Palestinian Justice Activist Rasmea Odeh to Challenge US Court

posted on: Oct 14, 2015

Palestinian justice activist Rasmea Odeh will appear before a U.S. appeal court Wednesday to challenge a controversial court sentence punishing her to jail time and eventual deportation.

Odeh’s appeal will argue that she faced an unfair trial last November when she was handed down a sentence of 18 months in prison, US$1,000 in fines, revocation of citizenship and deportation to Jordan.

The court found the 67-year-old Palestinian native guilty of lying on her immigration and naturalization applications 20 years ago after failing to disclose that she was convicted by an Israeli military court for participating in the bombings of 1969.

Source: www.telesurtv.net