![Drop the Charges against Rasmea Odeh! Demand an end to the unjust and unfair trial of a political prisoner and torture survivor. Since Tuesday, November 4th, Rasmea is on […]](https://uspcn.ipower.com/wp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rasm2a.jpg "Oakland, November 12: Protest in Solidarity with Rasmea")
Demand an end to the unjust and unfair trial of a political prisoner and torture survivor.
Since Tuesday, November 4th, Rasmea is on trial for false charges of immigration fraud. The judge has made a horribly unjust ruling that guts the defenses case. Which means that now more than ever, Rasmea is relying on community support to keep her from being locked up for 10 years (she’s 67) before being deported.
JOIN US TO CONTINUE TO EXPRESS OUR SOLIDARITY WITH RASMEA.
On November 4th, the trial beloved and longtime women’s rights advocate Rasmea Odeh began and Rasmea faced those who accuse her of procuring her citizenship unlawfully by allegedly omitting an answer on her citizenship application 10 years ago.
Rasmea Odeh is a 67 year old Palestinian American community leader who was jailed by the Israeli occupiers of Palestine, and was tortured and raped.
Judge Drain, the judge presiding over the case, agreed that Rasmea’s assertion that she faced torture and sexual abuse at the hands of her Israeli captors is “credible,” then contradicted himself and ruled it cannot be brought up in the course of her trial-even though this was at the heart of her defense. Her attorneys had planned to call an expert witness to the stand, but now will not be allowed to. Clinical psychologist Dr. Mary Fabri, who has decades of experience working with torture survivors, would have testified that an error Rasmea allegedly made in filling out immigration forms the basis for the charge against her) was the result of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Rasmea has spent the past 20 years in the U.S., making huge contributions to not only the Arab communities across the U.S. but also the immigrant rights, racial justice, women’s rights, and many other movements. She is known for caring approach in organizing and has been recognized for her work by many national and local organizations.
