As part of a continuing campaign to secure the repatriation of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan, former U.S. Congress member Cynthia McKinney and International Action Center Co-Director Sara Flounders will travel to Pakistan Dec 2 to 9. Their visit is not the first delegation. It is part of continuing series of meetings organized by Dr Fowzia Siddiqui, Aafia Siddiqui's sister, and the Free Aafia Movement to help to strengthen the international campaign for the release of this Pakistani political prisoner held for years in solitary confinement and sentenced in 2010 to 86 years in U.S. federal prison.

Avaaz—meaning "voice" in several European, Middle Eastern and Asian languages—launched in 2007 with a simple democratic mission: organize citizens of all nations to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people everywhere want.

Following on from the success of our Independence Day appeal, where the efforts of campaigners far exceeded our expectations, we are launching our Ramadhan appeal for Aafia.

An urgent initiative, launched by the family campaign Aafia Movement, requests that supporters send postcards to the US State Department, courtesy of US embassies worldwide, calling for the release of Aafia Siddiqui as the country marks Independence Day.

Attachments:

JFAC Independence Day Postcard - US Version	[A6 Double sided postcard - printable pdf 3mm bleed. Addressed to US State Department]	1177 Kb
JFAC Independence Day Postcard - UK	[A6 Double sided postcard - printable pdf 3mm bleed. Addressed to US Embassy, London]	1178 Kb

{Ft. Worth Texas}

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011

An emergency mobilization for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, and all other female prisoners suffering abuse in a federal institution that has a long, shameful record of violating the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee against “cruel and unusual punishment.”

While ALL ARE INVITED to join this urgently needed mobilization, we feel it is a special obligation on Muslim Men!

PLEASE SUPPORT THIS URGENTLY NEEDED MOBILIZATION

BY

1. HELPING US SPREAD THE WORD

2. PLANNING TO ATTEND

3. DONATE

You can mail a donation to:

The Peace Thru Justice Foundation

11006 Viers Mill Road

STE L-15, PMB 298

Silver Spring, MD. 20902

by Andrew Purcell
Houston, Texas

Ramadan 2011. Or 1432. Which calendar you prefer doesn't change the beginning of Ramadan. That new moon will be sighted early next week.  My healthy Muslim friends will be spending the daylight hours refraining from food and drink, and all of them will spend the month contemplating the good things God has provided. And of course they will be spending the month with family and friends celebrating the tradition of God revealing his message to humanity through the prophet Muhammad (saw).

In any year there will be Muslims who are unable to celebrate with family and friends. Many of them tell stories of injustice and oppression, and there is nothing you can do as individuals to correct those injustices and oppressions.  You can, as individuals, ease some of the suffering.

If you have managed to find this page I don't need to repeat the story of Dr. Aafia. None of us can bring her home for Eid with her children and her mother. You can't arrange a visit for her brother.

There is something you can do. Send her a postcard. It doesn't have to be fancy.  Aafia is partial to nature scenes. You can't talk about her case but there isn't that much room on a postcard so any message would have to be short. All you really need to do is write:

Dear Aafia,

We believe you. We are praying for you and your children and your mother.

Ramadan Mubarak.

It will take you longer to break your fast than it will to write this on a postcard and put a stamp on it, but the joy it will bring to Aafia will last longer than filling an empty stomach.

Aafia's address is:

Aafia Siddiqui

90279-054

FMC CARSWELL

FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER

P.O. BOX 27137

FORT WORTH, TX  76127

SOURCE: FreeAafia.org

Order copies of our new exclusive Ramadhan and 'Eid greeting card to send to our sister Aafia, to remind her she is not forgotten.

Monday, July 4
6:00pm - 8:00pm

A PUBLIC RALLY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE

Trafalgar Square, London

Sunday 26 June 2011, 2-4pm

JFAC is launching a Ramadan Support project for our dear sister Aafia Siddiqui.

On 20th March 2011, one of our dedicated volunteers will be taking part in the Reading Half-Marathon, UK, with the intention of raising money for the Justice for Aafia Coalition (JFAC).

March 02, 2011 will mark Dr. Aafia's 39th birthday and her 8th separated from her children.

On 3rd February 2011, as we mark the first anniversary of Aafia's conviction, Aafia remains behind bars, severed from the world outside, prevented from any meaningful human contact, with her family and even her lawyers being denied access to her.

Aafia was recently moved to FMC CARSWELL to start her 86 year sentence, a facility dubbed a 'hospital of horrors'. Subsequently the books and notes that she had in her possession at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in New York have been taken from her.

Download the attached artwork to print your own JFAC - Bring Aafia Home awareness keyring.

Aafia Siddiqui has been moved from the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, NY to FMC Carswell, which provides 'specialised medical and mental health services to female offenders.'

Attachments:

Aafia Message of Support Postcard

[Pre-printed with FMC Carswell address]

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Print your own Bring Aafia Home t-shirt using our template attached.

Available from our online shop from 24/10/10. The t-shirts will be first launched at the Global Peace and Unity Event, ExCel, London on 23rd October.

Attachments:

Bring Aafia Home - Campaign T-Shirt

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Use our specially designed postcard, as part of our Bring Aafia Home campaign, to write to Pakistani government officials to press for Aafia's immediate repatriation and release. 

Attachments:

Bring Aafia Home - Campaign Postcard

[Pre-printed with Pakistan Embassy Address]

1115 Kb

In view of the trauma caused to Dr. Siddiqui by her arrest, incarceration at Bagram and the loss of her children, there can be nothing worse for a mother than not knowing the condition and whereabouts of her children, we feel that for whatever crime she is accused of committing, she has suffered enough. The sentence of 86 years is far in excess of any reasonable punishment.

Justice for Aafia Coalition

Today, as most of us are aware, Aafia Siddiqui was sentenced to 86 years in prison, having already spent seven and a half years detained and abused in US custody. We have all felt a surge of emotions – we united in our outrage and anger, both shocked and appalled, heartbroken and overwhelmed with tears.