[JNV] Peace Activists Abducted in Iraq - Petition and Call for vigils
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Dear friends
Here are two messages about the four peace activists being held hostage in Iraq.
One is a message from Chris Cole, Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FoR) in England, and includes an appeal by Palestinian Muslims for the hostages.
Norman Kember, the British peace activist currently being held hostage in Iraq, is a trustee of FoR.
The other is an online petition for all four Christian Peace Team hostages.
Please sign up at <http://electroniciraq.net/news/2210.shtml> (Arabic and English text) and forward this mail.
Best wishes
Milan Rai
(out of prison on 29 November - many thanks to everyone who wrote in)
JNV
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1) Petition From Electronic Iraq.
Please sign up at <http://electroniciraq.net/news/2210.shtml>
(Arabic and English text) and forward this mail.
Sign the petition now!
An Urgent Appeal: Please Release Our Friends in Iraq
Four members of Christian Peacemaker Teams were taken this past Saturday, November 26, in Baghdad, Iraq. They are not spies, nor do they work in the service of any government. They are people who have dedicated their lives to fighting against war and have clearly and publicly opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq. They are people of faith, but they are not missionaries. They have deep respect for the Islamic faith and for the right of Iraqis to self-determination.
C.P.T. first came to Iraq in October 2002 to oppose the US invasion, and it has remained in the country throughout the occupation in solidarity with the Iraqi people. The group has been invaluable in alerting the world to many of the horrors facing Iraqis detained in US-run prisons and detention centers. C.P.T. was among the first to document the torture occurring at the Abu Ghraib prison, long before the story broke in the mainstream press. Its members have spent countless hours interviewing Iraqis about abuse and torture suffered at the hands of US forces and have disseminated this information internationally.
Each of the four C.P.T. members being held in Iraq has dedicated his life to resisting the darkness and misery of war and occupation. Convinced that it is not enough to oppose the war from the safety of their homes, they made the difficult decision to go to Iraq, knowing that the climate of mistrust created by foreign occupation meant that they could be mistaken for spies or missionaries. They went there with a simple purpose: to bear witness to injustice and to embody a different kind of relationship between cultures and faiths. Members of C.P.T. willingly undertook the risks of living among Iraqis, in a common neighborhood outside of the infamous Green Zone. They sought no protection from weapons or armed guards, trusting in, and benefiting from, the goodwill of the Iraqi people. Acts of kindness and hospitality from Iraqis were innumerable and ensured the C.P.T. members’ safety and wellbeing. We believe that spirit will prevail in the current situation.
We appeal to those holding these activists to release them unharmed so that they may continue their vital work as witnesses and peacemakers.
Signed,**
Arundhati Roy, author, The God of Small Things
Tariq Ali, author, Bush in Babylon
Denis Halliday, former U.N. Assistant Secretary General and Head of the U.N. Humanitarian Program in Iraq (1997-1998)
Cindy Sheehan, mother of Casey Sheehan
Noam Chomsky, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Haifa Zangana, Iraqi novelist
Kamil Mahdi, Iraqi economist and anti-occupation activist. Lecturer, University of Exeter
Mahmood Mamdani, "Herbert Lehman Professor of Government," Columbia University
Rashid Khalidi, "Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies," Middle East Institute, Columbia University
Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie, killed by Israeli military
Hasan Abu Nimah, Permanent Representative of Jordan at the United Nations (1995-2000)
Ralph Nader, former independent presidential candidate
James Abourezk, former US Senator
Howard Zinn, historian
Naseer Aruri, Professor (Emeritus) University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence/Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
Naomi Klein, author/journalist
Michael Ratner, President, Center for Constitutional Rights
Rev. Daniel Berrigan, poet
Jeremy Scahill, independent journalist
Mazin Qumsiyeh, author, Sharing the Land Of Canaan, board member US Campaign to End the Occupation
Milan Rai, author, War Plan Iraq: Ten Reasons Against War on Iraq
Sam Husseini, writer
Dahr Jamail, independent journalist
