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Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace<br>
April 30, 2008<br><br>
Dr. Al-Arian Moved to General Population of Jail<br><br>
VIRGINIA-- Yesterday evening Dr. Sami Al-Arian was moved from
the<br>
segregation unit of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail to the general<br>
population, where he is entitled to the same rights as the other<br>
inmates. These rights include access to mail, visitors and phone<br>
calls. The Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace would like to<br>
thank the thousands of supporters and people of conscience who
voiced<br>
their concerns to jail and immigration officials. Those calls<br>
undoubtedly made a difference as far as Dr. Al-Arian's prison<br>
conditions. We do ask supporters to continue calling immigration<br>
officials and the Department of Justice to urge them to release and<br>
deport Dr. Al-Arian immediately. <br><br>
TAKE ACTION<br><br>
1. Call Vincent Archibeque, Assistant Field Office Director of the<br>
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): (703) 285-6221. <br><br>
Stress that Dr. Al-Arian's prison term ended on April 11th and that<br>
his imprisonment since then has been completely illegal. Ask Mr.<br>
Archibeque to do everything he can to ensure that Dr. Al-Arian is<br>
released and deported as soon as possible in accordance with the
terms<br>
of his plea agreement. <br><br>
2. Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (Department of
Homeland<br>
Security):<br>
(866)-644-8360 (press 1 for English and then press 5 to leave a
message)<br><br>
Stress that Dr. Al-Arian's prison term ended on April 11th and that<br>
his imprisonment since then has been completely illegal. Ask that
Dr.<br>
Al-Arian be released and deported as soon as possible in accordance<br>
with the terms of his plea agreement.<br><br>
Again, always be polite but firm.<br><br>
If you don't speak to a live person:<br><br>
- simply leave a message on the
answering machine; and<br>
- call back later that day or
the next day to try to get through. <br><br>
3. Email Attorney General Michael Mukasey: ASKDOJ@usdoj.gov
<br><br>
Ask Mr. Mukasey to ensure that Dr. Al-Arian is deported as soon as<br>
possible in accordance with the plea agreement. (For a letter<br>
template, please go to
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http://www.freesamialarian.com/letters/sample1.doc</a>)<br><br>
-Before sending the email, make sure to BCC<br>
samialarianactioncommittee@gmail.com<br>
NOTE: In any given civil rights campaign, there are always more
people<br>
willing to make a phone call than write an email. Your emails are
very<br>
important. Just use our letter template and take five minutes to
write<br>
out your message. Precisely because so few people ever write their
own<br>
letter, yours will be exponentially more powerful for that.<br><br>
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