公民自由受威脅 神職人員呼吁公众对抗政府滥权

公民自由受威脅 神職人員支持

記者羅慧琪紐約報導

October 15, 2011 06:00 AM | 2139 次 | 0  | 2  |  | 

「占領華爾街」活動的抗議者過去一個月聚集在紐約大本營祖科蒂公園，對附近曼哈坦下城的居民造成衛生及噪音騷擾，市長彭博本來向抗議者發出最後通牒，要求他們於14日早上7時前將遺留在公園的垃圾清理，但結果因擁有公園的業主延後清理工作，抗議者至今仍未撤出公園大本營。

數百名抗議者本來計畫於昨日早上6時開始在公園進行清理，但副市長霍洛威(Cas Holloway)突然宣布業主喊停，消息一傳出引來抗議者的歡呼聲，因他們覺得彭博的真正用意是將他們「逼遷」，而清理工作延後更壯大「占領華爾街」活動。抗議者紛紛舉起掃帚、旗幟及標語在公園揮動，然後人流向紐約證券交易所方向遊行，警方即時派出大量警力維持秩序。

此外，150多名曼哈坦賈德森紀念教堂(Judson Memorial Church)的神職人員14日宣布支持「占領華爾街」活動，他們表示聯邦及地方警察的國內竊聽及政治迫害日益頻繁，令公民自由受威脅，但他們呼籲公眾以和平方式來對抗警方濫權。

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Civil and Political Rights Leaders Fight Police Surveillance and Repression
http://www.examiner.com/underground-in-new-york/civil-and-political-rights-leaders-fight-police-surveillance-and-repression 

Leaders from Latino and Muslim communities from New York, Los Angeles, and Minnesota will hold a public forum in Manhattan’s Judson Memorial Church to address the growing threat to civil liberties posed by widespread federal and local police practices of domestic spying and political persecution.    The event is organized by the NY Committee to Stop FBI repression and endorsed by the May 1st Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights, NY Council on American Islamic Relations, and Bayan USA. The forum will educate the public and organize dedicated peaceful resistance to expanding abuses of police power.

Speakers will include Carlos Montes and Tracy Molm, anti-war activists whose homes were raided by the FBI in the past year. Molm is also among 23 activists resisting grand jury subpoenas issued by the FBI. Montes, a California based immigrant rights activist faces prosecution on charges related to that raid. According to FBI documents, both raids were part of a larger federal investigation of anti-war and international solidarity activists based on their political participation in organizing protests of the Republican National Convention in 2008. “I am travelling to New York City share about the attack on me by the FBI and LA Sheriffs and learn about others who face police intimidation solely due to their religion, country or origin, race, or political activities,” said Montes.

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