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Condition Described as 'Grave'
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MASNET) March 12, 2008 - MAS Freedom (MASF), as the civic and human rights advocacy entity of the Muslim American Society (MAS),
has learned that on the 9th day of a hunger strike that began on
Monday, March 3, 2007, he was moved to a federal medical facility in
Butner, North Carolina on March 4, where his condition has continued to
deteriorate. Dr. Al-Arian has reportedly lost
more than 20 pounds, and, as a diabetic, his condition has been deemed
as 'grave' with irreversible renal failure looming on the horizon - all under the watchful eyes of the Bush "Justice" Department.
"Apparently, "legal black holes" like
"The
government, after years of incarcerating Dr. Al-Arian and spending
millions of the taxpayers' dollars, was unable to get a single
conviction by a federal jury in this case, yet they've used every trick
in the book to persecute Dr. Al-Arian and his family. Through this
ordeal, Dr. Al-Arian has endured being subjected to such things as
inhumane periods of 23-hour lock-down; being deliberately, improperly
dressed while forced to walk in sub-freezing weather, and sporadically
threatened with abuse from guards and
This is Dr. Al Arian’s third hunger-strike during his 5 years of imprisonment.
During
the first hunger-strike in 2005, Dr. Al- Arian took only liquids for
140 days, before he was permitted to retain lawyers of his own choice.
In
early 2006 he drank only water for 60 days when the court refused to
require the Bush-administration to honor their earlier "no grand jury
cooperation" promise to (a) drop all charges; (b) release Dr. Al-Arian
in 30 day; and (c) assist in deporting him to the country of his
choice, immediately upon release - this in lieu of the death penalty or
life imprisonment.
In
this third hunger-strike Dr. Al-Arian, after the passage of the
promised April 7, 2008 release date, he is refusing all food and
liquids. And although he has been transferred to a prison medical facility, he is reportedly not getting necessary medical treatment.
Dr.
Al-Arian has vowed to continue his hunger-strike until the government
ends its vindictive campaign against him fulfills its prior promises.
As a community we must continue to insist that the government end its manipulation of the U.S. Judicial System and to demand the release of Dr. Al-Arian.
TAKE ACTION NOW
Please
spend some time today phoning or writing your local newspapers and
radio stations. An innocent man’s life may depend on it. Please write
to the following individuals to ask for an immediate end to Dr.
Al-Arian’s harassment and imprisonment:
It can be as simple as this:
"Please help Dr. Sami Al-Arian stay alive during his hunger strike. Our government is responsible for his life during his hunger strike. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gordon Kromberg is a well-known Islamophobe, who has made inappropriate and inflammatory comments about Muslims. In 2006 he railed against the Islamization of America. He will keep postponing his release for one reason or another unless you step in. The previously promised release date of April 7, 2008, has passed, please release him now."
"Please
do the right thing and step in. Dr. Al-Arian is no terrorist. He is a
hard-working professor, father, husband and a man who loves the
Please contact any one of the following:
Hon. Judge Gerald Lee
Attorney General Michael Mukasey Department of Justice
Fax: (202) 307-6777
E-mails to the Department of Justice, including the Attorney General, may be sent to:
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US Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility
House Judiciary Chair The Hon. John Conyers, Jr.
2426
(202) 225-5126 Fax: (202) 225-0072
E-mail:
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Senate Judiciary Chair Sen. Patrick Leahy 433 Russell Senate Office Building
(202) 224- 4242 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
To contribute to Dr. Al-Arian's legal defense, please send checks to:
National
Welches, OR 97067
For Additional Information
About Dr. Al-Arian’s case, please visit: http://www.freesami alarian.com
Read an articles by Al-Arian’s counsel, Peter Erlinder:
The Torture of Sami Al-Arain (
Enough is Enough: Bush Administration Denying Justice for Sami Al-Arain (
ALSO:
National Lawyers Guild Calls Third Summons to Grand Jury of Dr. Sami Al-Arain Punitive Government Harassment:
http://www.masnet.org/news.asp?id=4920
Dr. Al-Arain moved to Medical Unit:
http://www.masnet.org/news.asp?id=4922
Read an article by Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges:
http://www.alternet .org/story/ 79107
Screenings of
Friends of Human Rights (a group that began in
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