Ali Abunimah, Co-founder, Electronic Iraq/The Electronic Intifada
Nigel Parry, Co-founder, Electronic Iraq/The Electronic Intifada
Leslie Cagan, National Coordinator, United for Peace and Justice
Eve Ensler, author
Jennifer Harbury, Director, Stop Torture Permanently Campaign
Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Detroit
Anthony Arnove, author, Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal
Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange
G. Simon Harak, SJ, War Resisters League
David Hartsough, Co-Founder and Capacity Building Director of Nonviolent Peaceforce and Executive Director of Peaceworkers. Nonviolent Peace Force
Blase Bonpane, Office of the Americas
Carol Bragg, Coordinator, Rhode Island Peace Mission
Rev. Richard Deats, former Executive Secretary and Fellowship Editor, Fellowship of Reconciliation
Omar Diop, Président de la Coalition Sénégalaise des Défenseurs des Droits humains
Jim Forest, Secretary, The Orthodox Peace Fellowship
Thomas C. Cornell, The Catholic Worker
David Grant, Nonviolent Peaceforce
Ted Lewis, Global Exchange
Charles Jenks, Chair of Advisory Board, Traprock Peace Center
Jeff Leys, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Andréa Schmidt, independent journalist
Michael Albert, ZNet
Richard McDowell, Senior Fellow for Iraq Policy, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Dave McReynolds, former Chair, War Resisters International
Peter Lems, Program Associate for Iraq, American Friends Service Committee
Kevin Zeese, Director, Democracy Rising
Sunny Miller, Director, Traprock Peace Center
Dave Robinson, Director, Pax Christi USA
Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, National Coordinator, Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq
David Swanson, Co-Founder, After Downing Street, Board Member Progressive Democrats of America, Washington Director Democrats.com
Mary Trotochaud, Senior Fellow for Iraq Policy, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Michael Birmingham, activist
Barbara Wien, Co-Director, Peace Brigades International/USA
Bishop Gabino Zavala, President, Pax Christi USA
**Organizations and institutions are listed for identification purposes only. Contact: freethecpt(at)gmail.com
Sign the petition now!
<http://electroniciraq.net/news/2210.shtml>
**********************************
2) Norman Kember - A call for vigils
From: "Fellowship of Reconciliation" office@for.org.uk
Subject: FoR Email news - Norman Kember Abduction
Fellowship of Reconciliation Email News
Dear Friends,
I just wanted to update you on some things that are happening in relation
to the abduction of the four peaceworkers in Iraq. As you will know,
Norman Kember, Tom Fox, Harmeet Singh Sooden and James Loney were in
Baghdad as part of a Christian Peacemakers Team delegation.
1) Palestinian Muslims Appeal for Release of Abducted Peaceworkers
2) Prayer Vigils for Abducted Peaceworkers
---------------------------------------------
1) Palestinian Muslims Appeal for Release of Abducted Peaceworkers
Al-Jazeera has just run an impressive appeal by Palestinian Muslims for
the release of the four abducted peaceworkers in Iraq.
"We demand that these aid workers be released immediately," said Mufti
Ikrema Sabri, the Palestinians' top Muslim clergyman. "We tell them that
these aid workers have stood beside Palestinian people, and it's our duty
now to stand beside them." Sabri said Islam opposes taking civilians
hostage and said such kidnappings are inhumane. Palestinians in several
towns said they had worked with the three activists
and asked Sabri to issue the appeal."
For more details see
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F4158730-C9B7-40D5-A097-ECAB2DB7FE25>
Other Muslim groups in Palestine and the Association of Muslim Scholars
are also calling for their release .
2) Call for Prayer Vigils for Abducted Peaceworkers
Christians and Muslims, peace organisations, friends and supporters of
Norman Kember, the British peace activist abducted in Iraq, will hold a
silent, candle-lit prayer vigil this Friday evening (2nd December) on the
steps of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square, central
London. The vigil will take place from 6pm - 7pm. Please do come
along if you can. Alternatively you may like to hold a prayer vigil in
your local area over the weekend. Prayer vigils are already being planned
in Derby and Oxford. Please let us know if you would like us to
publicise your prayer vigil.
Please keep up to date by visiting our website www.for.org.uk
With all best wishes
Chris Cole
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Dear friends
Here are two messages about the four peace activists being held hostage in Iraq.
