Democracy Now Producer, Ana Nogueira, has been arrested in Miami.
ACTION ALERT
DEMOCRACY NOW! PRODUCER ARRESTED BY MIAMI POLICE!
Make the phone calls/emails below and demand the immediate release of Democracy Now! producer Ana Nogueira
At approx. 5 pm Friday evening, Nov. 21, Democracy Now! producers Ana Nogueira and Jeremy Scahill were reporting on the arrest of approximately 20 people who were in Miami to oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Nogueira and Scahill had their press credentials clearly visible. Nogueira was videotaping the arrests. At the time of this writing, Nogueira was being held, handcuffed, in a Miami Police patrol wagon. Jeremy Scahill has learned that there will be a mandatory overnight detention. According to Scahill, his efforts to alert the police that they had arrested a journalist were met with the reply, “It doesn’t matter if she’s a journalist – she shouldn’t have been there.”
CALL NOW and demand that the Mayors of Miami City and Miami-Dade County restrain their police from further violence and violation of constitutional rights. RELEASE Democracy Now! journalist Ana Noguira IMMEDIATELY.
For news and updates see http://www.ftaaimc.org and http://www.democracynow.org
ACTION:
Call/Email These Authorities:
FTAA Miami Unified Command
Joint Information Center
Phone: (305) 579-6420
Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas
Director of Communications Lynn Norman-Teck
Cell: 786-256-4395
Pager: 305-291-0358
mayor@miamidade.gov
City of Miami
Mayor Manuel A. Diaz
Telephone: (305)250-5300
E-mail: mannydiaz@ci.miami.fl.us
Janet Lopez, Director Office of Communications
Phone: 305-416-1036
Pager:305-312-2981