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 \n\nMonday, January 24, 2011                                                
      \n\nContact: Richard Gomez 559-408-3320  or                            
                                                                     
 \nCamille Russell 559-276-2592                                              
                  \n\nwww.peacefresno.org \n \n\nDemonstration to Protest 
 FBI and Grand Jury Repression\n\nWhat:       Peace Fresno Demonstration to 
 Protest FBI and Grand Jury Repression\nWhen:      Tuesday, January 25, 4:30 
 - 5:30 p.m.\nWhere:     Federal Building, 2500 Tulare St., Fresno, CA       
                       \n\nFRESNO, CA – Peace Fresno will hold a 
 demonstration on the National Day of Action to Protest FBI and Grand Jury 
 Repression, Tuesday, January 25, at the Federal Building in downtown 
 Fresno.  Events will be held in 49 U.S. cities in response to FBI raids 
 last fall at the homes of peace activists and members of international 
 solidarity organizations.   \n\n“We remember the violations of our 
 privacy and civil rights when an undercover Fresno County Sheriff’s 
 deputy infiltrated Peace Fresno for its outspoken opposition to the wars in 
 Iraq and Afghanistan.  We strongly oppose these FBI raids on the homes of 
 peace and justice activists,” said Peace Fresno President, Camille 
 Russell. \n\nOn September 24, 2010 the FBI raided six homes of eight peace 
 activists in Minneapolis and Chicago as well as a Minneapolis office of an 
 antiwar group. Agents kicked down doors of homes with guns drawn, smashed 
 furniture, and seized computers, documents, phones, and other materials 
 without making any arrests.  Subpoenas were issued to activists to appear 
 before the Federal Grand Jury in Chicago on January 25.  In October, all 
 fourteen activists decided not to participate in the secret proceedings of 
 U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s Grand Jury.  Each activist signed a 
 letter invoking their Fifth Amendment rights. \n\nThese FBI raids happened 
 just a few days after the scathing report on “terrorism investigations” 
 issued by the Department of Justice Inspector General.  The report was very 
 critical of the methods used by the FBI in its investigations of various 
 peace and social justice groups. \n\nPeace Fresno is calling for the 
 revocation of the subpoenas issued by Fitzgerald and an end to the FBI’s 
 unconstitutional, repressive tactics used to harass peaceful, law abiding 
 activists. \n\nPeace Fresno is a local peace and social justice 
 organization working to end the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the drone 
 attacks in Pakistan. \n\n###\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/24/18670097.php
SUMMARY:Demonstration to Protest FBI and Grand Jury Repression
LOCATION:Federal Building, 2500 Tulare St., Fresno, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/24/18670097.php
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