From Reprieve:
Send a book to Mohammed el Gharani
–deadline 3/20/2009
We would be delighted if you could send one of your favourite books to our client Mohammed el Gharani, in Guantánamo Bay.
Mohammed el Gharani was just 14 years old when he was wrongfully imprisoned in Guantánamo.
Despite being ordered to be released by a federal judge, he is still there seven years later – the youngest remaining prisoner taken as a juvenile.
Although Mohammed has spent his school years in a notoriously brutal prison, he loves books – particularly history. He recently told Reprieve attorneys that he is keen to read as much as possible to prepare for his release.
Show your support for Mohammed by sending him your favourite book. We hope that sending many books all at once will:
- support Mohammed at this very difficult time
- remind the officials at Guantánamo of his youth, his innocence and their legal obligation to release him.
How to send a book
1) Choose a book – one of your own, second-hand or new is fine (Mohammed has learned to speak and read English in Guantánamo; he also speaks Arabic)
2) Write one sentence on why you have chosen it
3) Call or email Reprieve to let us know – we will deliver it to Mohammed in Guantánamo Bay.
4) Post your book to us at:
‘A Book for Mohammed el Gharani’
ATTN: Samuel Rowley
Bingham McCutchen LLP
One Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110-1726
We need all books to arrive by Friday March 20, in time for our next Guantánamo visit.
If you can help or need further information, please email laura@reprieve.org.uk or give us a call at +44 20 7353 4640. We will be publishing a list of the books that we take over, as well as who has sent them in and the reasons the specific books have been chosen.
Many thanks, as ever, for your support.
For more info about Mohammed:
http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=863
More about Reprieve:
Reprieve was founded by human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith in 1999. Reprieve has nine full-time staff working in its London office, and supports eight full-time Fellows working in the field in the Deep Southern United States. Reprieve’s work in the UK and overseas is supported by a corps of dedicated volunteers.
http://www.reprieve.org.uk/whoweare.htm
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