One is a message from Chris Cole, Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FoR) in England, and includes an appeal by Palestinian Muslims for the hostages.
Norman Kember, the British peace activist currently being held hostage in Iraq, is a trustee of FoR.
The other is an online petition for all four Christian Peace Team hostages.
Please sign up at <http://electroniciraq.net/news/2210.shtml> (Arabic and English text) and forward this mail.
Best wishes
Milan Rai
(out of prison on 29 November - many thanks to everyone who wrote in)
JNV
**********************************
1) Petition From Electronic Iraq.
Please sign up at <http://electroniciraq.net/news/2210.shtml>
(Arabic and English text) and forward this mail.
Sign the petition now!
An Urgent Appeal: Please Release Our Friends in Iraq
Four members of Christian Peacemaker Teams were taken this past Saturday, November 26, in Baghdad, Iraq. They are not spies, nor do they work in the service of any government. They are people who have dedicated their lives to fighting against war and have clearly and publicly opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq. They are people of faith, but they are not missionaries. They have deep respect for the Islamic faith and for the right of Iraqis to self-determination.
C.P.T. first came to Iraq in October 2002 to oppose the US invasion, and it has remained in the country throughout the occupation in solidarity with the Iraqi people. The group has been invaluable in alerting the world to many of the horrors facing Iraqis detained in US-run prisons and detention centers. C.P.T. was among the first to document the torture occurring at the Abu Ghraib prison, long before the story broke in the mainstream press. Its members have spent countless hours interviewing Iraqis about abuse and torture suffered at the hands of US forces and have disseminated this information internationally.
Each of the four C.P.T. members being held in Iraq has dedicated his life to resisting the darkness and misery of war and occupation. Convinced that it is not enough to oppose the war from the safety of their homes, they made the difficult decision to go to Iraq, knowing that the climate of mistrust created by foreign occupation meant that they could be mistaken for spies or missionaries. They went there with a simple purpose: to bear witness to injustice and to embody a different kind of relationship between cultures and faiths. Members of C.P.T. willingly undertook the risks of living among Iraqis, in a common neighborhood outside of the infamous Green Zone. They sought no protection from weapons or armed guards, trusting in, and benefiting from, the goodwill of the Iraqi people. Acts of kindness and hospitality from Iraqis were innumerable and ensured the C.P.T. members’ safety and wellbeing. We believe that spirit will prevail in the current situation.
We appeal to those holding these activists to release them unharmed so that they may continue their vital work as witnesses and peacemakers.
Signed,**
Arundhati Roy, author, The God of Small Things
Tariq Ali, author, Bush in Babylon
Denis Halliday, former U.N. Assistant Secretary General and Head of the U.N. Humanitarian Program in Iraq (1997-1998)
Cindy Sheehan, mother of Casey Sheehan
Noam Chomsky, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Haifa Zangana, Iraqi novelist
Kamil Mahdi, Iraqi economist and anti-occupation activist. Lecturer, University of Exeter
Mahmood Mamdani, "Herbert Lehman Professor of Government," Columbia University
Rashid Khalidi, "Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies," Middle East Institute, Columbia University
Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie, killed by Israeli military
Hasan Abu Nimah, Permanent Representative of Jordan at the United Nations (1995-2000)
Ralph Nader, former independent presidential candidate
James Abourezk, former US Senator
Howard Zinn, historian
Naseer Aruri, Professor (Emeritus) University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence/Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
Naomi Klein, author/journalist
Michael Ratner, President, Center for Constitutional Rights
Rev. Daniel Berrigan, poet
Jeremy Scahill, independent journalist
Mazin Qumsiyeh, author, Sharing the Land Of Canaan, board member US Campaign to End the Occupation
Milan Rai, author, War Plan Iraq: Ten Reasons Against War on Iraq
Sam Husseini, writer
Dahr Jamail, independent journalist
Ali Abunimah, Co-founder, Electronic Iraq/The Electronic Intifada
Nigel Parry, Co-founder, Electronic Iraq/The Electronic Intifada
Leslie Cagan, National Coordinator, United for Peace and Justice
