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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.
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Sign the Petition for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui! Repatriate Aafia to Pakistan!
Sign the Avaaz Petition for Aafia Siddiqui
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.
Remember Aafia This Ramadhan
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.
MUSLIM MEN MARCH ON FMC CARSWELL
{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
What You Can Do for Aafia This Ramadan
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
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