations
"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will
vanish like spirits at the dawn of day." Thomas Jefferson
Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011
When: 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Martin Luther King Memorial Library- Room A-5
Washington D.C. – 901 G St. NW- (Between 9th and G streets NW)
Panel I: Prosecuting Thought Crimes and Manufactured Charges
Witnesses: Prof. Sahar Aziz, Georgetown Law Center
Steve Downs, Project SALAM
Witnesses: Prof. Sahar Aziz, Georgetown Law Center
Steve Downs, Project SALAM
Panel II: Profiling and the Erosion of Civil Freedoms
Witnesses: Shahid Buttar, Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Mike German, American Civil Liberties Union
Corey Saylor, Council on American-Islamic Relations
Panel III: Unequal Treatment and Victim Families Testimonies
Witnesses: Shaker Elsayed, Universal Justice Foundation
Padriss Kebriaei, Center for Constitutional Rights
Faisal Hashmi, Muslim Justice Initiative
A member from the Duka, Elashi, and Abu Ali Families
(please download attached flier and help circulate)
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Palash Biswas
Pl Read:
http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/
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