To RSVP, to arrange interviews or request the embargoed press release or legal materials, please contact:
– Omid Memarian (English, Persian): +1 (510) 637-9590 (phone); omemarian@dawnmena.org
Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) and the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide (TAAG) are pleased to invite you to a virtual news conference on Wednesday, July 15 at 11:00 AM EST to discuss the filing of a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s sanctions related to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The lawsuit relates to the impact of Executive Order 14203, which grants administration officials the power to impose sanctions on any foreigner who supports the ICC’s investigations targeting U.S. and Israeli nationals and prohibits U.S. citizens from providing or receiving a “service” from a sanctioned individual, on the First Amendment rights of Americans engaged in speech, advocacy, and legal work related to Palestine, including making submissions to the ICC and exchanging information with sanctioned Palestinian human rights organizations, and UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
The briefing will assess the impact of the executive order on the work of Americans engaged in Palestine advocacy, the basis for the lawsuit, its constitutional and legal significance, and include an opportunity for questions. The briefing will also address Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s July 13 comments threatening to “dismantle” the ICC and Wall Street Journal op-ed, which references DAWN’s work.
REGISTER:
Speakers
Omar Shakir: Executive Director, DAWN
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man: Director for Israel-Palestine, DAWN
Joseph Pace: Plaintiffs’ Counsel, J. Pace Law, PLLC
Anna Marie Stenberg: Co-founder, Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide (TAAG)
Tariq Ra’ouf: Co-founder, Taxpayers Alliance Against Genocide (TAAG)
Registration
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m. EDT
Location: Zoom
Register here
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