Pro-Israel Editor Goes on Trial in Bangladesh -Michael FreundThe trial of Salah Choudhury [pictured above], a Bangladeshi Muslim editor arrested for advocating ties with Israel, began in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Facing charges that include sedition, if convicted, Choudhury could be sentenced to death.
In November 2003, Choudhury was arrested at Dhaka's international airport just prior to boarding a flight on his way to Israel, where he was scheduled to deliver an address on promoting understanding between Muslims and Jews.
(Jerusalem Post)
UPDATE:
To contact the Government of Bangladesh in support of Mr. Choudhury, please consider writing to their Washington, DC Embassy at the following email address: bdootwash@bangladoot.org
To sign a web-based petition in support of Mr. Choudhury, please consider going to:
http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/display_petitions.cgi?ID=6&Action=Sign
2 comments:
A sad reminder of how far the world still needs to go. Can you expand a little bit on who we would reach at that email? I would certainly like to write in support.
It's the Washington, DC office of the Bangladeshi government...i'll clarify that on the posting.
I'd write asking them to free Mr. Choudhury and applauding his effort to reach out to Israel. The more email that government gets, the more they know the world is watching!
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