Politech archive on Mike Hawash case: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=hawash --- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 14:18:22 -0700 From: Jules Agee <julesaat_private> To: declanat_private Subject: Seattle rally for Mike Hawash There will be a PEACEFUL rally for the release of Mike Hawash in front of the Seattle Federal Courthouse on Monday morning, 8:30 AM. Mike is a US Citizen and software developer for Intel. He has been incarcerated in a Federal prison as a "material witness" since late March. He hasn't been charged with a crime or asked any questions. All records have been sealed from public access. I don't know him personally, but his case is the most blatant example of the current administration's disregard for civil rights that I know of (though I am admittedly somewhat uninformed). His friends and neighbors say he's a family man deeply involved in his local community, working at Intel for over a decade, and has been a US Citizen for around 15 years. He doesn't sound like a flight risk to me. I don't know to what extent, if any, he has been involved with Palestinian militants. Whether or not there is any validity in the government's case, they should not be able to abduct people from their workplace, search their homes at gunpoint, and incarcerate them for months with no explanation or public accountability. I think the government should either charge him with a crime, or take a deposition and release him. On Tuesday, there will be a hearing in Portland to determine Mike's fate for the near future. I realize that a Monday morning rally is very short notice, but there will be news coverage at the Portland rally Tuesday morning, and it would probably help Mike more if the Portland supporters can show reporters photos of our rally in Seattle. The courthouse is at 1010 5th Avenue in downtown Seattle. Mapquest can print a map and directions for you if you need them: http://www.mapquest.com/directions/ More information about his case is available here: http://www.freemikehawash.org If you can, it would be very helpful if you could download one of the signs available at the web link below, print it out, and bring it with you: http://www.freemikehawash.org/rally.htm#Posters ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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