U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House panel that oversees international human rights, will chair a congressional hearing Wednesday on the case of American Jacob Ostreicher, who has been held without formal charges in Bolivia since June 2011.

    A hearing will be held entitled “Seeking Freedom for American Trapped in Bolivian Prison.”  Smith was asked to become involved in the case by Mr. Ostreicher’s daughter Chaya Weinberger, a Lakewood, N.J. resident who is a constituent in Smith’s congressional district.

Who:               Chairman Smith, and other members of the human rights subcommittee, and witnesses: 

• Yimy Montaño Villgomez, of Bolivia attorney for Jacob Ostreicher
• Jerjes Justiniano Atalá, of Bolivia, attorney for Jacob Ostreicher
• Miriam Ungar, Mr. Ostreicher’s wife, of Brooklyn, NY
• Chaya Weinberger, Mr. Ostreicher’s daughter, Lakewood, NJ
• Steve Moore, former FBI Special Agent, known for his work in the Amanda Knox case in Italy.