| Jan. 24: Forum to demand the release of Palestinian freedom fighter, Ahmad Sa’adat |
| Join International Action Center and Workers World Party for a political forum and discussion featuring Khaled Barakat, International Coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat!
WHEN: Thursday, January 24 @ 6:30PM MORE INFO ON THE CAMPAIGN TO FREE AHMAD SA’ADAT (Source: Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat): Ahmad Sa’adat, General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, is one of nearly 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails. These political prisoners, men, women and children, are activists, organizers and political leaders of the Palestinian people. Sa’adat, with five other Palestinian prisoners, was kidnapped by the Israeli military on March 14, 2006 after a siege upon the prison in Jericho, where he was being held under a U.S. and British guard at a Palestinian Authority prison. This is a campaign of human rights activists and concerned people from around the world, coming together to address the travesty of justice taking place, and calling for justice and freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian political prisoners. |
| Jan. 25: Demand the release of Marzieh Hashemi! This is an humanitarian crisis! |
 WHEN: Friday, January 25 @ 5:30pm WHERE: Grand Central Station (b/w 42nd St. and Park Ave) Demand Hashemi’s freedom on social media with hashtag #FreeMarziehHashemi MORE INFO ON HASHEMI AND HER ARREST Marzieh Hashemi has been in prison since January 13th, when she was arrested by the FBI at St. Louis International Airport while on her way to visit her sick brother in Denver. She is being held as a “material witness” for an undisclosed investigation, which means she can be held indefinitely without charges. Her children have been subpoenaed by the U.S. Justice Department to appear in front of a grand jury. She is a mother, grandmother, African American Journalist who began reporting on racism in the U.S. Her most recent reporting was on the Black Lives Matter struggle. Like so many other Black women and Muslim women in U.S. prisons, she is being held in the most humiliating and inhumane conditions. Her arrest and detention is part of Trump’s war against the Middle East. We demand her immediate release and full restitution! |
