------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Aug. 05, 2004 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST DIES SOON AFTER RELEASE
By Jesse Heiwa
Farouk Abdel-Muhti, a long-time activist for Palestinian liberation and against the detention of immigrants, died from a heart attack on July 21, 2004, after giving a talk at a "Detentions and Torture: Building Resistance" forum in Philadelphia.
Farouk worked with many organizations, including the Free the Detainees campaign, which he was representing.
He was arrested in the post 9/11 anti-immigrant hysteria on April 26, 2002, after becoming a producer on Palestinian issues for Pacifica Radio's WBAI in New York.
Farouk was not freed until April 12, 2004, after a successful campaign of grass roots activism and also legal support provided by the Center for Constitutional Rights. While inside the prison walls he continued to organize on behalf of all those who were detained under the frenzy of the "war on terrorism."
Farouk was beaten while detained and was kept in solitary confinement for eight months. His medication was also withheld. Many believe that the deterioration of his health was a result of these abusive conditions.
Our sympathies go out to his friends, family and comrades and we vow to continue his work for Palestinian liberation, freeing the detainees and for a world of peace and justice.
Farouk Abdel-Muhti, Presente!
[Jesse Heiwa, of OutFM.org and QueerJustice.org, worked with Farouk Abdel- Muhti at WBAI-FM.]
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