Eve Ensler, author
Jennifer Harbury, Director, Stop Torture Permanently Campaign
Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Detroit
Anthony Arnove, author, Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal
Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange
G. Simon Harak, SJ, War Resisters League
David Hartsough, Co-Founder and Capacity Building Director of Nonviolent Peaceforce and Executive Director of Peaceworkers. Nonviolent Peace Force
Blase Bonpane, Office of the Americas
Carol Bragg, Coordinator, Rhode Island Peace Mission
Rev. Richard Deats, former Executive Secretary and Fellowship Editor, Fellowship of Reconciliation
Omar Diop, Président de la Coalition Sénégalaise des Défenseurs des Droits humains
Jim Forest, Secretary, The Orthodox Peace Fellowship
Thomas C. Cornell, The Catholic Worker
David Grant, Nonviolent Peaceforce
Ted Lewis, Global Exchange
Charles Jenks, Chair of Advisory Board, Traprock Peace Center
Jeff Leys, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Andréa Schmidt, independent journalist
Michael Albert, ZNet
Richard McDowell, Senior Fellow for Iraq Policy, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Dave McReynolds, former Chair, War Resisters International
Peter Lems, Program Associate for Iraq, American Friends Service Committee
Kevin Zeese, Director, Democracy Rising
Sunny Miller, Director, Traprock Peace Center
Dave Robinson, Director, Pax Christi USA
Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, National Coordinator, Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq
David Swanson, Co-Founder, After Downing Street, Board Member Progressive Democrats of America, Washington Director Democrats.com
Mary Trotochaud, Senior Fellow for Iraq Policy, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Michael Birmingham, activist
Barbara Wien, Co-Director, Peace Brigades International/USA
Bishop Gabino Zavala, President, Pax Christi USA
**Organizations and institutions are listed for identification purposes only. Contact: freethecpt(at)gmail.com
Sign the petition now!
<http://electroniciraq.net/news/2210.shtml>
**********************************
2) Norman Kember - A call for vigils
From: "Fellowship of Reconciliation" office@for.org.uk
Subject: FoR Email news - Norman Kember Abduction
Fellowship of Reconciliation Email News
Dear Friends,
I just wanted to update you on some things that are happening in relation
to the abduction of the four peaceworkers in Iraq. As you will know,
Norman Kember, Tom Fox, Harmeet Singh Sooden and James Loney were in
Baghdad as part of a Christian Peacemakers Team delegation.
1) Palestinian Muslims Appeal for Release of Abducted Peaceworkers
2) Prayer Vigils for Abducted Peaceworkers
---------------------------------------------
1) Palestinian Muslims Appeal for Release of Abducted Peaceworkers
Al-Jazeera has just run an impressive appeal by Palestinian Muslims for
the release of the four abducted peaceworkers in Iraq.
"We demand that these aid workers be released immediately," said Mufti
Ikrema Sabri, the Palestinians' top Muslim clergyman. "We tell them that
these aid workers have stood beside Palestinian people, and it's our duty
now to stand beside them." Sabri said Islam opposes taking civilians
hostage and said such kidnappings are inhumane. Palestinians in several
towns said they had worked with the three activists
and asked Sabri to issue the appeal."
For more details see
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F4158730-C9B7-40D5-A097-ECAB2DB7FE25>
Other Muslim groups in Palestine and the Association of Muslim Scholars
are also calling for their release .
2) Call for Prayer Vigils for Abducted Peaceworkers
Christians and Muslims, peace organisations, friends and supporters of
Norman Kember, the British peace activist abducted in Iraq, will hold a
silent, candle-lit prayer vigil this Friday evening (2nd December) on the
steps of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square, central
London. The vigil will take place from 6pm - 7pm. Please do come
along if you can. Alternatively you may like to hold a prayer vigil in
your local area over the weekend. Prayer vigils are already being planned
in Derby and Oxford. Please let us know if you would like us to
publicise your prayer vigil.
Please keep up to date by visiting our website www.for.org.uk
With all best wishes
Chris Cole
www.for.org.uk
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Dear friends
This is a message from Chris Cole, Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FoR) in England.
Norman Kember, the British peace activist currently being held hostage in Iraq, is a trustee of FoR.
