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  1. US Palestinian Community Network | uspcn.org | @uspcn
  2. Committee to Stop FBI Repression | stopfbi.net | @stopfbi
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  6. Tuesday, September 2 is Rasmea Odeh's next court date. All Out for Detroit!
  7.  
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  9. Rasmea is due in court again September 2nd for a status hearing on her case in front of new judge Gershwin Drain. The Rasmea Defense Committee, USPCN, and the Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR) is mobilizing to fill the courthouse once again, and we ask you to join us!
  10.  
  11. WHERE: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  12. 231 W. Lafayette Blvd., in Detroit, Michigan
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  14. WHEN: We will gather on Tuesday, September 2nd, at 2 PM Eastern Standard Time (hearing begins at 3 PM EST)
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  19. 1. Tuesday, Sept. 2: Call the prosecutors and tell them, “Drop the charges now!”
  20. 2. Important Update! Judge Borman forced to step down in Rasmea Odeh trial!
  21. 3. Press Release
  22. 4. Steal These Tweets
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  27.  
  28. 1. Tuesday, Sept. 2: Call the prosecutors and tell them, “Drop the charges now!”
  29. Call Jonathan Tukel in Detroit at 313-226-9749
  30. Chief of National Security Unit, U.S. Attorney’s office, Eastern District of Michigan
  31.  
  32. Call Barbara McQuade at 313-226-9100 or
  33. 313-226-9501 (voicemail)
  34. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan
  35.  
  36. When you call say, “Hello, my name is ________, and I am calling from _________ to demand that U.S. Attorney McQuade drop the charges against Rasmea Odeh." (first name pronounced Russ-MEE-yuh)
  37.  
  38. Make the calls!
  39. Tuesday, Sept. 2, from 9 am to 5 pm Eastern Time
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  41.  
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  43.  
  44.  
  45. 2. Important Update! Judge Borman forced to step down in Rasmea Odeh trial!
  46.  
  47. Detroit, MI - Judge Paul D. Borman was forced to step down from the bench in the case of Palestinian community leader Rasmea Odeh on August 11. On July 31, when 120 activists attended Rasmea Odeh’s pretrial hearing Detroit, they witnessed Judge Borman denying a defense motion calling for recusal, for him to step down from the case.
  48.  
  49. In an unexpected turn of events this past week, Borman admitted his financial ties to Israel “could be perceived as establishing a reasonably objective inference of a lack of impartiality in the context of the issues presented in this case.” Defense claims of pro-Israel bias are vindicated, and Borman has removed himself. The case is now randomly re-assigned to U.S. District Judge Gershwin A. Drain.
  50.  
  51. The U.S. government is putting Rasmea Odeh, a torture victim, on trial in Detroit. Odeh, who organizes Arab American women to empower themselves and speak out, was arrested, tortured, raped, and convicted by the Israeli military in 1969. She has lived in the U.S. for 20 years and won her citizenship ten years ago. Now, however, the U.S. government is putting her on trial for fraud, for not writing about the Israeli military conviction on her paper work.
  52.  
  53. When Borman refused the motion to step down on July 31, he dismissed defense arguments about his decades of trips to and fundraising for Israel, claiming his “religious convictions” did not bring his impartiality into question.
  54.  
  55. According to supporters, Borman was falsely covering Zionist ideology with Judaism. “We opposed Judge Borman not because of his Jewish faith, but because of his decades of support for the state of Israel,” said Hatem Abudayyeh, a spokesperson for Odeh’s defense committee. “Rasmea overcame vicious torture by Israeli authorities while imprisoned in Palestine in the 1970s. She has committed no crime and the government has no case. We need a judge willing to listen to a defense that puts Israel on trial for its crimes against Rasmea, and against all Palestinians.”
  56.  
  57. Supporters of Odeh hail this as a victory for the defense, but are redoubling efforts to win justice for Rasmea. People are being asked to sign the Rasmea Odeh petition at www.StopFBI.net.
  58.  
  59. Abudayyeh continued, “This case is a political attack on the Palestine liberation movement and that means we need a political defense as much as a legal defense. Thousands of people from across the country are fighting for Rasmea, demanding that the government drop the charges against her. If they do not drop the charges, we are still going all out for Detroit, to fill the courtroom every day of the trial.”
  60.  
  61. A status hearing in front of Judge Drain is still planned for Tuesday, Sept. 2, in Detroit, and the Rasmea Defense Committee is calling for supporters to pack the courthouse and to call the prosecutors to demand that they drop the charges on that day. The date of the actual trial is being rescheduled.
