Ein widerliches Terrorismus-Verfahren in den USA ist endgültig Geschichte. Der CAE-Defense Fund, das Unterstützungsbündnis für Steve Kurtz vom Critical Art Ensemble und den mitangeklagten Robert Ferrell, gab heute nacht bekannt, dass die Spendengelder, die nach Einstellung des Verfahrens nicht mehr gebraucht werden, an Rechtshilfe-Organisationen gespendet werden:
September 16, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACTS:
Steven Kurtz: (716) 812-2968
Lucia Sommer, CAE Defense Fund: (716) 359-3061
Edmund Cardoni, CAE Defense Fund: (716) 854-1694
David Lerner, Center for Constitutional Rights: (212) 260-5000
Jennifer Carnig, New York Civil Liberties Union: (212) 607-3363FOUR YEAR LEGAL BATTLE ENDS WITH SUBSTANTIAL DONATIONS TO CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS
CAE Defense Fund donated to Center for Constitutional Rights & New York Civil Liberties UnionBuffalo, NY–After a widely watched four-year legal battle, the CAE Defense Fund was officially dissolved last week, with its remainder of unexpended funds donated in two substantial gifts to the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the New York affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU).
The CAE Defense Fund was originally created as a mechanism to raise funds for legal bills incurred by Dr. Steven Kurtz and Dr. Robert Ferrell in what its members argued was a politically motivated attack by the Department of Justice–one which threatened the constitutional and fundamental rights not only of the two defendants, but also of everyone, due to legal precedents that would have been set by an unfavorable outcome.