Update from Sudan

I received an update from Adel Hamad’s laywer, William Teesdale, today.
He had a long conversation with Adel Hamad’s family in Sudan and they
send their heartfelt thanks to everyone working for justice on his
behalf.

Just this week there has been a lot of positive news from Sudan:

–the Sudanese Parliament has demanded the release
of the 9 Sudanese detainees at Guantanamo, urging the Sudanese President to advocate on their behalf

–Adel Hamad’s story was on the front page of, Al-Watan, one of the major
Sudanese newspapers; it is part one of a two part story; the
journalist told Adel’s family that Adel’s situation, along with the
Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj, is becoming quite well known in Sudan

–There were protests outside the U.S. embassy in Khartoum
demanding justice for the detainees at Guantanamo

One of our Project members informed me she is going to the peace rally
in D.C. this weekend and would protest on Adel Hamad’s behalf there.
Hopefully we’ll get some updates (and photos) to post later this week.

We also received a mention on Harper’s magazine’s website, entitled
Gitmo Tube.

David
Project Hamad

— David

Jan 28 2007 09:02 am | guantanamo and adel hamad and project hamad and detainee rights | | Comments RSS

One Response to “Update from Sudan”

  1. on 30 Jan 2007 at 3:21 pm   David

    Sudanese television stations went dark for 3 minutes on Sunday to protest the detention of the Al Jazeera camerman at Guantanamo as well as other Sudanese detainees.

    http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2707307&mesg_id=2707307

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