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