Say No to the Targeting of Somali Youth: Press Conference and Demonstration

Say No to the Targeting of Somali Youth: Press Conference and Demonstration
Wednesday, November 16th @ 3:30 @ Federal Building @ 300 S 4th Street, Minneapolis

Support the Somali youth Mohamed Farah, Abdirahman Daud and Guled Omar, and their families on the day the 3 will be sentenced. The three young men were convicted for being a part of a plot to travel to Syria In a nation in the grips of a post-9/11 culture of anti-Muslim bigotry. the “conspiracy” was said to involve at least 10 young Somali men (some still in their teens), all residents of the Twin Cities. The 3 youth refused to bow to the enormous pressure of the federal prosecutor to plead guilty to the charges and the threat of possible life sentences They put their fates in the hands of a jury. The case was built on entrapment by an FBI informant, a sting operation set up by the FBI, lurid videos of ISIS brutality and guilt by association. They were convicted in June by a federal jury . Sentencing is for the 3 will be on Wednesday, November 16th. Mohamed Farah will appear at 9AM, Abdirahman Daud at 11 and Guled Omar at 1 pm. Join us for a press conference and demonstration at 3:30pm to support the youth, their families and the Somali community following Guled Omar’s sentencing. On Nov 14 and 15 also at 9 am, 11AM and 1pm, the 6 other youth who pled guilty will be sentenced. The court proceedings will be in the court room on the 15th floor and are open. Attend if you can.

Organized by the Anti-War Committee, Women Against Military Madness, and MN Stand Against Islamophobia.

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