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</font><font face="Verdana" size=2>May 12,
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<font size=2>The National Council of Arab Americans (NCA) demands the
immediate and unconditional release of Sameeh Hammoudeh, a stateless
Palestinian who has been wrongfully imprisoned by the US authorities for
three years. <br><br>
Currently, Mr. Hammoudeh remains unjustly imprisoned under harsh and
humiliating conditions, despite being acquitted and declared innocent, by
twelve jurors, of all terrorism-related charges over four months ago. As
a result, for the past three years, Mr. Hammoudeh's wife and six children
have been devastated while being forced to endure the severe emotional
trauma of witnessing a loving father and a devoted husband suffer
wrongfully imprisoned. <br><br>
Unfortunately, the repression against Mr. Hammoudeh using "secret
evidence" is not unique but instead has become a standard tactic to
intimidate and repress the voices of the Arab community in the US.
Indeed, the racist repression of Arabs and Muslims in the US can be seen
in the case of the Los Angeles 8, Mazin Al-Najjar, Sami Al-Arian, and
countless others. Like those before him, Mr. Hammoudeh has been targeted
solely because he is an Arab Palestinian who dared to speak out against
the crimes of Zionist colonization, apartheid, and genocide being
inflicted on the Arab Palestinian people. <br><br>
The jury verdict declaring Mr. Hammoudeh innocent is a reflection of what
Mr. Hammoudeh himself stated: <br><br>
<b><i>Everything was fabrication. Everything was a mere lie, sad lies.
This is what they did, and this is what they are insisting on doing to me
and to continue my ordeal, only because I am a stateless Palestinian,
that nobody is going to care about me, nobody is going to talk about my
case. I am not a Christian. I am not a Jew. I am not a citizen of a
powerful country that can ask about my destiny, about why the American
government is abusing my rights. <br><br>
</i></b>Standing in firm solidarity with Mr. Hammoudeh and his family,
the NCA demands the US authorities respect the jury verdict and
immediately release Mr. Hammoudeh. <br><br>
The NCA also calls for an immediate end to the campaign of repression and
intimidation waged against the Arab and Muslim community in the US.
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The NCA also calls on all individuals, human rights organizations, and
people of conscience in the US to join in the demand for Mr. Hammoudeh's
immediate release and unconditional release by e- mailing/phoning/faxing:
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<li><b>Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist
<li>Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales
<li>E-MAIL: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
<li>PHONE: 202-514-2001 and 202-353-1555
<li>MAIL: U.S. Department of Justice
<li>950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
<li>Washington, DC 20530-0001 </b>
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<li><b>Florida Governor Jeb Bush
<li>Email: jeb.bush@myflorida.com </b>
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<li><b>Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist
<li>The Capitol PL-01
<li>Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050</b>
<li>Main office telephone numbers:
<li><b>Switchboard: 850-414-3300
<li>Florida Relay/TDD: 800-955-8771
<li>Florida Toll Free: 1-866-966-7226
<li>Fax: 850-410-1630 </b>
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