On 26 May a US federal judge ordered the US administration to "take all necessary and appropriate diplomatic steps" to arrange the release of Mohammed al-Odaini. The US administration has until this Friday, 25 June 2010 to respond - it is not yet known whether they will appeal this order.
AIUSA have launched an online action targetting the US authorities on this case, which I hope you will all participate in as soon as possible. The link is here: http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=14435&ICID=T1006A02&tr=y&auid=6518182
If you or your group has a website it would be great if you could publixize the action.
Last week there was a strong article and editorial in the Washington Post about the case - see links. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061803531.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/15/AR2010061504385.html
Information courtesy of Amnesty International
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