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Exposed: CAIR-FL’s Video Series on U.S. Political Prisoners
CAIR-FL is a Civil Rights Organization on a mission to Protect, Advocate, and Educate for a safer and more secure State of Florida for All.
The cases are endless. Each day new cases of our community being targeted by FBI informants trying to create crimes out of nothing come to light. Tactics such as “secret evidence,” the Patriot Act denying due process, and targeting of activists continues today. Stand up, speak out, and act today.
Episode 1
Dr. Sami Al-Arian
Dr. Sami Al-Arian is the model image of a life-long community activist and humanitarian who has dedicated his life to the betterment of our communities and the strengthening of democracy- ironically and devastatingly, this mission and his political activism and outspokenness led to his unconstitutional arrest and detainment.
Episode 2
Imam Jamil Al-Amin
Brother Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H Rap Brown, was a civil rights activist heavily surveilled by the FBI, which only increased after his conversion to Islam in the 1970s. Accused of murdering a police officer- even though the actual killer has confessed to the murder- this confession was never allowed to be heard in court. He is now close to serving twenty years behind bars for a crime he did not commit because his activism has labeled him a threat to his country.
Episode 3
Moazzam Begg
Born in Birmingham, (Birming-um) England, Mr. Begg was arrested - or abducted - in Pakistan in the series of mass arrests on foreigners in the region following 9/11. He was eventually transferred to Guantanamo Bay where he was detained without charge. After his release from Guantanamo, Moazzam Begg was arrested once more in 2014 for false allegations related to the Syrian Civil War - allegations that were later withdrawn. Currently Moazzam Begg is the Director of Cage, formerly Cage Prisoners, a human rights and legal advocacy organization in the United Kingdom that works on behalf of prisoners of Guantanamo Bay and other detainees of the War on Terror.
CAGE advocates for due process, the rule of law and an end to the injustices of the War on Terror.
Book
Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram, and Kandahar
By Moazzam Begg & Victoria Brittain
Episode 4
The Holy Land Foundation 5
The Holy Land Foundation 5 are a group of wrongfully convicted humanitarians at the core of one of the biggest cases of U.S. political persecution of the century. It's a case marred by bias and prejudice, presided over by a judge who prevented critical evidence that would have offered a strong defense for the accused, a case by the prosecution, and a case that passed exceptionally high sentences to the defendants.Prevailing sentiments hold that the prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation was pushed for by pro-Israel, Zionist lobby groups; and today the five political prisoners -known as the HLF 5 are paying the price of this political persecution.
In the runup to this presidential election, we are trying to get as many signatures as possible to bring this effort to the presidential campaigns, and get a commitment to RELEASE the HLF5 to Turkey. Please do your part: sign and share and encourage others do to the same!
Recommended documentary: “The Holy Land Five” by Al Jazeera
Book suggestion: INJUSTICE: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five, by Miko Peled
Br. Hatem Fariz
Br. Hatem Fariz, President of Islamic Community of Tampa (ICT)- Masjid Al-Qassam
Co-defendant in case against Dr. Sami. Targeted for his activism, he refused to be silenced or end his work. Today his charitable activities earn him praise in major media outlets. More on his story to come, stay tuned.
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
Dr. Afia Siddiqqui - one of the most heartbreaking cases of an educated Muslim Woman fighting to empower her community, being targeted alongside her children. Currently her condition in illegal detention is unknown. Read more and get involved here
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Guantanamo Bay Prisoners
- Most held without charge indefinitely by the US
- Roughly 40 prisoners remain detained with no plans for release or indictment
- CAIR national press release
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