Acts of Repression
A political and ideological program of "Resurgent America" is being cultivated
and guided from the highest offices in the land. Its prominent themes
- a "moral awakening of the nation" and the drive for America to be Number One in the world
by force of arms - have a distinctly fascist aura and raise the specter of a police state.
- Refuse & Resist! Founding Statement
Human Rights Watch Report - "PRESUMPTION OF GUILT: Human Rights Abuses of Post-September 11 Detainees"
"...Attorney General John Ashcroft said on Friday a new Internet-based system will start in July to better track the 1 million foreign students in this nation..."
U.S. Adopts New Internet System on Student Visas
"...Attorney General John Ashcroft said on Friday a new Internet-based system will start in July to better track the 1 million foreign students in this nation..."
Stewart's Lawyer Requests Special Master to Protect Client Papers
"..."We don't want the government interfering with our relationships with our clients. The government cannot be the arbiter of what is appropriate in an attorney-client relationship."..."
Anti-Muslim Incidents Up Three-Fold In Past Year
"...A report released today by a prominent Islamic advocacy group indicates that reports of anti-Muslim incidents in the United States increased three-fold over the previous year.."
NYC Palestinian Activist Arrested at Home in Queens
"...INS agents stated that one of the reasons for arrest is Mr. Abdel-Muhti's outspoken critique of Israel's policies towards Palestinians. It comes amid a nationwide sweep of discriminatory police and INS raids against immigrants from the Middle East, South Asia and Northern Africa..."
Living in a police state
"...The (Michigan) state Legislature has given police power to search your home without telling you why. Two new laws, which took effect Monday as part of anti-terror efforts, also shield from public scrutiny the reasons for police searches..."
Anti-Immigrant Hysteria Fuels Brooklyn Trial
"...Kamal Dawood, a Palestinian construction worker, is charged with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction: the anthrax that people thought he tossed on the mail..."
Quaker group defends acts of dissent
"...How does a Quaker organization that has been working for peace, justice and empowerment of the disenfranchised all around the world for 85 years respond when a police department labels it a "criminal extremist organization?..."
Detainees Offer Glimpse of Life In N.Y. Facility
"...The prisoners are subject to body cavity searches after each meeting with their attorneys. They are transported in shackles, handcuffs and waist chains. In some cases, the detainees have been subject to harassment by prison guards and rough treatment that has left them bloodied..."
Pentagon Announces Revamping of Command Structure
"...the military was not set up to deal with unconventional attacks from inside the country. Since the attacks, the military has flown daily air patrols and has placed more fighters on ground alert..."
And Then They Came For The Lawyers
"...an unprecedented arrest was made in New York of outspoken attorney Lynne Stewart, along with three others. Stewart's office was raided and her records and files were confiscated, giving Ashcroft's Justice Department full access to attorney/client privileged communication..."
Defense Attorney Indicted on Terror Charges
"...The indictment charges that the unlawful communications with the sheik happened during prison visits and attorney telephone calls involving Stewart and Mohammed Yousry, an Arabic translator..."
Muslim Leaders, Victims Denounce Federal Raids on Homes, Businesses and Institutions
"...This war claims to be against terrorism, but it is against Muslims and Arabs. The track record of this administration does not show otherwise..."
U.S. Government Raids Musilm Organizations in Virginia
"...It is becoming more apparent that the government has long been on an inappropriate fishing expedition by disrupting the work of Islamic institutions and individuals in the name of national security..."
U.S. Seeks 3,000 More Terrorism Interviews With Immigrants
"...The Justice Department announced today that it was expanding its program to interview young, mostly Muslim foreign men visiting the United States for possible information about terrorism..."
Rabih Haddad to be taken out of solitary confinement
"...Despite this progress, the fact that Haddad is imprisoned at all is an
outrage..."
The Case of Anna Mustafa
"...Her flight missed, it became clear Anna would not be attending her father's funeral. At this traumatic moment, the Chicago cop pointed down and said, "See these boots? They're going to dance on both of your parents' graves!"..."
Police Raid, Shut Down Michale Moore Booksigning in San Diego
"...This book tour keeps getting more surreal, but the last hour has been unlike anything I have yet seen...."
Briton held as terror suspect threatens to sue FBI
"...They handcuffed me and led us off the aircraft. My [female] friend was put over the bonnet of a waiting car and intimately searched. This was in full view of the other passengers..."
Though Not Linked to Terrorism, Many Detainees Cannot Go Home
"...Most of the detainees are Arabs or Muslims, and many have spent more than 100 days in jail waiting to leave the country, with no end to detention in sight..."
Canadian Attempts Freedom on Habeas Suit but Gets Charged
"...Baloch's case is an indication that those who claim unjust imprisonment could end up paying for it..."
