Please call this Monday, Sept. 24, it only takes a minutes of your time to say:
End the investigation.
Carlos Montes
www.stopfbi.net
www.csosite.org
www.facebook.com/centrocso
www.fightbacknews.org
Two Year Anniversary of Grand Jury Repression of Anti-War and Solidarity
Activists: End the Investigations, Stop the Witch Hunts!
Participate in the National call in day September 24
Call Assistant U.S. Attorney Barry Jonas at 312-353-5300 x 68027
Tell him to "End the investigation of anti-war and international solidarity
activists."
Background:
Two years after the September 24, 2010 FBI raids and grand jury repression
that targeted 23 Midwest anti-war, Palestinian and international solidarity
activists, the Committee to Stop FBI Repression is urging activists around the
country to take action. Two years is enough! It is time for the Chicago U.S.
Attorney’s office to say, once and for all, that this investigation is over.
After two long years, the activists who faced raids and subpoenaed are still
being threatened. This needs to be taken seriously. In late July 2012,
Northern Illinois Assistant U.S. Attorney Barry Jonas refused to return much
of the material seized in the FBI raid on the home of Hatem Abudayyeh, citing
the ongoing “material support for terrorism” investigation.
Barry Jonas is well known for participating in one of the worst violations of
civil liberties in the past decade. He played a leading role in prosecuting
the leaders of the Holy Land Foundation while he was trial attorney for the
Department of Justice Counter-terrorism Section.
The Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office has told lawyers representing the anti-war
and international solidarity activists that they are preparing “multiple
indictments of multiple people.” Barry Jonas’ refusal to return Abudayyeh’s
papers is the latest confirmation that the investigation has not ended and
that the Justice Department is continuing its vendetta against those who are
working for peace with justice. In a number of “material support of terrorism”
cases, there has been a gap of one to three or more years between the FBI
raids and indictments.
Most of the activists targeted in this case, including Abudayyeh, helped
organize the massive protest at the 2008 Republican National Convention in
Saint Paul, Minnesota. At that time, an undercover law enforcement officer,
going by the name of “Karen Sullivan,” infiltrated the protest efforts and
stuck around to spy and lie about many of the 23 activists.
That Barry Jonas is now the lead prosecutor for the international solidarity
activists is troubling. Jonas is a pro-Israel ideologue whose work in
prosecuting the Holy Land case exposed his politically motivated willingness
to trample on the rights of accused Palestinians. As the lead prosecutor in
the Holy Land case, Jonas used secret witnesses (the defense never got to find
out who the witnesses were), hearsay evidence and the introduction of evidence
that had nothing to do with the defendants in the case - such as showing a
video from Palestine of protesters burning an American flag - as a means to
prejudice the jury. The result was that five men, who did nothing wrong, are
sitting in prison with sentences that range between 15 and 65 years.
The U.S. is becoming a more repressive place. Hundreds of Arabs and Muslims
have and are facing unjust prosecutions, or have already been put behind bars.
Also, a grand jury is threatening political activists in the Northwest;
criminal proceedings are taking place against NATO protesters in Chicago; and
the Occupy movement has faced a wave of police violence.
Through our collective action, we were able to win a victory against the FBI
frame up of veteran Chicano activist Carlos Montes.
We need to continue the fight to against all political repression. Together we
will win!
QUICK LINKS
For more info, go to www.stopfbi.net
Visit the AfGJ website at www.afgj.org
Carlos Montes
www.stopfbi.net
www.csosite.org
www.facebook.com/centrocso
www.fightbacknews.org
Two Year Anniversary of Grand Jury Repression of Anti-War and Solidarity
Activists: End the Investigations, Stop the Witch Hunts!
Participate in the National call in day September 24
Call Assistant U.S. Attorney Barry Jonas at 312-353-5300 x 68027
Tell him to "End the investigation of anti-war and international solidarity
activists."
Background:
Two years after the September 24, 2010 FBI raids and grand jury repression
that targeted 23 Midwest anti-war, Palestinian and international solidarity
activists, the Committee to Stop FBI Repression is urging activists around the
country to take action. Two years is enough! It is time for the Chicago U.S.
Attorney’s office to say, once and for all, that this investigation is over.
After two long years, the activists who faced raids and subpoenaed are still
being threatened. This needs to be taken seriously. In late July 2012,
Northern Illinois Assistant U.S. Attorney Barry Jonas refused to return much
of the material seized in the FBI raid on the home of Hatem Abudayyeh, citing
the ongoing “material support for terrorism” investigation.
Barry Jonas is well known for participating in one of the worst violations of
civil liberties in the past decade. He played a leading role in prosecuting
the leaders of the Holy Land Foundation while he was trial attorney for the
Department of Justice Counter-terrorism Section.
The Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office has told lawyers representing the anti-war
and international solidarity activists that they are preparing “multiple
indictments of multiple people.” Barry Jonas’ refusal to return Abudayyeh’s
papers is the latest confirmation that the investigation has not ended and
that the Justice Department is continuing its vendetta against those who are
working for peace with justice. In a number of “material support of terrorism”
cases, there has been a gap of one to three or more years between the FBI
raids and indictments.
Most of the activists targeted in this case, including Abudayyeh, helped
organize the massive protest at the 2008 Republican National Convention in
Saint Paul, Minnesota. At that time, an undercover law enforcement officer,
going by the name of “Karen Sullivan,” infiltrated the protest efforts and
stuck around to spy and lie about many of the 23 activists.
That Barry Jonas is now the lead prosecutor for the international solidarity
activists is troubling. Jonas is a pro-Israel ideologue whose work in
prosecuting the Holy Land case exposed his politically motivated willingness
to trample on the rights of accused Palestinians. As the lead prosecutor in
the Holy Land case, Jonas used secret witnesses (the defense never got to find
out who the witnesses were), hearsay evidence and the introduction of evidence
that had nothing to do with the defendants in the case - such as showing a
video from Palestine of protesters burning an American flag - as a means to
prejudice the jury. The result was that five men, who did nothing wrong, are
sitting in prison with sentences that range between 15 and 65 years.
The U.S. is becoming a more repressive place. Hundreds of Arabs and Muslims
have and are facing unjust prosecutions, or have already been put behind bars.
Also, a grand jury is threatening political activists in the Northwest;
criminal proceedings are taking place against NATO protesters in Chicago; and
the Occupy movement has faced a wave of police violence.
Through our collective action, we were able to win a victory against the FBI
frame up of veteran Chicano activist Carlos Montes.
We need to continue the fight to against all political repression. Together we
will win!
QUICK LINKS
For more info, go to www.stopfbi.net
Visit the AfGJ website at www.afgj.org
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