Wednesday, August 7, 2013

"I am Fasting to Highlight the Plight of Guantanmo Hunger Strikers" says Julie Christie


I'm fasting to highlight the plight of the Guantánamo hunger strikers ...

www.theguardian.com/.../fasting-plight-hunger-strik...

vor 4 Tagen - Julie Christie: Unlike me, the prisoners of Guantánamo Bay don't have the luxury of knowing when their hunger strike will end.


Julie Christie | The Guardian


www.theguardian.com/profile/juliechristie



"I embarked on this project because I hope it will make some small contribution to Reprieve's StandFast campaign to raise awareness of the Guantánamo hunger strikers, and make people realise the basic facts of what is going on there. More than half of those held have been cleared for release by the US government yet remain in prison due to a lack of will by that same government.
It is unfathomable that the US authorities refuse to release prisoners who have been cleared of any charges and who have countries that will admit them at once. Take Shaker Aamer, one of the prisoners on hunger strike. He is a British resident who has a British wife and four British children, the youngest of whom he has never met."


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