  62.  
  63. The national Rasmea Defense Committee includes: United States Palestinian Community Network, Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR), Coalition to Protect People’s Rights (CPPR), 8th Day Center for Justice, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)-Chicago, American Muslims for Palestine, Anti-War Committee (AWC)-Chicago, AWC-Minneapolis, Arab Jewish Partnership for Peace and Justice in the Middle East, Arab Resource and Organizing Center, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Committee Against Political Repression, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Chicago, CAIR-Michigan, Friends of Sabeel-North America, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, International League of Peoples’ Struggle-U.S., Jewish Voice for Peace, Lifta Society, National Boricua Human Rights Network, National Lawyers Guild (NLG), National Students for Justice in Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Group-Chicago, Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, Palestinian Youth Movement-USA Branch, St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee, United African Organization, United National Antiwar Coalition, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Voces de la Frontera, and Women Against Military Madness.
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  67.  
  68.  
  69. 3. Press Release:
  70.  
  71. **** Palestinian-American activist Rasmea Odeh due in court for status hearing ****
  72. New judge to set trial date; may also set hearing on defense motion to dismiss
  73.  
  74. WHEN: Tuesday, September 2nd, at 2 PM Eastern Standard Time for support rally and Rasmea Defense Committee press availability.
  75. Hearing begins at 3 PM EST. Defense attorneys will be available to the press after the hearing.
  76.  
  77. WHERE: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  78. 231 W. Lafayette Blvd., in Detroit, Michigan
  79.  
  80. DETROIT: Defense and prosecution attorneys will square off in Detroit federal court on Tuesday, September 2nd, before Judge Gershwin Drain, for a status hearing in the politically motivated deportation case against Chicago Palestinian-American community leader Rasmea Odeh.
  81.  
  82. Defense attorneys Michael Deutsch and Jim Fennerty are hoping Judge Drain, who took over the helm after Judge Paul D. Borman recused himself on August 12, will set a date to hear their motion to dismiss Ms. Odeh’s case. They believe the case against their client violates the U.S. Constitution because the charge stems from a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the 23 Palestinian and antiwar activists who were subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury in 2010.
  83.  
  84. "We have been saying for years that the investigation against us is a witch hunt," says Jess Sundin, of the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and one of the subpoenaed activists, "and now we know that the government 'discovered' Rasmea while violating our First Amendment rights. We demand that U.S. Attorney McQuade drop the indictment now!"
  85.  
  86. The Department of Homeland Security arrested Ms. Odeh on October 22, 2013, and charged her with Unlawful Procurement of Naturalization, for allegedly failing to disclose, in her 2004 application for U.S. citizenship, that she was arrested in Palestine and tried in an Israeli military court that “convicts” 99.74% of Palestinians who come before it.
  87.  
  88. Her conviction was based on a “confession” that was forced in the wake of physical and sexual torture by the Israelis. A recent defense motion has requested “the prosecution obtain from the U.S. State Department all documents pertaining to [Rasmea Odeh] and her father, Yousef Odeh, and all others similarly charged from 1969-1970, emanating from the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Consulate in Israel.” The defense believes that these documents will “likely contain information which … would corroborate [Odeh’s] claims that she was viciously tortured by the Israeli occupation authorities.”
  89.  
  90. In addition, the defense contends that the “documents would also show that the U.S. government knew of [Odeh’s] arrest, conviction and imprisonment by the Israeli military occupation, and therefore her responses to those questions on her visa and naturalization application were not material since the government already knew the answers to those questions and did not raise them as a bar to her entering the country, obtaining a permanent residency status or citizenship.”
  91.  
  92. For these reasons, Odeh’s supporters are demanding that federal authorities drop the charges. They are gathering from across the Midwest to attend the hearing, as they did on July 31. More information on Odeh’s case can be found at uspcn.org and stopfbi.net.
  93.  
  94. The national Rasmea Defense Committee includes United States Palestinian Community Network, Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR), Coalition to Protect People’s Rights (CPPR), 8th Day Center for Justice, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)-Chicago, American Muslims for Palestine, Anti-War Committee (AWC)-Chicago, AWC-Minneapolis, Arab Jewish Partnership for Peace and Justice in the Middle East, Arab Resource and Organizing Center, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Committee Against Political Repression, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Chicago, CAIR-Michigan, Friends of Sabeel-North America, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, International League of Peoples’ Struggle-U.S., Jewish Voice for Peace, Lifta Society, National Boricua Human Rights Network, National Lawyers Guild (NLG), National Students for Justice in Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Group-Chicago, Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, Palestinian Youth Movement-USA Branch, St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee, United African Organization, United National Antiwar Coalition, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Voces de la Frontera, and Women Against Military Madness.
