ALBANY, NY (WAMC) -Â Activists gathered outside Albany City Hall Monday evening in support of pressuring federal prosecutors to review the case against two imprisoned Muslim men Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports. Â (more…)
April 2010
Monthly Archive
Tue 6 Apr 2010
Tue 6 Apr 2010
William Fisher NEW YORK, 5 Apr (IPS)
Two U.S. federal prisons are being used overwhelmingly to hold Muslim prisoners and prisoners with unpopular political beliefs, and are practicing religious profiling, retaliation and arbitrary punishment, according to a lawsuit filed by the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR).
Mon 5 Apr 2010
Rally and March In Support of Justice for Muslims Targeted by Preemptive Prosecution
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Albany, NY —— A rally and march to Albany City Hall will be held on Monday, April 5 at 6:00 P.M.  The rally will begin at the Armory, corner of Washington Ave. and Lark St. (more…)
Sat 3 Apr 2010
William Fisher Huffington Post 4/03/10
As legal experts mull over the long-term implications of last week’s court decision declaring illegal the program of warrantless surveillance by the George W. Bush administration, attention now focuses on whether the Obama Justice Department will appeal the controversial ruling. (more…)
Sat 3 Apr 2010
Not Just Guantanamo: U.S. Torturing Muslim Pre-Trial Detainee in New York City
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Bill Quigley Commondreams 4/03/10
Today in New York City, the U.S. is torturing a Muslim detainee with no prior criminal record who has not even gone to trial. (more…)
Thu 1 Apr 2010