FREEDOM FOR SHANE, JOSH & SARAH—BY @QUIMBANDA
SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2010
Since late last year, at the invitation of Deepak Chopra, on Twitter (@DeepakChopra), I have followed the online campaign to release the three US hikers, held for 300 days in Iran. Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were arrested on July 31, 2009. They were young people walking in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan when they accidentally crossed the unmarked border with Iran. They were in a peaceful part of Iraq that is increasingly popular among Western tourists.
The three Americans are friends, graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. They are being held in Evin prison in Tehran; no one knows for sure why, after all no charge against them has been presented in a court of law. These young people have only been able to contact their families once.Shane, Josh and Sarah are friends of the planet, they’ve been in several different countries and according to testimony from friends and relatives are people who admire and respect all cultures and religions. They have never before illegally entered or violated rules in any country they have visited.
We hope the Iranian authorities will understand and accept the truth that Shane, Sarah and Josh were in Iranian territory, where unfortunately they got lost and ended up crossing the border with Iran. Their friends and relatives are agonizing, and people from all over have been touched by this sad story. Please let the hikers return home as soon as possible.
You friend, Brazilian friend, may also help these young people who are people like us. As everyone knows today Brazil has excellent diplomatic relationship with Iran, our president is a friend of the Iranian president. Let’s fill up the online petition to free them quickly. Who knows, when the Iranians see the signatures of hundreds or thousands of Brazilians, seeking freedom for Shane, Josh and Sarah they might accept that these young people have been unjustly arrested.
Sign the petition: http://freethehikers.org. Don’t fail! Today we live in a global village, which must be without prejudice, injustice, authoritarianism and boundaries for the truth. There is one God and we are all brothers!
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