Save Samer Issawi - please call today

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Save Samer Issawi - please call today


CSFR is circulating this statement in support of Samer Issawi. (http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227&id=a0328026ac&e=b3b6009f90) Please call today.


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Please help save Samer Issawi's life! The Committee to Stop FBI Repression is circulating this call-in day to free Palestinian political prisoner Samer Issawi. We must not let him die due to Israeli government political repression and abuse. International solidarity can make a difference.
In unity,
Tom Burke, for the CSFR

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.

For updates on the worldwide campaign, follow "The Free Samer Issawi Campaign" page on FaceBook -
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Free-Samer-Issawi-Campaign/194111744067340

Issawi has been detained by Israeli authorities without any charge whatsoever. He had been released from prison in October 2011 as a part of the Shalit prisoner swap. But was detained again without charge on 7 July 2012 and has been refusing food since August 2012 to protest his detention. He is in critical condition. He is losing his vision, vomiting blood and lapsing in and out of consciousness.

Sponsored by (list in formation):
Palestine Solidarity Group – Chicago
USPCN – Chicago
Coalition to Protect People’s Rights
Jewish Voice for Peace - Chicago
American Muslims for Palestine - Chicago


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Chicago street action for Palestinian political prisoners

By Staff

Chicago, IL - “Israeli soldiers torture and kill! We say we won’t foot the bill!” This chant rang out in front of the building housing the Israeli Consulate here, March 6. Close to 100 people picketed, shouting their response to the March 2 death of 30-year-old Arafat Jaradat. An autopsy revealed that Jaradat died after being tortured during interrogation by Israeli security, sustaining a total of six broken bones in his spine, arms and legs; his lips lacerated; his face badly bruised.

The protesters were organized by the Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights (CMPR), Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG) – Chicago, and the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) – Chicago. The marchers included college students and veterans of the Palestinian movement.

Young women stood along the curb with black cloth tied over their mouths, holding signs with the names of Palestinian hunger strikers, including Samer Issawi and other prisoners on hunger strike to protest their inhumane and illegal detainment in Israeli prisons. Issawi continues on his hunger strike, now past its 225th day. He has vowed not to break it until he wins an absolute agreement that guarantees his release. The protest also supported Palestinian administrative detainees Jafar Azzidine and Tarek Qa'adan, whose hunger strikes have gone on for 91 days

Other Palestinian prisoners still on hunger strike include Ayman Sharawna, who has been on strike since July 1, and the hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who are striking in solidarity with Jaradat, Issawi, and the others.

Abla Awadallah of Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Illinois-Chicago, said, "The reason why the issue of prisoners is so important is because the Israelis are trying to criminalize them and by criminalizing them they criminalize our national liberation movement. We will never allow our heroes to be called criminals and there will never be anything criminal about our struggle for national liberation, an end to colonialism and occupation, and the Right of Return!"

In addition, Hatem Abudayyeh of USPCN called for a moment of silence in memory of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who had died the previous day. “Of all the political leaders in the world, Chavez was the greatest supporter of our struggle for national liberation,” explained Abudayyeh.

The protest called on supporters of Palestinian political prisoners to take action by calling President Obama at 202-456-1111; Secretary of State John Kerry at 212-647-4000; and the Office of Near East Affairs at 202-647-7209 to demand the U.S. administration: Condemn and sanction Israel for the killing of Arafat Jaradat; intervene for the immediate release of Samer Issawi, the other hunger strikers, and all the Palestinian administrative detainees and political prisoners held by Israel; and end all aid to Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian lands.

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Samer Issawi Near Death--Friday, March 15 Call-In Day to Demand




This is a critical time. Please call today.


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Friday, March 15 Call-in Day
to demand the release of Samer Issawi,
Ayman Sharawna and all Palestinian political prisoners

8:00 am to 4:00 pm CDT

Call President Obama – Call Secretary of State Kerry – Call the Office of Mideast Affairs

Samer Issawi continues on his hunger strike--which is in its 236th day--until he wins an absolute agreement that guarantees his release. Issawi is on the verge of death, according to a statement from his sister Shireen Issawi on Thursday, March 14th, a day after he decided to refuse both liquids and vitamins.

We need to continue our pressure on the U.S. government to demand his release and that of Ayman Sharawna, who has been on hunger strike since July 1st, 2012, except for a brief reprieve in January 2013 when he believed that his case was moving in a positive direction; as well as the hundreds of other Palestinian prisoners who are striking in solidarity with these men.

We again call on all activists, especially those in the U.S., to call President Obama and the State Department on Friday, March 15th, from 8 AM to 4 PM CST, to take action.

1) Call President Obama at 202-456-1111

2) Call US Secretary of State John Kerry at 202-647-4000
(pick option 4 for the operator and ask to leave a message for Kerry)

3) Call the Office of Near East Affairs at 202-647-7209
(you will get transferred to Marguerite Pickett to leave a message)

Sample message:

“My name is _____ from __________ and I demand that the US administration intervene for the immediate release of Samer Issawi, Ayman Sharawna, the other hunger strikers, and all the Palestinian administrative detainees and political prisoners held by Israel."

There will also be a campaign on Twitter, as there has been for many days, at 1PM CST, to demand the release of Samer Issawi. Check @samerissawi1 for the hashtag to use.

For updates on the worldwide campaign, follow "The Free Samer Issawi Campaign" page on Facebook (http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227&id=2f9e18be88&e=b3b6009f90)

Issawi had been detained by Israeli authorities without any charge whatsoever. He had been released from prison in October 2011 as a part of the Shalit prisoner swap, but was detained again without charge on July 7, 2012, and has been refusing food since August 2012 to protest his detention.

Palestinian prisoners’ rights group Addameer (http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227&id=7a7c7257fd&e=b3b6009f90) had reported Wednesday that Issawi was suffering from severe heart problems, the latest in a series of illnesses he has contracted since the start of his 236 day hunger strike. Issawi has lost 45 kilograms (99 pounds) and his condition is reported to have deteriorated significantly since his hearing on February 21, which ruled that he would be released on March 6. Issawi remains in police custody, and his legs are said to be shackled to his hospital bed.

Sponsored by:

Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG) – Chicago
Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights (CMPR)
U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) – National
USPCN - Chicago
Committee Against Political Repression (CAPR)
Coalition to Protect People’s Rights (CPPR)
Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR)
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) - Chicago
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) - Chicago
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) - Chicago


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