Best wishes
Milan Rai
(out of prison on 29 November - many thanks to everyone who wrote in)
**********************************
From: "Fellowship of Reconciliation" office@for.org.uk
Subject: FoR Email news - Norman Kember Abduction
Fellowship of Reconciliation Email News
Dear Friends,
I just wanted to update you on some things that are happening in relation
to the abduction of the four peaceworkers in Iraq. As you will know,
Norman Kember, Tom Fox, Harmeet Singh Sooden and James Loney were in
Baghdad as part of a Christian Peacemakers Team delegation.
1) Palestinian Muslims Appeal for Release of Abducted Peaceworkers
2) Prayer Vigils for Abducted Peaceworkers
---------------------------------------------
1) Palestinian Muslims Appeal for Release of Abducted Peaceworkers
Al-Jazeera has just run an impressive appeal by Palestinian Muslims for
the release of the four abducted peaceworkers in Iraq.
"We demand that these aid workers be released immediately," said Mufti
Ikrema Sabri, the Palestinians' top Muslim clergyman. "We tell them that
these aid workers have stood beside Palestinian people, and it's our duty
now to stand beside them." Sabri said Islam opposes taking civilians
hostage and said such kidnappings are inhumane. Palestinians in several
towns said they had worked with the three activists
and asked Sabri to issue the appeal."
For more details see
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F4158730-C9B7-40D5-A097-ECAB2DB7FE25>
Other Muslim groups in Palestine and the Association of Muslim Scholars
are also calling for their release .
2) Call for Prayer Vigils for Abducted Peaceworkers
Christians and Muslims, peace organisations, friends and supporters of
Norman Kember, the British peace activist abducted in Iraq, will hold a
silent, candle-lit prayer vigil this Friday evening (2nd December) on the
steps of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square, central
London. The vigil will take place from 6pm - 7pm. Please do come
along if you can. Alternatively you may like to hold a prayer vigil in
your local area over the weekend. Prayer vigils are already being planned
in Derby and Oxford. Please let us know if you would like us to
publicise your prayer vigil.
Please keep up to date by visiting our website www.for.org.uk
With all best wishes
Chris Cole
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Fellowship of Reconciliation
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Fellowship of Reconciliation Email News
Dear Friends,
I just wanted to update you on some things that are happening in relation
to the abduction of the four peaceworkers in Iraq. As you will know,
Norman Kember, Tom Fox, Harmeet Singh Sooden and James Loney were in
Baghdad as part of a Christian Peacemakers Team delegation.
1) Palestinian Muslims Appeal for Release of Abducted Peaceworkers
2) Prayer Vigils for Abducted Peaceworkers
---------------------------------------------
1) Palestinian Muslims Appeal for Release of Abducted Peaceworkers
Al-Jazeera has just run an impressive appeal by Palestinian Muslims for
the release of the four abducted peaceworkers in Iraq.
"We demand that these aid workers be released immediately," said Mufti
Ikrema Sabri, the Palestinians' top Muslim clergyman. "We tell them that
these aid workers have stood beside Palestinian people, and it's our duty
now to stand beside them." Sabri said Islam opposes taking civilians
hostage and said such kidnappings are inhumane. Palestinians in several
towns said they had worked with the three activists
and asked Sabri to issue the appeal." For more details see
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F4158730-C9B7-40D5-A097-ECAB2DB7FE25.
Other Muslim groups in Palestine and the Association of Muslim Scholars
are also calling for their release .
2) Call for Prayer Vigils for Abducted Peaceworkers
Christians and Muslims, peace organisations, friends and supporters of
Norman Kember, the British peace activist abducted in Iraq, will hold a
silent, candle-lit prayer vigil this Friday evening (2nd December) on the
steps of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square, central
London. The vigil will take place from 6pm - 7pm. Please do come
along if you can. Alternatively you may like to hold a prayer vigil in
your local area over the weekend. Prayer vigils are already being planned
in Derby and Oxford. Please let us know if you would like us to
publicise your prayer vigil.
Please keep up to date by visiting our website www.for.org.uk
With all best wishes
Chris Cole
------------------------------------------------
Chris Cole
Director
Fellowship of Reconciliation
St James Church Centre
Beauchamp Lane
Oxford OX4 3LF
01865 748796 www.for.org.uk
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