>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Call for Demos to Release Philly Prisoners NYC Demo Wednesday > >International Action Center >39 W. 14th St., Suite 206 >New York, New York 10011 >Tel: (212) 633-6646* >Fax: (212) 633-2889 >Web site: www.iacenter.org > >Call To Action - Released at 12:01 August 8, 2000 > >Emergency Demonstrations to Demand the >Immediate Release of Hundreds of Prisoners Still in Jail in Philadelphia > >Say No to Preventive Detention! > >When: WEDNESDAY, August 9th 5:00pm >Where: Times Square in NYC (42nd St. and 7th Avenue) > >An emergency demonstration will take place on Weds. August 9 at >Times Square in New York City to demand the release of hundreds of >jailed protesters who have been brutalized and held on exorbitant bails >in Philadelphia following the August 1 demonstration against the Prison- >Industrial Complex. The protests also demanded a new trial for African- >American journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal who has been sentenced to >death in Pennsylvania. > >"These prisoners have acted courageously in the face of brutal >treatment, heavy charges and outrageously high bails," stated Larry >Holmes, co-director of the International Action Center. "Their >continued incarceration not only flagrantly violates the rights of these >individuals it also serves as a test case for a new illegal police strategy >that aims at smashing the new anti-capitalist and anti-racist youth >movement that is sweeping the country." Holmes was one of the 425 >people arrested at the August 1 protests. > >"The prisoners are engaging in a hunger strike against their >mistreatment. All those who believe in the right to protest free from >government sponsored repression and preventive detention must now >demonstrate our solidarity with these sisters and brothers. Maximum >pressure must be placed on the authorities and bright a spotlight must >be put on this miscarriage of justice," Holmes said. > >The government started the strategy of preventive detention in >Washington DC with sweep arrests in April 15-17 demonstrations in >Washington DC. More than 1,200 were arrested including a large >number of people who were not engaged in any civil disobedience. A >Class Action lawsuit has been filed by a coalition of progressive >lawyers in Washington DC charging that the government and police >engaged in a far-reaching conspiracy to violate the First and Fourth >Amendment rights of protesters. > >In addition to the August 9 demonstration in New York City there will >be similar solidarity actions in cities throughout the United States on >the same day. > >--30-- > >International Action Center >39 West 14th Street, Room 206 >New York, NY 10011 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >web: www.iacenter.org >CHECK OUT THE NEW SITE www.mumia2000.org >phone: 212 633-6646 >fax: 212 633-2889 > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
