[Pnews] Rasmea Odeh Defense - Detroit on Nov 29, International Day of Solidarity with Palestine

[Prisoner News]

      *All out for November 29th federal court hearing—most important of
      the case—in Detroit!*
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        If you're not in the Midwest and can't make it to Detroit,
        organize a solidarity event in your city!

*WHEN:* Tuesday, November 29th, 2016, at 2 PM Eastern Standard Time 
(rally at 2 PM, hearing starts at 3 PM)

*WHERE: *U.S. District Court, 231 W. Lafayette Blvd., downtown Detroit, 
Michigan

The Rasmea Defense Committee is calling on everyone to mobilize for 
Detroit on November 29th, and *tell us here 
<http://uspcn.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50f24014e5eab7c0b4aef517d&id=cb3e24799c&e=986fe99b67>* 
that you're attending or if you need a ride or if you can provide 
transportation!

Supporters from Chicago and other parts of Illinois, Milwaukee, Detroit 
/ Dearborn, Grand Rapids, Minneapolis / St. Paul, Cincinnati, Indiana, 
and other Midwest areas are already committed to attend.

In addition, NY is organizing a solidarity action 
<http://uspcn.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50f24014e5eab7c0b4aef517d&id=8431b36e20&e=986fe99b67> 
on November 28th, Harvard Law School is discussing the case 
<http://uspcn.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50f24014e5eab7c0b4aef517d&id=35673471e3&e=986fe99b67> 
on November 11th, and others in Florida, Texas, and California are 
planning actions as well.

If you are NOT in the Midwest, *we are calling on you to also organize 
support events for Rasmea on or around November 29th*. Again, it is the 
most important hearing in the case, and it also falls on the 
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, so there 
may already be Palestine support forces near you that are organizing 
events we can join with Rasmea's story.

Let us know once it's scheduled, by emailing *info at stopfbi.net 
<mailto:info at stopfbi.net>*.

And continue to support #Justice4Rasmea bydonating to the defense 
<http://uspcn.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50f24014e5eab7c0b4aef517d&id=cd3647b9be&e=986fe99b67>, 
and staying in touch throughjustice4rasmea.org 
<http://uspcn.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=50f24014e5eab7c0b4aef517d&id=a6aa2c248c&e=986fe99b67>and*justice4rasmea at uspcn.org 
<mailto:justice4rasmea at uspcn.org>*.

*_Background:_ *

On Tuesday, November 29th, 2016, the International Day of Solidarity 
with the Palestinian People, Rasmea Odeh will once again be in a Detroit 
courtroom—this time for the most important hearing in her case to 
date—before Judge Gershwin Drain.  This /Daubert/ hearing will, in all 
likelihood, have two mental health experts from each of the prosecution 
and defense sides testify before the judge, and then he will hear legal 
arguments as to whether the testimony of Dr. Mary Fabri—the clinical 
psychologist from the world-renowned Kovler Center for the Treatment of 
Survivors of Torture, who diagnosed Rasmea's Post-Traumatic Stress 
Disorder (PTSD)—is scientifically valid and applicable to the facts of 
the case.

Recall that before the 2014 trial, Dr. Fabri, who has worked with 
torture survivors for over 25 years, was prepared to testify as to how 
Rasmea’s PTSD, caused by the torture and rape she experienced at the 
hands of Israeli military interrogators in 1969, affected her answers to 
questions on complex immigration forms decades later in the U.S.

Judge Drain originally ruled her testimony irrelevant and inadmissible, 
which led to Rasmea’s unjust conviction; but earlier this year, the 
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that he had erred, and sent the 
case back to him for the /Daubert/ hearing.

Recently, Rasmea was subjected to 17 hours of mental examination by a 
government expert.  Her defense had argued strongly to oppose this 
questioning prior to the November 29th hearing, but Judge Drain still 
allowed it.  Even though the government continues to try to challenge 
Rasmea’s story, and claim that she does not have PTSD and did not get 
brutalized by the Israeli authorities in the 60s and 70s, Rasmea remains 
steadfast and strong, and will continue to exercise her constitutional 
right to assert a meaningful defense.

Rasmea and her lawyers are confident that the results of this hearing 
will lead to a new trial sometime in early 2017, in which Dr. Fabri will 
testify before a jury, and the details of Israel's torture and crimes 
against Rasmea will be heard.  But if Judge Drain rules against her on 
November 29th, we will again appeal the decision.

*That is why we are mobilizing heavy for this hearing.  It is as 
important a moment as any we have had in the case.*

>From the beginning, the Rasmea Defense Committee has pointed out that 
the legal proceedings against Rasmea are nothing but a pretext to 
intimidate those who organize and struggle to realize a liberated 
Palestine. Demonstrations in support of her have taken place across the 
U.S. since her arrest in 2013, and we are again going*All Out for 
Detroit*on November 29th.

TheRasmea Defense Committee 
<http://uspcn.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=50f24014e5eab7c0b4aef517d&id=9794d629dd&e=986fe99b67>is 
led by theU.S. Palestinian Community Network 
<http://uspcn.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=50f24014e5eab7c0b4aef517d&id=5638c1c0c0&e=986fe99b67>and 
theCommittee to Stop FBI Repression 
<http://uspcn.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=50f24014e5eab7c0b4aef517d&id=e8957b9e87&e=986fe99b67>

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