>From a friend. A 205 day hunger striker... Scott
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Administrative detention" -- held indefinitely without being charged, without seeing a lawyer, without making a phone call, etc. People often just disappear in Israel and are held by the government for years without recourse. I sometimes think our government treatment of suspected terrorists has been learned from the Israelis. Habeus corpus ? -- forget it ! Protection from cruel and unusual punishment such as waterboarding ? -- forget that too. Want to see "the only democratic country in the Middle East" in action ? See Five Broken Cameras and prepare to be shocked at what your tax dollars are supporting. > Subject: [sapjc-tcpj] URGENT: Palestinian Hunger Striker Near Death > Reply-To: sapjc-t...@lists.riseup.net > > Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi has been on a hunger strike for > 205 days to protest Israel's use of administrative detention, and he > may be on the brink of death. Please call the Assistant Secretary of > State and email the White House, demanding his release. > > http://www.ampalestine.org/index.php/take-action/action-alerts/430-samer-issawi-near-death-call-us-state-dept-to-demand-his-release-from-israeli-imprisonment > > http://www.causes.com/actions/1731808-day-205-urgent-action-free-samer-issawi-now?ctm=home > > > Further information about his case is available at the following > link, provided by the Samidoun Prisoner Network. > > http://samidoun.ca/2013/01/global-solidarity-hunger-strike-to-support-samer-issawi-events-and-actions/ > > > He has lost an enormous amount of weight, is losing his vision and > is lapsing out of consciousness. This is one of the longest hunger > strikes in history, yet the American and British media have refused > to cover it. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/