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From: DATED ALERT <uncivil@alif.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 4:25 AM
Subject: ALERT: On May 23, Congress to hold secret evidence hearing. DEFEND FREEDOM
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> ACTION ALERT
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> ON MAY 23, POLITICAL FREEDOMS HANG IN THE
> BALANCE FOR ARABS AND MUSLIMS IN USA. ACT NOW!
>
> On Tuesday May 23, 2000 the House Judiciary Committee
> (www.house.gov/judiciary) will hold a hearing on HR2121
> "Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 1999." We urge all people of
> conscience to contact their Representatives and request their
> support for HR2121. The Judiciary Committee hearing is a
> major milestone that will determine if HR2121 will be voted on
> by the full House. HR2121 has 92 Co-sponsors so far (18
> Republicans and 74 Democrats). Religious, political, and
> academic freedoms are at stake. YOU MUST ACT NOW.
>
> Call, fax, or email your representative and politely ask them to
> attend the hearing and support HR2121 if they are on the
> Judiciary Committee. Contact information for Members of
> Congress can found at:
> http://www.house.gov/writerep
>
> (To learn about HR2121 visit:
> http://www.alif.com/secret/hr2121.htm)
>
> SECRET EVIDENCE IN THE NEWS
>
> The Boston Globe wrote on May 6, 2000: "The INS should not
> be allowed to use secret evidence based on uncorroborated and
> unchallenged statements to the FBI."
>
> The Washington Post wrote on May 12, 2000: "This is not the
> first time the government has turned on a dime and released
> evidence that it had previously deemed too sensitive to disclose.
> Nor is it the only time that an accused person was then able to
> rebut such evidence convincingly. In the past year, the
> government has faced similar defeats in the cases of an Egyptian
> and a Palestinian who were accused of being terrorists. How
> many more cases must the government lose before it radically
> curtails the use of secret evidence?"
>
> Steven Forbs of Forbes Magazine wrote on May 29, 2000:
> "Congress should enact the Secret Evidence Repeal Act, a
> bipartisan measure that would bar the use of secret evidence in
> American courts and reaffirm the Fifth Amendment's guarantee
> that no individuals be jailed without due process. Sponsored by
> Representatives Tom Campbell (R-Calif.), Bob Barr (R-Ga.),
> David Bonior (D-Mich.) and others, the act would roll back
> provisions of 1996's Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty
> Act that allow the Immigration and Naturalization Service to
> arrest, detain and deport noncitizens on the basis of evidence
> that is not revealed to the suspects or their lawyers...Kafkaesque
> justice, even for noncitizens, has no place in the American
> justice system."
>
> For up top date news on the ordeal of Dr. Mazen Al-Najjar, visit
> the St. Petersburg Times (http://www.sptimes.com) and search
> for "Mazen Al-Najjar".
>
> Read what have others have said about secret evidence:
> http://www.alif.com/secret/secret.htm
>
> To learn more about the struggle against religious and ethnic
> persecution in the US, please visit http://www.alif.com
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