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Event Info

Host:

Justice for Aafia Siddiqui

Type:

Causes - Protest

Network:

Global

Time and Place

Date:

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Time:

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Location:

Court Room 21D, US District Court )

Street:

500 Pearl Street

City/Town:

New York, NY

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The hearing on 23rd September is at the United States District Court (U.S.D.C.) for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y), located at 500 Pearl Street, Manhattan.

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September 17th, 2008 | Category: Activists, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, Protest | Leave a comment

NEW YORK: A Pakistani woman who’s been labeled an al-Qaida supporter refused to appear in court on Thursday to answer charges that she tried to kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents after they detained her this summer in Afghanistan.
Aafia Siddiqui had been expected to plead not guilty in federal court in Manhattan to attempted murder [...]

September 4th, 2008 | Category: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, Ghost, Grey Lady of Bagram, Prisoner 650, Protest | Leave a comment

By Sharon Schmickle |

Why would people climb into full-body jumpsuits on the last hot day in August, pull black cloth bags over their heads and march more than a mile in the noon sun?
“What is going on at Guantanamo flies in the face of everything our form of government and the principles of the United [...]

September 1st, 2008 | Category: Activists, Guantanamo, Protest | Leave a comment

By: Shawn Gude - The Daily Iowan
Antiwar sentiments and military criticism flowed freely at a UI Antiwar Committee event with four military veterans on Wednesday night.
Iraq war veteran Andy Duffy summed up his feelings at the end of his speech, delivering a crowd-pleasing, antiwar statement.
“I want you guys to realize that this war isn’t just [...]

March 27th, 2008 | Category: "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques", Abu Ghraib, Detainee, Disappeared, Iraq, Iraq Veterans, Iraqi Civilian Deaths, Iraqi Refugees, Protest, Torture, USA, war crimes | Leave a comment

By Tom Wright & Therese Saliba
The darkness is infinite
As I leave the curtain’s edge
It is filled with watchers
Silent judges
Rachel Corrie, about 11 years old

 
As their plane touched down in Tel Aviv recently, Cindy and Craig Corrie marked five years since their daughter’s death. On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, 23, was crushed to death beneath [...]

March 22nd, 2008 | Category: Palestine, Protest, USA | Leave a comment