BY Committee to Stop FBI Repression | New York City, NY | 3/21/19
Fight Back! News is circulating this statement from the New York City Committee to Stop FBI Repression about the Palestinian liberation fighter Rasmea Odeh.
BY staff | New York, NY | 1/27/19
On January 25 several dozen activists gathered in Grand Central Station to bring attention to the case of Marzieh Hashemi.
BY Mick Kelly | Minneapolis, MN | 1/16/19
A well-known Iranian journalist, Marzieh Hashemi, has been jailed by the FBI. Hashemi is an anchor on Iran’s English language Press TV and has interviewed many progressive U.S. activists. According to credible reports, Hashemi was taken into custody at the Saint Louis, Missouri area’s Louis Lambert International Airport on January 13. The FBI has since moved her to a detention facility near Washington DC.
BY Staff | New York | 9/11/18
New York, NY – The Committee to Stop FBI Repression-NYC held its first general meeting, Sept. 10, at Project Reach, addressing political repression in New York after 9/11, leading up to the creation of the Strategic Response Group (SRG) within the New York Police Department.
BY Sam Martinez | Minneapolis, MN | 8/25/18
Minister Toya Woodland, her son and supporters held a press conference and speak-out at the Hennepin County Government Center, August 21, to demand that the charges against her be dropped.
BY staff | New York, NY | 4/22/18
Over 30 people gathered for an emergency rally held for Jerome Succor Aba, a Filipino peace activist who was denied entry to the U.S. and sent back to Manila after being tortured at the San Francisco airport.
BY Luis G. Jalandoni, Senior Adviser, Negotiating Panel, National Democratic Front of the Philippines | Philippines | 2/02/18
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Feb. 1 statement from the National Democratic Front of the Philippines
BY Jess Sundin | Chicago, IL | 9/20/17
About 150 people gathered outside the international terminal, Sept. 19, at Chicago's O'Hare airport in support of Rasmea Odeh.
BY Tom Burke | Detroit, MI | 8/17/17
Palestinian American icon Rasmea Odeh made her final court appearance in Detroit on August 17.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 3/24/17
Two Latin American leftists, Gloría Inés Ramírez and renowned Marxist sociologist Atilio Borrón, were detained by Mexican immigration authorities based on information provided by the U.S. government.
