Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace Feb. 26, 2007 TAMPA — Today marks the sixth week of Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s hunger strike for justice. He is now in a federal prison medical facility in Butner, North Carolina and has lost over 40 pounds. During the past two weeks, efforts[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace March 1, 2007 TAMPA — Today is Day 39 of Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s hunger strike for justice, in which he has lost 43 pounds. Please see below a column by The Nation magazine’s Alexander Cockburn published today, a story below that about the[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace Mar. 12, 2007 DAY 50 of Dr. Al-Arian’s Hunger Strike TAMPA – Today is Day 50 of Dr. Al-Arian’s hunger strike for justice, in which he has lost 50 pounds. Despite a report last week stating that prison officials would force feed Dr.[Read More…]
As Health Deteriorates, Jailed Palestinian Professor Sami Al-Arian Enters 54th Day of Hunger Strike to Protest Indefinite Imprisonment Friday, March 16th, 2007Link: Click here Sami Al-Arian is in dire condition. The jailed Palestinian professor has lost over 50 pounds as he enters the 54th day of a hunger strike to[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace March 19, 2007 Dr. Al-Arian’s Family Visits Him in Medical Facility BUTNER, N.C. This past weekend, Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s family traveled to Butner, North Carolina to visit him at the federal medical prison facility where he has been held during his 8-week water-only[Read More…]
Associated Press 3-20-07 Family of fasting inmate asks for hunger strike to stop Link: Click here SAMUEL SPIES RALEIGH, N.C. – A former University of South Florida professor is “very, very weak” and cold after spending two months on a hunger strike that his family believes threatens his life, his[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace Mar. 20, 2007 Gaunt Al-Arian shocks family TAMPA — Today is Day 58 of Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s hunger strike for justice, in which he has lost 53 pounds, or 25 percent of his body weight. Medical experts say this is a particularly critical[Read More…]
St. Petersburg Times March 20, 2007 Gaunt Al-Arian shocks familyLink: Click here By Meg Laughlin Sami Al-Arian has been on a hunger strike for 58 days to protest being held beyond his prison sentence. On a water-only diet, he has lost 53 pounds. The former University of South Florida professor[Read More…]
Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace Mar. 22, 2007Day 60 of hunger strike TAMPA — Today is Day 60 of Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s hunger strike for justice, in which he has lost 55 pounds or more than 25 percent of his body weight. Please see below two recent articles[Read More…]
USF Oracle, 3/22/07 Link: Click here By David Guidi, Asst. News Editor Sami Al-Arian slumped forward in his wheelchair Saturday, reached forward and grasped a black chess piece to make his next move, as his wife, Nahla, looked on. His hand trembled, one of the many tolls exacted by a[Read More…]
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