Vigil for detained immigrant girls

Sent to us by New York’s Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants is this action alert in the case of two Muslim immigrant girls detained following spurious suspicion of plotting suicide attacks:

Vigil to Release Detained Youth!

Get on the Bus to York, PA on WED 5/11 for 16-year old girl’s hearing

Demand the Release of Bangladeshi & Guinean 16 Yr Old Young Women Detained by Department of Homeland Security!

GET ON THE BUS from NYC to York Courthouse in Pennsylvania:
Wednesday, May 11th, for a VIGIL at the BOND HEARING of the Bangladeshi Young Woman from Queens

You MUST RESERVE your bus seat NOW:
E-mail pavigil11@yahoo.com to RSVP Your Seat(s)
Or Call Dulani at DRUM at (718) 205-3036
Pickup Time: 8:00am, Location in Manhattan to be announced

At the end of March, two young Muslim women were arrested, detained, and accused of plotting to be suicide bombers. They are currently detained in Pennsylvania under UNJUST conditions and are being deprived of their due process rights as:

– The hearings have been CLOSED, with immigration law being manipulated to detain the teenagers;

– They are being held under secret evidence that some FBI and DHS (Department of Homeland Security) officials have admitted are baseless;

– They continue to be detained at a facility deemed unfit for youth by Amnesty International, are limited to one call per week to their parents, have been questioned by the FBI without lawyers present and subjected to threats to deport their parents and put their siblings in foster care if they do not admit to the allegations, & more.

ACT NOW:
Show the Judge that WE ARE WATCHING & WE DEMAND:
DHS should release the youth to their families!
DHS should open the hearings!
Stop targeting immigrants!

Organized by DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving (718) 205-3036/ www.drumnation.org

[NOTE: Regular updates on the case of the two 16-year old girls are available at http://detainthis.blogspot.com]