US Palestine Solidarity Activists Refuse to be Silenced
January 27th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Journalist and Palestine solidarity activist Maureen Murphy (also managing editor of the Electronic Intifada) reads a statement on behalf of the 9 activists (herself included) who have been subpoenaed to appear before the Grand Jury in Chicago after being targeted by the FBI for expressing solidarity with Palestinian victims of Israeli repression.
Reads Murphy:
Those of us subpoenaed in December were ordered to appear before the grand jury on January 25th. This is the same grand jury that was impaneled by US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in order to indict people from among those whose homes and offices were raided in September. We have made our decisions to stand strong with the other 14 subpoenaed activists from Illinois, Minneapolis and Michigan. We WILL NOT take part in this fishing expedition.
The activists have courageously decided not to testify before the Grand Jury and have declared
We will not be silent. We will not allow the harassment of activists to quiet our opposition to immoral policies. We will continue to speak out against the unjust investigation, the unjust law, and the unjust foreign policies of the US government. Our communities are strong, and are already showing amazing solidarity around the country with 60 demonstrations last week, many statements of solidarity and a very successful call in day yesterday. We will need that support to continue to push back against this attack.
Read their entire statement on Grand Juries here and find out more about this important case which speaks volumes about the extent to which US constitutional rights are being attacked by US authorities at the Committee to Stop FBI Repression website.