Letter from Detainee in Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago
"...I am sorry to say that I was not able to see the protests because the window in my cell is "Whited out" to allow light in but not for me to see anything out.Ê I was able, however, to hear about it from other inmates who own small radios..."
Federal Agents to Interrogate Illegal Middle Eastern Immigrants
"...The plan, which the Post said was detailed in a Jan. 25 Justice Department memo, is part of the Immigration and Naturalization Service's effort to locate an estimated 314,000 foreigners..."
Lawsuit by paper asks for access Hearings of Muslim should be open
"...The Detroit Free Press filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court asking for access to the deportation hearings of an Ann Arbor Muslim leader jailed for overstaying his visa..."
ACLU of Illinois Challenges Ethnic and Religious Bias in Strip Search of Muslim Woman
"...Illinois National Guardsman and three private security personnel at O'Hare International Airport engaged in an unnecessary, unjustified, illegal and degrading search of a 22-year-old United States citizen of Pakistani descent..."
Muslim charity sues U.S. over financial sanctions
"...The suit by Global Relief Foundation of Bridgeview, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, is the first court challenge in the U.S. to the Bush administration's financial war..."
Rights Groups Press for Names of Muslims Held in New Jersey
"...We think there are a lot of people sitting there for months, unrepresented, who may agree to deportation because they are told it's the fastest way out, only to find that they're still stuck there, and they've waived all their rights..."
Government Steps Up Repression of Rabih Haddad
"...Haddad has been held without charges for over a month. The government has steadfastly refused to produce a shred of evidence against him and denied him bail..."
Stop the witch-hunt! Support Rabih Haddad!
"...Federal officials refuse to say. But Haddad's
attorneys and supporters believe he is being targeted for his work with
Global Relief, which supports humanitarian efforts in the Muslim world,
including Chechnya and Palestine..."
Deported... Disappeared?
"...Amnesty International believes that Dahduli is the first 9/11 deportee who could be facing ill treatment or torture in another country..."
Feds Target 6,000 Middle Eastern Men for Arrest
"...The plan to give priority to a group of Arab and Muslim men over other foreign nationals who have disregarded deportation orders has raised concerns among some..."
Traveler denies any bomb claim at O'Hare
"...I simply asked the clerk that was operating the bomb-detection machine why, in the interest of security, she hadn't checked my purse in addition to my baggage..."
EU Expands Its List of Terrorist Groups, Requiring Sanctions and Arrests
"...every member state is obliged to freeze any assets of that group within its borders. Second, any person whose name even appears on a membership list may be jailed under the new pan-European definitions of terrorism..."
Critics' Attack on Tribunals Turns to Law Among Nations
"...The critics, among them legal experts with military backgrounds, say the tribunals could create risks for the armed forces, including the possibility of charges by other countries that American officers who conduct tribunals are guilty of war crimes..."
Genetics paper erased from journal over political content
"...In a highly unusual move, the journal Human Immunology has deleted the paper from its September issue after receiving a wealth of complaints over what some saw as inappropriate political comments about the IsraeliÐPalestinian conflict..."
Tampa Professor Fired for Political Beliefs
"...University of South Florida president Judy Genshaft's decision yesterday to dismiss Dr. Sami A. Al-Arian from his tenured position at the university is clearly an affront to principles of free speech and academic freedom..."
Danny Glover Under Attack for Political Beliefs
"...The Trentonian newspaper ran angry comments suggesting that if Danny didn't love this country he should leave it -- and worse. Ollie North broadcast the story across the country on his Radio America show, provoking hundreds of hate-filled calls to Danny's agency..."
South Florida Professor May Be Fired for Political Beliefs
"...Al-Arian's appearance on a national television talk show after the Sept. 11 attacks prompted a stream of threats against him and the university. He has never been charged with a crime..."
INS arrests foreign students in San Diego crackdown
"...U.S. immigration authorities arrested nine people early Wednesday as part of a new enforcement program intended to track foreign students from the Middle East..."
FBI starts door-to-door interviews
"...FBI agents fanned out across southeastern Michigan Tuesday to find more than half the Arab and other Muslim men who were sent letters asking them to set up meetings with investigators..."
Fire Badly Damages Arab American Action Network Offices
"...In the early hours of this morning fire broke out at the building which houses the offices of the Arab American Action Network (AAAN)..."
Palestinian-Born Man Deported to Jordan - Lawyer Fears Torture in Amman
"...Human rights groups said the Jordanians have tortured some suspected terrorists and provided their statements to U.S. officials...."
Four detainees -- and how they got caught up in terrorist probe
"..."This was a nightmare experience," Meehan says. "It was like walking through a Kafka novel."..."
Rep. Saxby Chambliss: Arrest Every Muslim That Enters Georgia
"...Chambliss told 30 local officials in Valdosta, Geogia, that to combat terrorism a Georgia sheriff could be turned loose to "arrest every Muslim that comes across the state line."..."
