October 25: National Day of Action for the Holy Land Five

USPCN urges all members and supporters of the Palestinian community to come out to support the Holy Land Five on Thursday, October 25. The case of the Holy Land Five is critical for all who care about justice for Palestine and Palestinians. Five Palestinians in the US are imprisoned for their charitable work. Join us tomorrow  to call for justice, exoneration and freedom for Ghassan Elashi, Shukri Abu-Bader, Mohammad El-Mezain, Mufid Abdelqader, and Abdulrahman Odeh – the Holy Land Five, Palestinian political prisoners in U.S. jails. 

For more information on the Holy Land Five, please see:

• “Let us not be brought down”: Last Legal recourse for the Holy Land Five by Noor Elashi
• As Holy Land Five appeal begins, Palestinians in Gaza praise charity closed by Bush by Joe Catron

Thursday, October 25

Justice for the Holy Land Five!
Tell the U.S. Supreme Court to order a new trial!
Release the Five now!

The Holy Land Five need our urgent solidarity. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide in late October whether their final appeal will even be heard. The Holy Land Five are five Muslim charity leaders wrongly imprisoned due to U.S. government political repression. They are being punished for publicly sending charity to Palestinians, at a time when U.S. domination is being challenged in the Middle East. Join us for a National Day of Action, Thursday, October 25.

The first Holy Land trial ended in a hung jury, but a second one — using secret witnesses who were never identified to the defense, hearsay evidence and a ‘shock video’ showing protesters in Palestine burning an American flag — contributed to prejudicing the jurors. The result is that five men, who did nothing wrong, are suffering long sentences, between 15 and 65 years.

The lead prosecutor who used these dirty tricks in court is Barry Jonas. Assistant U.S. Attorney Barry Jonas is now in Chicago, conducting the ongoing investigation of 23 Midwest anti-war and international solidarity activists. Jonas is a pro-Israel ideologue, politically motivated and willing to trample on people’s rights.

As thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters learned this past year, the U.S. is becoming a more repressive place. For more than ten years now, hundreds of Arabs and Muslims have faced and are facing unjust prosecutions. Many are already behind bars. Help us turn this case around and demand the U.S. Supreme Court order a new trial now!

Join author Noor Elashi and the Committee to Stop FBI Repression in a national day of action on Thursday, October 25, 2012. Noor Elashi is daughter of U.S. political prisoner and Holy Land Five leader Ghassan Elashi. Now is the time to act for freedom! Justice for the Holy Land Five!

Committee to Stop FBI Repression: www.StopFBI.net
Free the Holy Land Five: www.freedomtogive.com

List of protests and events for October 25 HLF day of action

Chicago, IL
Free the Holy Land Five – Thursday, October 25
12:00 Noon at Obama national headquarters, One Prudential Plaza at 130 E. Randolph Street, downtown Chicago
Sponsored by: Committee Against Political Repression (CAPR), Coalition to Protect People’s Rights (CPPR) & United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)

New York City, NY
Free the Holy Land Five—Thursday, October 25
4:45 -7:00 Press Conference and Picket, Jacob Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, Manhattan, NYC

Minneapolis, MN
Free the Holy Land Five – Day of Action, Thursday, Oct. 25
4:30 @ Federal Building, 300 South 4th Street, Minneapolis

Dallas, TX
Free the Holy Land Five–Thursday, October 25th
6:30 to 8:30 @ Belo Gardens, 1014 Main Street, Dallas TX

Tampa, FL
Free the Holy Land Five-Day of Action, October 25
6:00 at 56th Street and East Fowler Avenue,
Near University of South Florida

Gainesville, FL
Free the Holy Land Five—Thursday, October 25
5:30 PM, intersection of NW 13th Street and W University, Gainesville, FL

Salt Lake City, UT
Free the Holy Land Five—Thursday, October 25
4:30 to 5:30 PM at 125 South State Street Salt Lake City, Utah

San Jose, CA
Action to Free the Holy Land Five, Thursday, October 25
8:00am-9:00am with the group Justice for Palestinians
South end corner of Cesar Chavez Plaza, near the statue,
Corner of Market and San Carlos Streets, in San Jose, CA
For more info contact Donna Wallach:  [email protected]

Milwaukee, WI
Banner and flyering to Free the Holy Land Five, Thursday, October 25
Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society and Students for Justice in Palestine
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
12:00 Noon, Spaights Plaza, 2200 E Kenwood Ave, Milwaukee, WI

Albany, NY
Public Forum—Thursday, October 25
6:00 at First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany
Channing Hall, 405 Washington Ave Albany, NY 12206

The Center for Law and Justice and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee mark the release of the Center’s new report on the disparate impact of the drug war carried out against African-American men, highlighting outrageously long sentences, calling for reform, and rallying communities to oppose “The New Jim Crow.” The organizers have graciously invited a speaker in solidarity with the Holy Land Five.

Speakers Include:

• Dr. Alice Green, Executive Director, The Center for Law and Justice
• Lynne Jackson, Project SALAM
• Invited Family Members of the unjustly incarcerated
• Michael Figura, Legal Fellow, The Bill of Rights Defense Committee

Co-Sponsors: NYCLU of the Capital Region, Project SALAM, Masjid As-Salam

Events with support from:

RALLY WITH SUPPORT FROM:

• Committee to Stop FBI Repression
• Free the Holy Land Five/Freedom to Give
• United National Anti-war Coalition
• Defending Dissent Foundation
• International Action Center
• National Lawyers Guild of Washington DC
• Students for a Democratic Society
• Project SALAM (Support and Legal Advocacy for Muslims)
• Labor for Palestine
• New York City Labor Against the War
• Al-Awda New York: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
• Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
• Center for Constitutional Rights
• US Palestinian Community Network