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  97.  
  98. Steal These Tweets!
  99.  
  100. TODAY--Call prosecutors to demand #Justice4Rasmea! @stopfbi | bit.ly/1u4ksy0
  101.  
  102. Stand with Rasmea TODAY in Detroit at her status hearing with her new judge #Justice4Rasmea | on.fb.me/1t6Dym5
  103.  
  104. “No more torture! Drop the charges now!” TODAY in Detroit, join the supporters to demand #Justice4Rasmea | on.fb.me/1t6Dym5
  105.  
  106. Support Rasmea by donating to her legal fund! @stopfbi #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1uwg4es
  107.  
  108. Urgent update, #Justice4Rasmea's attorneys move to dismiss case: bit.ly/1r0tewW
  109.  
  110. VIDEO: 10 years ago, Rasmea became a US citizen. Why is the US backtracking? #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1ptm57J
  111.  
  112. Rasmea, community organizer & winner of “Outstanding Community Leader Award,” is an icon in Chicago #Justice4Rasmea| trib.in/1rfHJiJ
  113.  
  114. Rasmea created a space to empower immigrant women in Chicago @aaanmarkaz #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/YrJlsF
  115.  
  116. AUDIO: Lawyer Jim Fennerty and @Maureen_70 analyze Rasmea's case. Starts at 16:30 #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1kKUcrx
  117.  
  118. VIDEO: "In 1948 when the Zionists occupied Palestine, we lost everything" #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1meYgfb
  119.  
  120. "Her past as a prisoner in Israel was well-known when she applied for citizenship." #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/Xwqv3y
  121.  
  122. This case is a continuation of legal & political attacks on the Palestinian community @Mondoweiss #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1At8Mrr
  123.  
  124. Arrest of Odeh is part of the systematic criminalization of Palestinian organizing #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1bvFyKH
  125.  
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  127. Brutally tortured into confession, Rasmea was eventually exiled from her homeland @US_Campaign #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1u1z7Ij
  128.  
  129. Tortured into confession by Israel, then convicted in an Israeli military court #Justice4Rasmea | thebea.st/VuCEnU
  130.  
  131. Israel tortures & sexually assaults Palestinians as means to facilitate colonization of Palestine #Justice4Rasmea bit.ly/1w7TKU4
  132.  
  133. VIDEO: This isn't a legitimate conviction. It was a product of torture #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1pCykPd
  134.  
  135. US excavating the naturalization of 67yr old sexual torture survivor to brand her as a criminal #Justice4Rasmea bit.ly/1w7TKU4
  136.  
  137. Rasmea endured years of sexual abuse while in Israeli prison @intifada @amnesty #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1j0RQkE
  138.  
  139. Rasmea represents the fight against sexual brutality in Israel @amnesty @hrw #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1uHBYuE
  140.  
  141. More than 7,000 Palestinians are imprisoned by Israel @CornellSJP @Mondoweiss #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1rQ8aa5
  142.  
  143. 99.7% of Palestinians put on trial in Israeli military courts are convicted #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1m6L3oL
  144.  
  145. Palestinians face range of abuses of their right to a fair trial @amnesty #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1leaCcJ
  146.  
  147. Israeli military courts grant ISA flexibility in conduct of interrogations of Palestinian detainees #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1rjrMrM
  148. ----
  149. Immediately following Rasmea’s arrest in October, +64 groups publicly opposed Rasmea’s indictment #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1pAT4qP
  150.  
  151. Solidarity with Rasmea! Communities leaders and organizations release statements in support of #Justice4Rasmea | bit.ly/1mVIGoF
  152.  
  153. Keep up with the latest updates to bring #Justice4Rasmea! Follow @Justice4Rasmea and on.fb.me/1t6Dym5.
  154.  
  155. Stand for #Justice4Rasmea. Contribute to her defense fund. @stopfbi | http://www.stopfbi.net/donate
  156.  
  157. Drop the charges NOW! Sign on to demand prosecutors bring #Justice4Rasmea | @stopfbi bit.ly/1ppCY2Y
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