(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/19/05) - On Wednesday, April 20, The Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the New York Civil Liberties Union
(NYCLU) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will hold
simultaneous news conferences in New York City and Buffalo, N.Y., to
announce action against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the
practice of targeting American citizens participating in religious
conferences outside the United States.

In December of last year, dozens of American Muslim citizens were detained,
interrogated, fingerprinted, and photographed at the Buffalo-Canadian
border as they returned home from an annual Islamic conference in Toronto.

WHAT: Simultaneous News Conferences in Buffalo and New York City Announcing
CAIR, NYCLU, ACLU Action Against DHS Over NY Border Detentions

WHERE:

ACLU National Headquarters, 125 Broad Street, New York, NY
NYCLU Western Regional Office, The Ansonia Center, 712 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

WHEN: Wednesday, April 20, 11:30 a.m.

WHO:

NY CITY:
Detained citizens from Buffalo, NY
Arsalan Iftikhar, CAIR National Legal Director
Donna Lieberman, NYCLU Executive Director
Chris Dunn, NYCLU Legal Director
Catherine Kim, ACLU Staff Attorney

BUFFALO:
Detained citizens from Buffalo, NY
Udi Ofer, NYCLU Staff Attorney
Corey Stoughton, ACLU Staff Attorney
Khurrum Wahid, CAIR Legal Advisor
Wedade Abdallah, Immigration Attorney

CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties group, has 31 offices and
chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the
understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties,
empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and
mutual understanding.

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CONTACT: CAIR - Arsalan Iftikhar, 202-488-8787 or 202-415-0799, E-Mail:
arsalan-AT-cair-net.org; Ibrahim Hooper,
202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, E-Mail:
ihooper-AT-cair-net.org; Rabiah Ahmed,
202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, E-Mail:
rahmed-AT-cair-net.org; NYCLU/ACLU - Sheila
Stainback, NYCLU Communications Director, 212-344-3005, ext. 244;
917-573-7880; Jeanne-Noel Mahoney and John Curr,
wro-AT-nyclubuffalo.org, 716-852-4033; Erica
Pelletreau, media-AT-aclu.org, 212-519-7829; Udi Ofer,
347-645-4333

NOTE: CAIR offers an e-mail list designed to be a window to the American
Muslim community. Subscribers to the list, called CAIR-NET, receive news
releases and other materials dealing with American Muslim positions on
issues of importance to our society.

To SUBSCRIBE to CAIR-NET, go to:
cair.biglist.com/cair-net/

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CAIR
Council on American-Islamic Relations
453 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Tel: 202-488-8787, 202-744-7726
Fax: 202-488-0833
E-mail: cair-AT-cair-net.org
URL: www.cair-net.org

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