Date
Friday, December 10, 2010 12:00amLocation
The Violation of Human Rights: The “War on Terror” Continues at Home and Abroad
Friday, December 10th, 7 pm – 9 pm
Judson Memorial Church, Assembly Hall
239 Thompson Street, Washington Square Park South
New York, NY
Join the NYC Coalition to Stop Islamophobia on Friday, December 10th, for a timely panel and community discussion about how fear and anti-Muslim bigotry is mobilized to enable political prosecution, entrapment, targeted assassinations, indefinite and abusive detentions, and unjust occupations.
Speakers include:
CCR staff attorney Pardiss Kebriaei, who is challenging the Obama administration’s targeted killing order on Anwar Al-Aulaqi, an American citizen residing in Yemen, in a lawsuit filed by CCR and the ACLU. She will discuss this case and the arguments presented by the Obama administration to prevent judicial review of government kill lists.
Lamis J. Deek, an attorney and human rights advocate specializing in defending Arab & Muslim community members, activists and organizers against governmental attack. Lamis is a long time member of Al-Awda NY: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, the Arab Muslim American Federation, and the National Lawyers Guild. She is co-founder of the US Palestine Community Network.
Lynne Jackson, a volunteer, president, and co-founder of Project SALAM– a group that spotlights the hundreds of innocent Muslims who were targeted, prosecuted, and convicted in the hysteria following 9/11. Ms. Jackson will identify tactics used in preemptive prosecution, discuss cases prosecuted in the federal courts, and their effect and excessive sentences on families; she will also discuss recent trial & conviction of the Newburgh 4.
Nima Shirazi is a political commentator from New York City. He is a contributing columnist for Foreign Policy Journal and Palestine Think Tank.
Sponsored by: NYC Coalition to Stop Islamophobia, Al-Awda NY, Project Salam, United National Antiwar Conference (UNAC), World Can't Wait, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)
Last modified
November 30, 2010