Jim Farmelant
On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:19:44 -0400 (EDT) "Frances Bolton (PHI)"
<fbolton at chuma.cas.usf.edu> writes:
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:33:20 -0400
>From: National Peoples Campaign - DC <npcdc at mnsinc.com>
>To: peacecent at aol.com
>Subject: Day of Outrage for Assata Shakur
>
>Day of Outrage for Assata Shakur
>
>On September 15th, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution
>demanding that the Cuban government extradite Assata Shakur (Joanne
>Chesimard) and all 77 political exiles in Cuba to the US to serve the
>rest
>of their sentences. The Cuban government regards Assata's case as
>political
>and has consistently refused to return her under the extradition
>treaty
>with the US.
>
>!!DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THIS RACIST OUTRAGE OF THE CONGRESS!!
>
>MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 12 NOON
>
>INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, BETWEEN 1st STREET SW AND 1st STREET SE
>(INDEPENDENCE
>AND SOUTH CAPITOL)
>
>Called by Black Autonomy International, blanarcho at hotmail.com
>
>Excerpts from a legal Analysis by Michael Ratner of the Center for
>Constitutional Rights:
>
>First, even apart from Assata Shakur's innocence and the unfairness
>of
>her trial, it is politically hypocritical for the United States
>to insist on her extradition. If there is a place where terrorists
>can call home, it is the Untied States. It gives refuge to criminals
>who
>have attacked and murdered scores if not hundreds of Cubans.
>Most notorious of these is Orlando Bosch, living in Miami, who was
>convicted of blowing up a Cubana airliner killing 76 people,
>including a young Cuban fencing team. And what of the agents of the
>CIA
>who planned and paid for numerous sabotage and terrorist attacks in
>Cuba.
> .......stuff deleted for brevity
>
>Second, under the extradition treaty with Cuba, it has the absolute
>and
>unfettered right not to extradite Assasta Shakur. Assuming the treaty
>is
>still valid, it contains a clear exception to extradition for crimes
>that are of a "political character."
>
>Cuba has made the decision that Assata Shakur's case fits the
>"political
>exception" of the treaty. On April 2, Cuba forcefully turned down any
>request for Assata's extradition. A spokesman for
>the Foreign Ministry, Alejandro Gonzalez, said Assata was "a civil
>rights activist." He stated that she would not be extradited as the
>"government of Cuba has sufficient reasons to disagree with the
>charges
>against her and fears that she might be the target of
>unfair treatment."
>
>
>If anyone would like the full text of Ratners analysis, reply by email
>and
>we'll be happy to forward it.
>
>
>-----------------------------------
>The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the
>poor to
>sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal
>bread.—Anatole France
>
>National Peoples Campaign - DC
>PO Box 3700
>Washington, DC 20037
>Phone: 202-588-1205
>email: npcdc at mnsinc.com
>Web: www.mnsinc.com/npcdc
>
>
>
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