Roudy
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Dear Sherri,I just want to share the letter I just emailed to my President on the behalf of Samer Issawi and 4 other hunger striking Palestinian political prisoners.
Dear President Obama,
On the eve of your first election as President, I stood for about 5 hours in a football field in Springfield, Missouri with other campaign workers and beside my mother and we waited , for you to come and speak. And the chants, about change, Yes we can, I will never forget. And the Hope you inspired in all of us that you would change things and make our country a better place was such a beautiful thing to experience, an experience to remember and cherish for a lifetime.
And flash forward, to today, there is so much more that needs changing in America and one of those things is our unheallthy relationship with Israel and our support for the Occupation in Palestine. I beg you, do something about this, Here is one thing happening right now, you can intervene in and try to do something positive about it. There are political prisoners in Israel on hunger strikes, held under unlawful administrative detentions, who are near death. Please get involved and use your influence with Israel to save lives of these prisoners, Samer Issawi (151 days) ,Ayman Sharawna (182 days), Yousef Yassin (32 days), Jafar Azzidine (32 days) and Tarek Qa’adan (32 days),
I am forwarding you an email I sent to PM Netanyahu this morning and also am planning to send to every member of the US Congress and the EU and every member of The Knesset, and I want to try to ensure I do all I can do to stop Israel's unlawful detentions of Palestinian political prisoners, some of whose lives are presently in grave danger. Please get involved and save lives, please, these Palestinian prisoners are under threat of imminent death. I know you do not want their deaths on your conscience. Thank you for considering their plight and anything you can do to help improve the situation.
Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu,
I am very concerned about the safety and welfare of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel under administrative detentions who are on hunger strikes, in particular five prisoners who have been identified by Addameer as facing imminent death, Ayman Sharawna (182 days), Samer Issawi (151 days), Yousef Yassin (32 days), Jafar Azzidine (32 days) and Tarek Qa’adan (32 days),
These administrative detentions Israel is holding Palestinian prisoners under, that include the five prisoners named above, violate international treaties Israel is bound to which internationally recognize rights to a fair trial for detainees and prisoners, to include the Fourth Geneva Convention and Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Evidence heard in secret, which provides neither the defendant nor his attorney being allowed to examine the evidence or challenge it, violates the requirements of international law that mandate fair legal proceedings and due process in detentions of prisoners. These detentions are war crimes under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
I urge you to ensure Israel abides by her obligations under international law and call on the Israeli authorities to release these five detainees in imminent danger of death, as well as all other Palestinians in administrative detention, unless they are promptly charged with internationally recognizable criminal offenses and brought to trial in proceedings that meet international fair trial standards.
I urge you to ensure the immediate transfer of Ayman Sharawna and Samer Issawi and other detainees on prolonged hunger strikes to a fully-equipped hospital so they can receive specialized medical care.
I urge you to ensure that all detainees on hunger strike are allowed regular, private access to independent doctors, families and lawyers, treated humanely, and not punished in any way for their hunger strike, as Samer Issawi was recently, as he and his family were attacked and beaten by Occupying soldiers when he was transported for a court appearance.
I urge you to end the cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of administrative detainees, such as shackling detainees on prolonged hunger strike, that the human rights organizations and NGO’s are reporting Israel is engaging in.
I urge you to ensure Israel abides by her obligations under international law and deals humanely with Palestinian prisoners she holds captive and in detention.
Thank You,
Sincerely,
Sherri Munnerlyn
Go FUCK yourself and the horse you rode in on, you fucking crazy Islamo-terrorist worshipping witch!
Signed,
President Obama
xxxx kisses