U.S. Makes It Easier to Detain Foreigners
"...Justice Department has quietly expanded its power to detain foreigners, letting the government keep a foreigner behind bars even after a federal immigration judge has ordered him to be released for lack of evidence..."
Ashcroft Offers Accounting of 641 Charged or Held
"...Ashcroft also released an accounting of the 548 people Ñ most from Middle Eastern countries Ñ who remain in custody across the United States on immigration charges that arose in the terror investigation. But that list included only the nationalities and the charges Ñ not the names..."
Pakistani Relative Says FBI Tortured Dead Detainee
"...the autopsy report revealed marks on Rafiq Butt's body suggesting he had been subjected to severe torture before his death. The report found multiple fractures in his cousin's legs and chest, as well as deep bruises on the body..."
Ashcroft Defends Not Listing Detainees
"..."The law properly prevents the department from creating a public blacklist of detainees that would violate their rights," Ashcroft said at a news conference, adding that none of those detained has been denied access to a lawyer. "They are not being held in secret," he said...."
Michigan 'Invites' Men From Mideast to Be Interviewed
"...Ashcroft yesterday defended the widespread detention of immigrants who had been swept up in the aftermath of the attacks, saying the arrests had "made America grow stronger, not weaker,"..."
Defending "Patriotic Correctness" on Campus
"..."Defending Civilization" is written by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, as part of setting up their "Defense of Civilization Fund". The purpose of ACTA (and the National Alumni Forum before them) is to organize the university donor base in order to censor progressive and "leftist" professors, university staff and instructional curriculum..."
In Sweeping Campus Canvasses, U.S. Checks on Mideast Students
"...In the two months since the attacks of Sept. 11, federal investigators have contacted administrators on more than 200 college campuses to collect information about students from Middle Eastern countries, the most sweeping canvass of the halls of academia since the cold war..."
Conservatives Denounce Dissent
"...A conservative academic group founded by Lynne Cheney, the wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, fired a new salvo in the culture wars by blasting 40 college professors as well as the president of Wesleyan University and others for not showing enough patriotism in the aftermath of Sept. 11..."
FBI and Secret Service pay a visit to the Art Car Museum
"...The agents, who arrived just before 11 am, said that they were following up on reports of anti-American activities that were phoned in to the department and would like to see the show..."
U.S. to Stop Issuing Detention Tallies
"...The Justice Department announced yesterday it will no longer issue a running tally of the number of people detained around the country as law enforcement officials investigate the Sept. 11 hijackings..."
Feds Want to Interrogate 5000 Immigrants
"...A list of 5,000 names was being distributed to federal prosecutors around the country who were ordered to work with state and local police to locate and interview the men, said Justice Department spokeswoman Mindy Tucker..."
Federal Agents Without Subpoenas Asking Firms for Records
"...The anti-terrorism law passed two weeks ago allows the FBI to shift its focus from solving crimes to gathering domestic intelligence. The Treasury Department has been charged with putting together a financial intelligence-gathering system whose data are retrievable by the CIA. And the CIA now has the authority to influence domestic FBI surveillance operations..."
A Crackdown On Dissident Prisoners
"..."It took ten phone calls to the prison to get them to admit to me that he was in segregation," she says. McAlister also learned that Berrigan was being denied all phone calls and visits, even from family members. "I was not told why or for how long.".."
Torture Seeps Into Discussion by News Media
"...The legitimacy of torture as an investigative tool is the latest in a progression of disturbing and horrific topics the news media is now presenting to its audience..."
Detentions After Attacks Pass 1,000
"..."The secret detention of more than 800 people over the past few weeks is frighteningly close to the practice of 'disappearing' people in Latin America,"..."
The Government's Round-about Admission of Torture
"..."legally admissible evidence in court
may not be the be-all and end-all." The country may compare the current
search for information to brutal tactics in wartime..."
Arrests Have Yielded Little So Far
"...After 40 days of the most aggressive criminal investigation in American history, federal law enforcement officials have arrested 830 people but have failed to develop evidence that anyone now in custody was a conspirator..."
Questions Swirl Around Men Held in Terror Probe
"...The nearly absolute secrecy surrounding the detentions is a growing concern to civil libertarians and legal observers who fear basic rights are being violated..."
Many Held in Terror Probe Report Rights Being Abused
"...Judges are denying bond, closing hearings and sealing documents. Prosecutors are refusing to divulge what is occurring behind closed doors in jails and courtrooms. Even defense attorneys often do not know what is happening..."
Protest Lock Down of Political Prisoners!
"...Within hours of the September 11th attacks political prisoners and POWs across the country were surgically removed from general population and thrown into Security Housing Units...."
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