TODAY - Protest for Rasmea Odeh in CHICAGO 4:30P Fed Plaza

MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 12, 2014


                    *******       Protest to #FreeRasmeaNow at Chicago's Federal Building       *******


	WHEN: Today, Wednesday, November 12th, 2014, at 4:30 PM

	WHERE: Federal Plaza (50 W. Adams St) in downtown Chicago

	Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/294617824061333

On Monday, in front of all her supporters, U.S. marshals placed Rasmea in handcuffs and under arrest. She will be detained until her sentencing, which is set for March 10, 2015. The immediate and urgent task of the national Rasmea Defense Committee is to get her released from jail, so we are writing letters to the judge, planning emergency protests, and even chaining ourselves to the U.S. Federal Court building in Oakland: http://uspcn.org/2014/11/12/oakland-activists-lockdown-u-s-fed-court-to-freerasmeanow

This protest in Chicago is part of a National Week of Action to #FreeRasmeaNow:
http://www.stopfbi.net/national-week-action-freerasmeanow

The defense committee called the conviction on Monday a "travesty of justice," but her arrest pending sentencing is even more egregious, especially since Rasmea is a 67 year old woman who has incredibly strong ties to Chicago and the U.S., and is not a flight risk or a danger to society: http://uspcn.org/2014/11/10/without-a-full-and-fair-trial-rasmea-found-guilty


For more information and background on Rasmea Odeh’s case, go to http://www.uspcn.org and http://www.stopfbi.net.

The national Rasmea Defense Committee includes: United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR), Coalition to Protect People’s Rights (CPPR), 8th Day Center for Justice, Al-Awda NY: the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, 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, Chicago Light Brigade, 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, Latino Organization of the Southwest (LOS), Lifta Society, Middle East Crisis Committee (CT), Milwaukee Palestine Solidarity Coalition, 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, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee, United African Organization, United National Antiwar Coalition, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Voces de la Frontera, Women Against Military Madness, and Z Collective.