In the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are intensifying judicial pressure against activists mobilized against the war waged by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon. According to an investigation conducted by Wyatt Reed for *The Grayzone* and relayed by *Consortium News*, the FBI has issued discreet subpoenas targeting pro-Palestinian activists to testify before a secret federal grand jury convened in the state of New Hampshire. The activists involved, Sophie Ross and Bridget Shergalis, had participated in a direct action of blocking a factory of the Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems located in Merrimack, New Hampshire. While prosecutors had initially requested up to '37 years' in prison for these two young women as well as a third activist, Calla Walsh, for damaging the…
West and East/South Blackout Alert: the subject is covered exclusively by independent, anti-imperialist American dissident media (The Grayzone, Consortium News). They fully agree in denouncing an abusive and opaque summons before a federal grand jury against pro-Palestinian activists.
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