On Monday, Aug. 12, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, and its Greater Los Angeles Area office (CAIR-LA) will hold press conferences in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., to announce the filing of a lawsuit against the federal government for placing one Palestinian-American on the No Fly List and seizing the electronic device of another, while interrogating him about his lawful organizing against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
DC: CAIR National Headquarters Press Conference
WHEN: Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, 12 p.m. ET
WHERE: CAIR National Headquarters, 453 New Jersey Ave., SE, Washinton, DC 20003
WHO: Dr. Osama Abulrshaid, Executive Director of American Muslims for Palestine; Gadeir Abbas, CAIR National Deputy Litigation Director
CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Litigation Director Gadeir Abbas, (202) 742-6420, gabbas@cair.com; National Senior Trial Attorney Justin Sadowsky, (202) 742-6420, jsadowsky@cair.com
CA: Los Angeles Office Press Conference
WHEN: Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, 12:30 p.m. PT
WHERE: CAIR-LA Office, 2180 W. Crescent Ave., Ste. F, Anaheim, CA 92801
WHO: Amr Shabaik, CAIR-LA Legal Director; Dina Chehata, CAIR-LA Civil Rights Managing Attorney; Mustafa Zeidan, plaintiff
CONTACT: CAIR-LA Digital Communications Manager Enjy El-Kadi, (714) 851-4851, eelkadi@cair.com; CAIR-LA Communications Coordinator Madi Morse-Hameed, mmorse-hameed@cair.com
BACKGROUNDER:
Since Oct. 7, CAIR has received reports from Americans across the country who have been questioned and harassed by federal law enforcement officials for their activism in support of Palestine and against the United States’ complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
This lawsuit is among the first to challenge the FBI’s apparent decision to aim its vast apparatus at innocent people who speak up for Palestine and criticize Israel’s violence in Gaza. CAIR is challenging the mistreatment of these Palestinian American activists on constitutional grounds.
CAIR’s mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
La misión de CAIR es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensión del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.
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