I'm currently playing a C-span video link of this hearing, but I'm not having any luck finding a transcript:
Full Participant List for Post 9-11 “Citizen Hearing” on Status of Civil Rights & Liberties Chaired By Rep. John Conyers
Date Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
..: Muslim American Society :..
October 12, 2004 PRESS RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY
Full Participant List for Post 9-11 “Citizen Hearing” on Status of Civil Rights & Liberties Chaired By Rep. John
(Washington, DC) - Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) will hold a public “Citizen Hearing” on the status of Civil Rights and Liberties Post 9-11. The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, October 13, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm in the Rayburn House Building, Room 2237.
The participants are as follows:
Mahdi Bray, Executive Director MAS Freedom Foundation
Kit Gage, Executive Director NCARL
Kate Martin, Director Center for National Security Studies
Hilary O. Shelton, Director of Washington Bureau NAACP
Laura Murphy, Executive Director of ACLU
Ron Daniel, Executive Director for the Center of Constitutional Rights
Reverend Walter Fauntroy, former member of congress
Sikh Media and Resource Taskforce
Jim Ferg-Cadia, Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Bilal Mahmoud, Victim and Vietnam Veteran
TASMEEN ABU ALI, sister of American political prisoner AHMED ABU ALI
Hadia Mubarak, President of Muslim Student Association-National
Reverend Walden Gaddy, Interfaith Alliance
Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the Shalom Center
Professor David Cole; Georgetown, University Law Professor
Dr. Esam Omeish, President of the Muslim American Society
The ADC.
The hearing will receive testimony from national civil rights organizations, legal scholars, activists, religious and lay leaders, as well as prominent citizens and victims, and family members who have suffered as a direct result of post 9-11 governmental policies. The hearing will focus on the erosion of civil rights and highlight positive solutions and activities: what could best be classified as “best practices”.
WHO: Post 9-11 Civil Rights Coalition
WHAT: Citizen Hearing on civil rights and liberties post 9-11
WHERE: Capitol Hill Rayburn Caucus Room # 2237
WHEN: Wednesday, October 13, 2004, 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
CONTACT: Mahdi Bray (202) 421-3623 or (202) 496-1288
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*The Freedom Foundation is the public affairs arm of the Muslim American Society (MAS), a national grassroots religious, social, and educational organization. Learn more at www.masnet.org.
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MAS Freedom Foundation
1050 17th Street NW #600
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 496-1288
Fax: (202) 463-0686
URL:
http://www.masnet.org/index_publicaffairs.asp Email:
freedom@masnet.org