Demand the Release of Samer Issawi
Call-In Day Weds. 2/20/13
9:00AM – 5:00PM EST
After 211 days on hunger strike, the Israeli kangaroo court rejected the release of Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi today during his “emergency” hearing. Issawi will remain behind bars until his next scheduled hearing on March 14, 2013. Issawi’s mother Um Ra’fat collapsed during the court decision. The Israelis are clearly waiting for him to die. After the court hearing, 800 Palestinian inmates also went on hunger strike to show solidarity with the other prisoners already on hunger strike. It’s time for all Palestinian activists around the world that have been daily supporting the prisoners to step up our actions.
We call for all activists, especially those in the U.S., to call President Obama and the State Department on Wednesday 2/20/13 to take action.
“My name is _____ from __________ and I demand that the US administration intervene for the immediate release of Samer Issawi, the other hungers strikers, and all the administrative detainees and Palestinian political prisoners including the children.”
1) Call President Obama at 1-202-456-1111
2) Call US Secretary of State John Kerry at 1-202-647-4000 or the Office of Near East Affairs at 1-202-647-7209
There will also be a campaign on Twitter, as there has been for multiple days, at 1PM CST to demand the release of Samer Issawi. Check @samerissawi1 for the hashtag to use.
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