Saturday, May 18, 2013

100th day of the hunger strike by prisoners in Guantanamo Bay


"Don't they realize we are human beings, not stones" mother of Yemeni prisoner AbdulRahman Al-Shabati. 
Today was the 100th day of the hunger strike by prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, and solidarity actions took place all around the country. 

In D.C, CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans met with Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama. She hand-delivered the Change.org petition with 300,000 signatures to Jarrett in addition to a letter from the mother of Yemeni prisoner AbdulRahman Al-Shabati.