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SUMMARY:A Woman's Intifada: The Story of Rasmea Odeh
DESCRIPTION:ILLINOIS\n\nNesreen Hasan\, an integral member of Rasmea Odeh's
  defense committee\, will be joining the Middle Eastern Student Associatio
 n at Loyola University Chicago on Thursday\, February 26 at 6:30 pm to dis
 cuss the trial of Rasmea Odeh\, and overall FBI repression on the Arab com
 munity in Chicago.\n\nThe event is located at Loyola's Damen Student Cente
 r 6511 N Sheridan Rd.\, Chicago\, IL in the Multi-Purpose Room\, which is 
 located on the second floor.\n----------\n\nRasmea Odeh is a 67-year-old P
 alestinian community leader who has worked with the Arab American Action N
 etwork (AAAN) on the southside of Chicago since 2004. Rasmea is currently 
 the associate director of the AAAN. She also established the Arab Women’
 s Committee that has helped hundreds of immigrant women assimilate into t
 he United States. She is a strong beloved leader in her community and has 
 been an icon in Arab-American history in Chicago.\n\nOn October 22nd\, 201
 3\, Rasmea was arrested on charges of falsifying immigration information. 
 She was indicted in federal court that same morning\, charged with Unlawfu
 l Procurement of Naturalization\, an allegation based on answers she gave 
 on a 20-year-old immigration application. In particular\, she was charged 
 because she answered “no” when asked if she had ever been arrested or 
 convicted.\n\nRasmea was arrested by the Israeli government for a crime th
 at she did not commit. Rasmea was arrested during a mass arrest of hundred
 s of Palestinians. She was forced to confess to this allegation after endu
 ring 25 days of rape and torture at an Israeli interrogation center. Rasme
 a was put on trial in an Israeli military court\, in which the conviction 
 rate for Palestinians is over 99%. Despite her lifetime prison sentence\, 
 she was released after ten years in a prisoner exchange. Rasmea eventually
  moved to the US and became an active citizen and member of the community.
  Many years later\, Rasmea was put on trial once again in a Detroit federa
 l court.\n\nIn November of 2014\, Rasmea was found guilty by a jury in Det
 roit of her immigration charge. Rasmea was portrayed to the jury by the pr
 osecution as a terrorist. Rasmea’s conviction in 1969 was discussed\, bu
 t evidence and discussion of her rape and torture experience was not allow
 ed in court. 90% of the defense's case was not allowed to be presented bec
 ause of the judge's decision.\n\nAfter Rasmea was found guilty\, she was i
 mmediately arrested and imprisoned\, including time in solitary confinemen
 t\, before being released in December on a $50\,000 cash bond.\n\n
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