Letter from Samer Issawi on Palestinian Prisoners Day (full text)
Ramallah, April 17, 2013
From his room in Kaplan Medical Center, political prisoner Samer Issawi sent a letter via the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society saying:
“I am sending my greetings to everyone, without exception, and I request from all honorable people of our country, of our Arabic and Islamic nation, and all free peoples of the world, to make April 17 a day of anger and solidarity with political prisoners incarcerated in all countries of the world.
This must be done in order to amplify the voice of these heroic political prisoners who sacrificed, and are still sacrificing, for the sake of the freedom of their people and their lands, and for the protection of their Islamic and Christian holy sites in the purest place in the world.
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