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in Solidarity with Tarek Mehanna*<br>
*Rally to express your outrage at the unjust guilty verdict! <br>
*When: Saturday January 21st, 2012 from 2-3:30pm.*<br>
*Where: The Gazebo on the Boston Common near Park Street *<br>
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This rally mark an important milestone in our support of Tarek and
will<br>
include:<br>
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1. Written statement from Tarek<br>
2. The Free Tarek Campaign road map, 2012: Next Steps<br>
3. A number of speakers<br>
4. Petition signature collecting<br>
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The sweeping conviction in the case of the USA vs. Tarek Mehanna is
an<br>
outrage and a travesty. In spite of the legal setback of the jury's<br>
irrational verdict, the Free Tarek Campaign entered 2012 with
stronger<br>
community support than ever before. This rally is an opportunity to
come<br>
together and declare that what happened to Tarek is NOT okay, it
will never<br>
be okay, and Muslim or non-Muslim, we will never, ever accept it!<br>
<br>
The verdict has not dampened Tarek's resolve, nor that of his family
or<br>
supporters. Rather, the verdict was so shocking and unqualified that
it has<br>
only activated more controversy in the public spectrum, particularly
among<br>
leading scholars of Constitutional Law and First Amendment Rights,
whose<br>
responses range from simply anticipating the appeal to progress to a<br>
Supreme Court decision, to those who flatly rejected the
inexplicable jury<br>
decision.<br>
<br>
With the passing of the National Defense Authorization Act
("NDAA")--one of<br>
the most notorious blatant attacks on civil liberties and
constitutional<br>
rights in recent memory--it is imperative now more than ever before
to take<br>
a stand. Though the federal government's attacks on our communities,
its<br>
use of such lawless tactics, and the countless unjust convictions is
not,<br>
and never has been, out of the ordinary, we can't be demoralized and
scared<br>
into silence. *Our oppressors can never truly win as long as we
continue to<br>
fight!*<br>
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*WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN ATTEND, YOU CAN PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN
SUPPORTING<br>
TAREK BY WRITING TO HIM. LETTERS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO TAREK.*<br>
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Tarek Mehanna<br>
ID# 50660 Unit GSE-107<br>
Plymouth County Correctional Facility<br>
26 Long Pond Road<br>
Plymouth, MA<br>
02360<br>
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