The Rasmea Defense Committee

Press release: The Rasmea Defense Committee WHEN: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time (rally at 1:00 PM, hearing starts at 2:30 PM) WHERE: U.S. District Court, 231 W. Lafayette Blvd., downtown Detroit, Michigan The Rasmea Defense Committee is calling on everyone to mobilize for Rasmea’s final court appearance in Detroit on April 25th, … Continued

By  U.S. Palestinian Community Network WHEN: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time (rally at 1:00 PM, hearing starts at 2:30 PM) WHERE: U.S. District Court, 231 W. Lafayette Blvd., downtown Detroit, Michigan The Rasmea Defense Committee is calling on everyone to mobilize for Rasmea’s final court appearance in Detroit on April 25th, and … Continued

Press release: Rasmea Defense Committee Rasmea Odeh, the 69-year old Palestinian American community leader who was tortured and sexually assaulted by the Israeli military in 1969, is bring to a close her battle to win justice from the U.S. legal system. After living in this country for over 20 years, Rasmea was charged in 2013 … Continued

Press release: Rasmea Odeh Defense Team Today, the lawyers defending Palestinian American activist Rasmea Odeh moved to dismiss the new indictment that was brought against her in December 2016. The motion and supporting brief argue that the government’s “superseding indictment has substantially broadened the scope of the trial and the evidence that will be relevant … Continued

Press release: Rasmea Defense Committee  This morning, Rasmea Odeh and her defense attorney Michael Deutsch called into Judge Gershwin Drain’s courtroom in Detroit, where the judge and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel were in attendance.  The parties all agreed on May 16, 2017, as the new starting date for Rasmea’s retrial. The defense committee will … Continued

Press release: Rasmea Defense Committee U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade announced that a grand jury she had empaneled returned a new, superseding indictment against Rasmea Odeh for unlawful procurement of naturalization. This new indictment, just four weeks before her retrial, is a vicious attack by prosecutors desperate after a series of setbacks in their case against … Continued