FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
4/11/2007
CONTACT:
- Desiree Hellegers, Department of English, 360/546-9643, helleger@vancouver.wsu.edu
- Sheri Byrd, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360/546-9602, byrds@vancouver.wsu.edu
Vancouver, Wash. - The Center for Social and Environmental Justice at Washington State University Vancouver presents a forum of experts and activists discussing, "Casualties of the USA Patriot Act and the ‘War on Terror'."
This forum on civil liberties will be 7 to 9 p.m., April 17, in the Â鶹´«Ã½ Administration Building, room 110.
Featured members of the forum include:
- Brandon Mayfield, recently awarded $2 million in a lawsuit against the federal government for his wrongful arrest in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombing.
- Zaha Hassan, human rights activists and attorney representing Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. and two of its lawyers in a warrantless wiretapping lawsuit against the federal government.
- Sam Kauffman, an attorney representing two Guantanamo detainees who have been imprisoned for five years without charge.
- Kayse Jama, human rights activist and Founder and Director of the Center for Intercultural Organizing.
The Center for Social and Environmental Justice serves Washington State University's land grant mission by engaging community capacities to address poverty, inequality, discrimination, and unequally borne environmental dangers. For more information, visit
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