CAIR, CAIR-LA To Announce Suit Against FBI for Using Illegal, Racist Watchlist Against Palestinian Americans 

(LOS ANGELES, CA – 8/8/2024) – On Monday, Aug. 12, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, and its Greater Los Angeles Area office (CAIR-LA) will each hold a press conference at their offices to announce the filing of a lawsuit against the federal government for placing one Palestinian American on the No Fly List and seizing the electronic device of another, while interrogating him about his lawful organizing against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. 

Since Oct. 7, CAIR has received reports from Americans across the country who have been questioned and harassed by federal law enforcement officials for their activism in support of Palestine and against the United States’ complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.  

SEE: CAIR-Oklahoma Denounces ‘Inappropriate’ FBI Surveillance of Muslim Woman Over Pro-Palestine Posts 

This lawsuit is among the first to challenge the FBI’s apparent decision to aim its vast apparatus at innocent people who speak up for Palestine and criticize Israel’s violence in Gaza. CAIR is challenging the mistreatment of these Palestinian American activists on constitutional grounds.  

WHAT: CAIR-LA Announces Lawsuit Against FBI for Placing Palestinian American on No Fly List 

WHEN: Monday, Aug. 12, 12:30 p.m. PT 

WHERE: CAIR-LA Office, 2180 W. Crescent Ave., Ste. F, Anaheim  

WHO:  

• Amr Shabaik, Esq., CAIR-LA Legal Director 
• Dina Chehata, Esq., CAIR-LA Civil Rights Managing Attorney 
• Mustafa Zeidan, Plaintiff 

LIVESTREAM: facebook.com/cairgla  

Media will have an opportunity to interview speakers following their introductory remarks.   

CAIR-LA is Southern California’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice and empower American Muslims.