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7th August 2012, 10:16
[icffmaj] RALPH POYNTER'S UPDATE ON LYNNE STEWART!
Right on, Lynne! We love you and support you and continue to be inspired by your courage and consistency in 'serving the people', even with the high price you've had to pay.
The Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition
Greetings All
And thank you for all of this outpouring of solidarity and support.
To compound the recent appeal denial, Lynne after a 3 yr delay had surgery.
When I attempted to visit afterwards, I was denied entrance because allegedly my xray paperwork regarding my recent shoulder implant operation had to be updated. And now, we learn Lynne has been sanctioned for 45 days for 'helping' inmates with their court papers. This means no email, no phone calls , no commissary, no visits etc. for 45 days.
This conveniently occurs at time when she needs to be in communication regarding her own court papers. Lynne has always told me she would rather be in solitary confinement rather than stop being who she is i.e. helping others. To quote Lynne, " I know why I do what I do, therefore, the governments response, although sometimes more horrific than at other times, it's to be expected."
Everyday she stays who she is - is a victory against this fascist government. So write Lynne, write Lynne, write Lynne because Lynne is right.
Ralph Poynter
Lynne Stewart Org.
Subject: a note about the recent decision
I think the decison was wrong and without compassion.
Unless anyone on the list thinks this (below) is counter-productive, it will be posted at nightslantern "suppressed news" late tonight, (http://nightslantern.ca/2012bulletin.htm). Julie Maas (the artist) and John Bart Gerald (the writer) both offer anyone on the list permission to post or share this in any ways that could be helpful to Lynne Stewart and her support.
Solidarity,
Bart
Julie as well.
Gerald and Maas, editions / atelier Nightslantern [email protected] (613) 241-1312
*************
June 30, 2012
[See the attached file] New York City: the U.S. Federal prosecutor's office continues to turn its "war on terror" into a war on innocence, using the City to further a military policy against the rights of civilians; with exception (previous), the judiciary is at their service. The New York 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to overturn the 10 year sentence of Lynne Stewart, a lifelong outspoken attorney for America's designated victims, who is currently serving time at the Fort Worth Prison Hospital in Texas (background 1< /A>, 2, 3). In a disgusting opinion of June 28, 2012, the three Appeals Judges - John M.Walker Jr., Guido Calabresi, Robert D. Sack (who wrote the opinion) - affirmed Judge John Koeltl's shameful decision honouring the government's wish to quadruple Ms. Stewart's sentence because her response to her initial sentence was too feisty ("I can do 28 months standing on my head"). Sentencing of a now 72 year old ill woman to possible death in jai l for her "attitude" ridicules American law. The Federal prosecutor's office previously distinguished itself in the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, currently serving 86 years in jail for being a Muslim mother; shot in the stomach by her guards, then accused of assault (previous). Ms. Stewart's case finds its way to these pages because in the Bush / Obama war on Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, in Guantanamo Bay, in global secret prisons and torture cells, in its domestic "war on terror," there are trip wires for application of the law against genoci de. Despite U.S. codification the law is ignored (previous). In a prototype for the U.S. "war on terror," convicted war criminal former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, waged Peru's "war on terror" in the early 1990's, notable for its army's mass killing of suspects and the imprisonment and murder in prison of their attorneys. Within a perspective concerned with the prevention of genocide: few U.S. attorneys remain capable of refusing the extremes of a fascist state. This removes a country's legal defenses against policies of genocide. With the brave attorneys removed, there will be no appropriate application of the Convention o n Genocide in the United States. The case against Ms. Stewart clearly suggests an attempt to terrorize attorneys. While her case may be taken to the full appeals court, and even the Supreme Court, within an international norm it would be presented to the Organization of American States or International Criminal Court, if only to identify under international law those who in taking Lynne Stewart's freedom risk complicity in a greater crime.
Partial sources online: "Prison term of lawyer in terrorism case upheld," Basil Katz, June 28, 2012, Reuters; "NY Lawyer With Terror Clients Indicted in Tax Case," AP June 20, 2012, ABC News; "'Disable the purveyors': Is the US secretly liquidating dissidents?" Kevin Barrrett (w. Jim Fetzer), June 28th, 2012, Veterans Today; "10-Year Sentence for Lawyer in Terrorism Case Is Upheld," Benjamin Weiser, June 28, 2012, The New York Times; "Court Confirms Ten-Year Sentence for Lynne Stewart," Jeff Mackler, June 29, 2012, email list.
drawing by julie maas text by j.b.gerald gerald and maas nightslantern
Right on, Lynne! We love you and support you and continue to be inspired by your courage and consistency in 'serving the people', even with the high price you've had to pay.
The Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition
Greetings All
And thank you for all of this outpouring of solidarity and support.
To compound the recent appeal denial, Lynne after a 3 yr delay had surgery.
When I attempted to visit afterwards, I was denied entrance because allegedly my xray paperwork regarding my recent shoulder implant operation had to be updated. And now, we learn Lynne has been sanctioned for 45 days for 'helping' inmates with their court papers. This means no email, no phone calls , no commissary, no visits etc. for 45 days.
This conveniently occurs at time when she needs to be in communication regarding her own court papers. Lynne has always told me she would rather be in solitary confinement rather than stop being who she is i.e. helping others. To quote Lynne, " I know why I do what I do, therefore, the governments response, although sometimes more horrific than at other times, it's to be expected."
Everyday she stays who she is - is a victory against this fascist government. So write Lynne, write Lynne, write Lynne because Lynne is right.
Ralph Poynter
Lynne Stewart Org.
Subject: a note about the recent decision
I think the decison was wrong and without compassion.
Unless anyone on the list thinks this (below) is counter-productive, it will be posted at nightslantern "suppressed news" late tonight, (http://nightslantern.ca/2012bulletin.htm). Julie Maas (the artist) and John Bart Gerald (the writer) both offer anyone on the list permission to post or share this in any ways that could be helpful to Lynne Stewart and her support.
Solidarity,
Bart
Julie as well.
Gerald and Maas, editions / atelier Nightslantern [email protected] (613) 241-1312
*************
June 30, 2012
[See the attached file] New York City: the U.S. Federal prosecutor's office continues to turn its "war on terror" into a war on innocence, using the City to further a military policy against the rights of civilians; with exception (previous), the judiciary is at their service. The New York 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to overturn the 10 year sentence of Lynne Stewart, a lifelong outspoken attorney for America's designated victims, who is currently serving time at the Fort Worth Prison Hospital in Texas (background 1< /A>, 2, 3). In a disgusting opinion of June 28, 2012, the three Appeals Judges - John M.Walker Jr., Guido Calabresi, Robert D. Sack (who wrote the opinion) - affirmed Judge John Koeltl's shameful decision honouring the government's wish to quadruple Ms. Stewart's sentence because her response to her initial sentence was too feisty ("I can do 28 months standing on my head"). Sentencing of a now 72 year old ill woman to possible death in jai l for her "attitude" ridicules American law. The Federal prosecutor's office previously distinguished itself in the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, currently serving 86 years in jail for being a Muslim mother; shot in the stomach by her guards, then accused of assault (previous). Ms. Stewart's case finds its way to these pages because in the Bush / Obama war on Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, in Guantanamo Bay, in global secret prisons and torture cells, in its domestic "war on terror," there are trip wires for application of the law against genoci de. Despite U.S. codification the law is ignored (previous). In a prototype for the U.S. "war on terror," convicted war criminal former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, waged Peru's "war on terror" in the early 1990's, notable for its army's mass killing of suspects and the imprisonment and murder in prison of their attorneys. Within a perspective concerned with the prevention of genocide: few U.S. attorneys remain capable of refusing the extremes of a fascist state. This removes a country's legal defenses against policies of genocide. With the brave attorneys removed, there will be no appropriate application of the Convention o n Genocide in the United States. The case against Ms. Stewart clearly suggests an attempt to terrorize attorneys. While her case may be taken to the full appeals court, and even the Supreme Court, within an international norm it would be presented to the Organization of American States or International Criminal Court, if only to identify under international law those who in taking Lynne Stewart's freedom risk complicity in a greater crime.
Partial sources online: "Prison term of lawyer in terrorism case upheld," Basil Katz, June 28, 2012, Reuters; "NY Lawyer With Terror Clients Indicted in Tax Case," AP June 20, 2012, ABC News; "'Disable the purveyors': Is the US secretly liquidating dissidents?" Kevin Barrrett (w. Jim Fetzer), June 28th, 2012, Veterans Today; "10-Year Sentence for Lawyer in Terrorism Case Is Upheld," Benjamin Weiser, June 28, 2012, The New York Times; "Court Confirms Ten-Year Sentence for Lynne Stewart," Jeff Mackler, June 29, 2012, email list.
drawing by julie maas text by j.b.gerald gerald and maas nightslantern