 Sheikh Mohamed Al-Moayyad and his lover niece aide Mohamed Zayed, detained in a U.S. jail for alleged terrorism links, have been on a hunger strike for more than two weeks for alleged mistreatment by the U.S.
| I think they've been convicted fair and square, so they're not "alleged" links anymore... |
Al-Moayyads son, Ibrahim, told media that his father and his companion began a hunger strike more than 13 days ago to protest against harsh treatment they face while in prison.
The National Committee to Defend Al-Moayyad and Zayed, headed by Islah Party leader Sheikh Hamoud Hashem Al-Dharihi, holds the U.S. Administration accountable for the pairs health, as the two are subjected to abuses inside its jails. In a statement, the committee said Al-Moayyad and his aide suffer bad treatment and U.S. authorities impose hard work on them, compelling them to go on hunger strike.
| He's a Koran scholar, so he's not used to hard work. Moveover, I wasn't aware that the U.S. is answerable to Yemen's Islah Party or to anyone else outside the U.S., other than as set forth in internatinoal treaties. |
According to the statement, such mistreatment caused the mens health to deteriorate amid lack of prison health care.
| I'm not aware of many people's health deteriorating in U.S. jails. The conditions might not be pleasant, but they're fed, housed, and exercised periodically, and they have access to all sorts of things they wouldn't have access to in Yemeni jugs. |
The committee appealed to President Ali Abdullah Saleh to pursue the cases procedures and intervene to secure the two Yemenis release.
| Which is the real objective, of course. |
Lawyer Khalid Al-Anisi, Secretary-General of the National Committee for Defending Rights and Freedoms (HOOD), stated, The two victims suffer from bad health, complain of mistreatment by jail officials and are deprived of good food, health care and medical treatment. President Saleh authorized me to travel to the U.S. to follow up case procedures, which was transferred to the tribunal, Al-Anisi added. The U.S. accepted granting a visa to enter the country to appear for Al-Moayyad and his companion in the tribunal. | Did the visa say anything about him not being allowed to talk to anyone in the US besides the defendants? No dawa on the side for you, preacher man. |
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