------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Nov. 14, 2002 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
INS, FBI SEIZE AND DETAIN PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST By Frank Neisser Boston INS and FBI agents raided the Cumberland, R.I., home of Palestinian activist Amer Jubran on Nov. 4 and detained him at the INS holding center in Providence. He was then transferred to a state prison in Cranston, R.I. When Jubran's lawyer, Barry Wilson, made inquiries about him, he was told only that Jubran was being held pending investigation of violations of unspecified INS statutes. Activists see the hand of "homeland security" in this illegal raid and detention, which follows the pattern of detentions of Palestinian activists around the country. Two days earlier, on Nov. 2, Jubran had led a march through the streets of Boston past the Israeli Consulate to demand an end to all U.S. support for Israel and full rights for the Palestinian nation. Jubran has been a prominent activist in the Boston area in defense of Palestine. On June 10, 2001, he led a demonstration in Brookline, Mass., protesting a Zionist celebration of Israeli independence. He was arrested at the protest on fabricated charges, but they were dropped after a five-month people's campaign by the Committee to Defend Amer Jubran and Palestinian Free Speech Rights exposed flagrant police and city misconduct. The cops had tried to shut down a legal protest while they were actually being paid by the organizers of the Zionist festival. Jubran has worked with the ANSWER coalition on numerous protests against the brutal and genocidal Israeli occupation of Palestine, including marches and frequent pickets in front of the Israeli Consulate and a march this June 9 to again protest the Israeli Independence Day festival, this time held on Boston Common. He has participated and spoken at national ANSWER demonstrations against the Bush administration's wars, including the April 20 march of over 100,000 in Washington in defense of Palestinian rights and the Intifada. A legal team is being assembled to defend Amer Jubran. Supporters can write to him at Amer Jubran, ID # 122331, Intake Service Center, P.O. Box 8249, Cranston, RI 02920. n - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
