Amer Jubran was one of the co-founders of the New England Committee to Defend
Palestine. Amer came to win the respect of many in the United States who have been
involved in the struggle against war and occupation, as he often lent his voice to those we
hear from the least in this movement -- the targets of this country's aggression around the
world.

As people who have followed this site may already be aware, Amer was the subject of a
relentless campaign of persecution and harassment by the FBI, the INS, and Homeland
Security, which began on November 4 of 2002, barely two days after the first public action of the NECDP on the streets of Boston. Even before that, he had been subject to
illegitimate arrest and intrusive surveillance by local and federal police agencies going
back to June 2001 when he organized a protest of the "Israel Day Celebration" in
Brookline, Massachusetts.

He is now living in Jordan as a result of the government's efforts to silence his speech in
defense of the Palestinians' struggle against colonialism, apartheid and genocide, and to
sabotage any effort aimed at building a political current in the U.S. that fully supports the
creation of a liberated Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine.

Link to Amer Jubran Defense Committee web site

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