(Middle East Eye) A coalition of advocacy groups have called for the release of the Holy Land Five, a group of Palestinian-American men who were convicted of funding terrorism in a case civil liberties groups say highlights the disproportionate targeting of Muslim charities post-9/11.
The campaign launched on Thursday by Within Our Lifetime, the Coalition for Civil Freedoms, and the Samidoun Prisoner Network comes as families of the accused marked the [anniversary] of their conviction.
“November 24th 2022 marks 14 years since the Holy Land Foundation 5 were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned in the US for the crime of sending food and medicine to orphans in Palestine,” the Palestinian-led Within Our Lifetime said in a statement.
