{"id":1892,"date":"2007-03-21T07:29:38","date_gmt":"2007-03-21T11:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2007-03-21T07:29:38","modified_gmt":"2007-03-21T11:29:38","slug":"urgent-save-sami-al-arians-life-demand-his-immediate-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=1892","title":{"rendered":"URGENT: SAVE SAMI AL-ARIAN’S LIFE, DEMAND HIS IMMEDIATE RELEASE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACTION ALERT, Al Awda<\/em>, 20 March 2007<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, calls on all people of conscience to demand that Dr. Sami Al-Arian is immediately freed from his political imprisonment. Dr. Al-Arian is a Palestinian former University of Florida professor who is currently on his 58th day of a water-only hunger strike. He is protesting his maltreatment by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) which violated an earlier plea agreement that absolved Dr. Al-Arian from any further cooperation with the government. According to his lawyer, the DOJ wanted Dr. Al-Arian to testify before a grand jury in Virginia. When he refused, citing his plea agreement, he was sentenced up to 18 months in jail.<\/p>\n

Dr. Al-Arian is currently being held at a medical facility in North Carolina. Family members who recently visited him reported that he had lost 53 pounds, equivalent to more than 25 percent of his body weight. He is no longer able to walk or stand on his own.<\/p>\n

More information on Dr. Al-Arian’s ordeal can be found in the transcript of a recent interview with his wife, Nahla Al-Arian. See: http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/article.pl?sid=07\/03\/16\/1410255<\/a><\/p>\n

ACTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

We ask all people of conscience to demand the immediate release and end to Dr. Al- Arian’s suffering.<\/p>\n

E-MAIL, CALL and WRITE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

1- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
\nDepartment of Justice
\nU.S. Department of Justice
\n950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
\nWashington, DC 20530-0001
\nFax Number: (202) 307-6777
\nEmail: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

2- The Honorable John Conyers, Jr
\n2426 Rayburn Building
\nWashington, DC 20515
\n(202) 225-5126
\n(202) 225-0072 Fax
\nJohn.Conyers@mail.house.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

3- Senator Patrick Leahy
\n433 Russell Senate Office Building
\nUnited States Senate
\nWashington, DC 20510
\n(299029)224-4242
\nsenator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

4- Honorable Judge Gerald Lee
\nU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
\n401 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA 22314<\/p>\n

Please cc your correspondence to alerts@al-awda.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
\nPO Box 131352
\nCarlsbad, CA 92013, USA
\nTel: 760-685-3243
\nFax: 360-933-3568
\nE-mail: info@al-awda.org<\/a>
\nWWW: http:\/\/al-awda.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) is the largest network of grassroots activists and students dedicated to Palestinian human rights. We are a not for profit tax-exempt educational and charitable 501(c)(3) organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC are tax-deductible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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