Taxpayers from Both Coasts to Converge in DC
Where: The National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, Zenger Room on the 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045
When: Wednesday, May 14, 2 PM
“We are filing this complaint at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights because the U.S. government has effectively shielded itself from accountability for its international crimes under its own legal system, even for crimes against humanity and genocide.”–Huwaida Arraf,lead attorney and also one of the founders of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition
Taxpayers Against Genocide(TAG) and theNational Lawyers Guild International Committee will hold a press conference to announce the filing of their legal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rigths (IACHR) against the U.S. government for complicity in genocide in Gaza. The lawsuit will include notarized affidavits by Palestinian-American plaintiffs who have lost loved ones to the U.S.-funded genocide. One plaintiff,Monadel Herzallah, who lost 43 family members to the genocide, states: “We as Palestinians in the U.S. have sought accountability in federal court but we also made a pledge to seek justice in any other possible venue available.” Susan Abulhawa, Palestinian human rights activist, best selling author, and a petitioner in this complaint, states: “I want to do everything in my power to put a stop to the unfathomable horrors that I witnessed in Gaza.”
For the press conference,Huwaida Arraf,will be joined by TAG plaintiffs,Robert S. McCaw, the Government Affairs Department Director ofCAIR, andDr. Nidal Jboor, co-founder of Doctors Against Genocide, along with other leaders.
Immediately after the press conference, participants will file the complaint at the IACHR headquarters and then march to the White House.
The complaint is endorsed by many civil society organizations, including the Arab Resource Organizing Center Action, Palestinian Youth Movement, the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Black Alliance for Peace, Doctors Against Genocide,CODEPINK, Friends of Latin America, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and many more.
TAG is a growing grassroots movement, representing more than 3,000 taxpayers across the U.S. backing this complaint.
Contact:Seth Donnelly, Taxpayers Against Genocide(650) 814-8495seth007donnelly@gmail.com
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