Comments on: Binyam Mohamed – Justice Betrayed: A Political Cartoon by Lewis Peake http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/02/05/binyam-mohamed-justice-betrayed-a-political-cartoon-by-lewis-peake/ Investigative journalist, author, filmmaker and Guantanamo expert Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: connie http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/02/05/binyam-mohamed-justice-betrayed-a-political-cartoon-by-lewis-peake/comment-page-1/#comment-31977 connie Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:39:10 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=1178#comment-31977 http://oneheartforpeace.blogspot.com/2009/02/seeking-to-save-binyam-mohamed-british.html Here are some other suggested actions with various articles on Binyam http://oneheartforpeace.blogspot.com/2009/02/seeking-to-save-binyam-mohamed-british.html

Here are some other suggested actions with various articles on Binyam

]]> By: Frances Madeson http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/02/05/binyam-mohamed-justice-betrayed-a-political-cartoon-by-lewis-peake/comment-page-1/#comment-31949 Frances Madeson Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:22:15 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=1178#comment-31949 Andy, It isn't just the officials who are willfully oblivious. I am out and about in New York City almost every day, and I have to tell you, I NEVER overhear any conversation about the fate of the Guantanamo men. It is not discussed, debated, or even referenced in the conversations of ordinary people. I find that shocking as it is so much on my own mind. I am desperate to change that. I want the word Guantanamo to fly trippingly off the tongues of Americans in the same sentence with: We really should do something about getting those men out of there right now! The status quo is beyond frustrating. I have contacted Cage Prisoners via e-mail and let them know of my sincere desire to effectuate a hunger strike. I am scheduling a base line physical and making whatever preparations I can think of on this end, including shoring myself up intellectually and emotionally by reading about Gandhi and Satyagraha. As it happens, I was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, home of civil rights activist and Iranian hostage hunger striker (1980) Dick Gregory. If he could do it, (and he weighed under 100 pounds when he ended his strike--a terrifying prospect) I feel I can too. At least I want to do my utmost to try to express my solidarity with the Guantanamo hunger strikers. Maybe if people in the US can physically see me, an otherwise hale American woman--sacrificing daily pleasures, risking health, and literally shrinking before their very eyes-- they will be moved finally to do the necessary. Andy,
It isn’t just the officials who are willfully oblivious. I am out and about in New York City almost every day, and I have to tell you, I NEVER overhear any conversation about the fate of the Guantanamo men. It is not discussed, debated, or even referenced in the conversations of ordinary people. I find that shocking as it is so much on my own mind. I am desperate to change that. I want the word Guantanamo to fly trippingly off the tongues of Americans in the same sentence with: We really should do something about getting those men out of there right now!

The status quo is beyond frustrating.
I have contacted Cage Prisoners via e-mail and let them know of my sincere desire to effectuate a hunger strike. I am scheduling a base line physical and making whatever preparations I can think of on this end, including shoring myself up intellectually and emotionally by reading about Gandhi and Satyagraha.

As it happens, I was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, home of civil rights activist and Iranian hostage hunger striker (1980) Dick Gregory. If he could do it, (and he weighed under 100 pounds when he ended his strike–a terrifying prospect) I feel I can too. At least I want to do my utmost to try to express my solidarity with the Guantanamo hunger strikers. Maybe if people in the US can physically see me, an otherwise hale American woman–sacrificing daily pleasures, risking health, and literally shrinking before their very eyes– they will be moved finally to do the necessary.

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