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Drug
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7/13/01
In one of the most important first amendment
cases hitting the courts in recent years, Al Giordano of the Narco News
bulletin (http://www.narconews.com)
and Mexican newspaper Por Esto publisher Mario Menendez Rodriguez are presenting
oral arguments for motions to dismiss the lawsuit brought against them
by Roberto Hernandez Ramirez and the Mexican bank Banamex, recently acquired
by Citibank.
Is this case, in which a web site published
from Mexico is being sued by a bank headquartered in Mexico, being heard
in a Mexican court? No, it's in Manhattan -- that's one of the first
amendment issues.
Supporters in the area are encouraged to
attend the hearing, which is taking place next Friday, July 20th, at 9:30am
at the New York State Supreme Court, Justice Paula Omansky presiding, 71
Thomas Street, Manhattan (three blocks east of Foley Square and main courthouse),
room 205.
Narco News has gone into debt preparing
its defense, and donations are needed for the legal defense fund so that
Giordano can get back to publishing the bulletin! Those interested
in donating to the Narco News legal defense fund can send checks made payable
to "Drug War On Trial," to: Drug War On Trial, c/o Attorney Thomas Lesser,
Lesser, Newman, Souweine & Nasser, 39 Main Street, Northampton, MA
01060.
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Issue #194, 7/13/01
Editorial: The Tulia Lynchings | Hard Feelings: Fatal Shootout in Marijuana Raid Reverberates in an Idaho County | Tulia: Two Years On, a Town Would Like to Forget, but Reformers Refuse to Go Away | HEA Campaign Still Seeking Student Victim Cases -- New York Metropolitan Area Especially Urgent | British Cannabis Decrim Momentum Continues to Build at Frantic Pace | Prospective DEA Head Tells Skeptical Students He Sees "Great Crusade," Claims Legalization Was Tried and Failed -- Mena Questions Refuse to Die | Sentencing Follies: Iowa Man Gets 27 Years for Smoking Joint With 6-Year-Old Son, Eighth Circuit Says Life for $20 Worth of Cocaine is Too Much | Annual Ditchweed Eradication Boondoggle Underway Again -- Feds Spend $13 Million on Summer Jobs Program for Midwest Students, Bored Cops | New Woody Harrelson Activism Site Focusing This Week on DEA's Attempt to Prohibit Hemp Products -- Live Chat Sunday | Urgent Action Alerts: Colombia, HEA, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana, John Walters | Drug War on Trial Going to Trial Next Week | Media Scan: MotherJones.com Prison Growth Report, Twisted Badge Racial Profiling Series, Chicago Tribune on Prohibition and the Drug War | The Reformer's Calendar
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