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For Immediate Release
February 16, 2013
DAY 208: FREE SAMER ISSAWI NOW!
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right To Return Coalition and the Free Samer Issawi Campaign call on all people of conscience to take immediate action to help save the life of Palestinian political prisoner Samer Issawi who has been on a hunger strike for 208 days.
Issawi has been detained by Israeli authorities without any charge whatsoever. He was detained again without charge on 7 July 2012 and has been refusing food since August 2012 in protest. He is in critical condition.
There are currently 178 Palestinian administrative detainees being held without any charge whatsoever. In addition to Issawi, Jafar Izzeddin, Ayman Sharawneh and Tariq Qadan are also on hunger strike to protest prison conditions and administrative detention.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Please join the voices and support around the world to save Samer Issawi's life and demand his immediate release from prison!
Write to President Obama and voice your concern and demand that the US administration intervene to demand the immediate release of Samer Issawi, the other hungers strikers, and all the administrative detainees and Palestinian political prisoners including the children. You can use the online form at:
http://links.causes.com/s/clISXb?r=F2jB
Also please Call US Secretary of State John Kerry at
1-202-647-4000 or Office of Near East Affairs at
1-202-647-7209 Demand that the Secretary intervene for the immediate release of Samer Issawi, the other hungers strikers, all Palestinian administrative detainees and political prisoners including the children.
Help spread awareness through social media, and forward to all your contacts after you take action!
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