Three ways you can support AMP staffers facing jail time for protesting Friedman


#DroptheCharges


National Twitter Blast Thursday to support AMP staffers, facing six months in jail



We need your help to get criminal charges against AMP staffers Taher Herzallah and Kareem El-Hosseiny dropped at their status hearing on April 20.

Capitol Hill Police arrested six people protesting at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing of David Friedman as ambassador to Israel on Feb. 16, 2017. Herzallah and El-Hosseiny -- the only two Arabs and Muslims in the group -- are also the only two facing criminal charges filed against them by the U.S. Attorney’s office. Three of the white Jewish protesters were allowed to pay a small fine the same day. One had his case transferred to traffic court. Herzallah and El-Hosseiny face six months in jail and a $500 fine.

We feel Herzallah and El-Hosseiny were targeted for selective prosecution.

We intend to vigorously challenge this selective prosecution, on the grounds that the charges were based on racial, religious, and ethnic bias. We need your help to support our challenge and to get the charges dropped.

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This is not a Muslim vs. Jewish issue. Indeed, the Jewish protesters from Code Pink and IfNotKnow, who also were arrested, have rallied around the AMP staffers. No one should have been detained because the protesters were exercising their constitutional rights to free speech and political dissent.

Herzallah and El-Hosseiny are due to appear before DC Superior Court on April 20.

Please help us make noise to get the charges dropped.

TAKE ACTION


There are three ways you can help:

- Twitter blast from Noon to 3 p.m. EST, on Thursday, April 13. We’re targeting media to get coverage

- Join our rally outside the courthouse, 500 Indiana Ave., NW, at 8-9 a.m. Thursday, April 20.

- Help us fill the Courtroom 311 at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, April 20.

We need to show Associate Judge Marisa Demeo that we reject bigotry and discrimination in all its forms. Let’s send a message of inclusions and show the court what allyship looks like.

TWITTER BLAST
We're targeting media to get them to cover this story.

SAMPLE TWEETS
2 Muslims allege racial religious discrimination in criminal prosecution @ABCNews @AP @NBCNews http://bit.ly/2oXUbbi #selectiveprosecution

AMP staffers want day in court Reject plea deal #SelectiveProsecution @972mag @GuardianUS @ClancyReports @BuzzFeed http://bit.ly/2oXUbbi

Biased prosecution against Muslim protesters but Jewish protesters get off bit.ly/2ojTxDG @AP @PostVideo @BuzzFeed @POLITICOLive

MEDIA TO TARGET
@AP @PostVideo, @VICE, @vicenews, @GuardianUS, @BuzzFeed, @BuzzFeedNews, @ABCNews, @NBCNews, @CBSNews, @AymanM , @maddow

SAMPLE TWEETS TO MOBILIZE FOR RALLY
Help make noise outside the DC Superior Court on 4.20 Protest biased prosecution #DroptheCharges against @TaherHerzallah & @kelhosseiny http://bit.ly/2p5YKjF

Rally at DC Superior Courthouse 8:30 am 4.20 #DroptheCharges against Herzallah and El-Hosseiny http://bit.ly/2p5YKjF

RALLY 8 – 9 A.M. THURSDAY APRIL 20
We want to make as much noise as possible to apply the greatest pressure possible to try to get these biased charges dropped. Media also is more likely to show up if they have good visuals. Big crowds make for good visuals.

Join us for a rally in front of the DC Superior Courthouse, 500 Indiana Ave. NW, from 8 to 9 a.m. Speakers will include NLG attorney Ann Wilcox, Dr. Osama Abuirshaid, AMP national policy director, representatives from Code Pink IfNotNow. Of course, you’ll hear from Taher and Kareem as well.

FILL THE COURTROOM
Please help us fill the courtroom to show the prosecutor and Associate Judge Marisa Demeo that together we reject all forms of discrimination and bigotry. Come support Taher and Kareem at their hearing at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 311. To get through security we will start lining up at 9 a.m.

This action is sponsored by American Muslims for Palestine, Code Pink and IfNotNow.


2017: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration; 70 years since the partition of Palestine; 50 years of occupation of the remaining 22 percent of historic Palestine and 10 years of the siege on Gaza.

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