On Tuesday August 23, DSK (Dominique Strauss-Kahn) will have a court hearing at 11:30am.

This may be the date the Manhattan DA announces the unreasonable & illogical dismissal of a sexual assault criminal case on an illiterate African immigrant with strong forensics, DNA and medical evidence for the NY Jury in Criminal Court to examine and make decisions. We are urging Cyrus Vance, Jr. not to play God, we live in a democratic country the DA office is not Cy Vance Jr.s personal fiefdom. Cy Vance, Jr. has no right to deny Nafi Diallo her due process rights, he also has no rights to deny New Yorkers the privileges to perform their civic duty, let the NY Jury examine & decide on the DSK criminal case. We want the Manhattan DA office to fight as hard for a poor minority immigrant like Nafi Diallo as they did fighting for the Caucasian female Wall Street banker in the Central Park jogger rape case. Two Rallys in the coming week. Please tell your friends and spread the word out.

RALLY #1: City Councilwoman Letisha James and feminist group Permanent Wave are co-organizing the Monday rally to urge Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, Jr. to proceed with the DSK criminal case WHEN: Monday, August 22 from 5-7pm WHERE: Outside of Manhattan Criminal Court 100 Centre Street If you have FB account, RSVP at this Facebook Invite: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=267596253266712

RALLY #2: Various womens rights groups are organizing a rally on Tuesday (half hour before the scheduled court hearing) to support the victim Nafi Diallo and to fight for the broader issue of violence and sexual assaults. WHEN: Tuesday, August 23 at 11am WHERE: Outside of Manhattan Criminal Court 100 Centre Street MEDIA CONTACT FOR RALLY #2: Kala Ganesh, CONNECT, Inc., (212) 683-0015, kganesh@connectnyc.org Cathleen Cogswell, New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault (212) 229-0345, ext. 307; ccogswell@svfreenyc.org Jean Bucaria, NOW-NYC, (212) 627-9895, jean@nownyc.org Emily Dake, Service Womens Action Network, emily@servicewomen.org