Assalamu Alaikum,
OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO:
Write to US Authorities
Rear Admiral Mark H. Buzby
Commander Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Department of Defense
Joint Task Force Guantánamo
Guantánamo Bay
CUBA
APO AE 09360
Salutation: Dear Rear Admiral
The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520
fax: 1 202-261-8577
email:
_Secretary@state.gov_ (mailto:Secretary@state.gov)
Salutation: Dear Secretary of State
General Bantz John Craddock
Commander United States Southern Command
3511 NW 91st Avenue
Miami, FL 33172-1217
fax: 1 305-437-1077
Salutation: Dear General
The Honorable Alberto Gonzales
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
fax 1 202-307-6777
email:
_AskDOJ@usdoj.gov_ (mailto:AskDOJ@usdoj.gov)
Salutation: Dear Attorney General
General Recommendations for writing appeal letters (from Amnesty International)
Express your outrage and/or other feelings about the indefinite detention of hundreds of prisoners at Guantanamo.
Call for all other detainees to be given full and fair trials or else released.
Call for a full and impartial investigation into the allegations of torture and ill-treatment prisoners in US custody in Kandahar air base and Guantánamo Bay, and for all those found responsible for abuses to be brought to justice.
Call for the US government to set up a commission of inquiry into all aspects of the USA´s "war on terror" detentionpolicies and practices.
Letters may be handwritten or typed.
Letters do not have to be long or beautifully composed. All the letters must do is express your concern and your request. Think of each letter as having four parts:
1. introduction
2. identify issue and your concern
3. action that you want the official to take
4. thank the official for his or her time and ask that he or she answer your appeal
Letters should be brief, factual and, most importantly, polite. Sign your name with a closing such as, "Yours respectfully," or "Yours respectfully and sincerely,"
Don't make direct accusations. It is better to assume that the authorities are not informed about and are willing to seek a remedy to the alleged human rights abuse.
Point out and applaud recent positive developments in the country (e.g., releases, announcements of official investigations into torture allegations, etc.)
If there have been violations of human rights by government opponents (killings, kidnappings, etc.), you may refer to them, expressing your concern about violence from any side.
Don´t discuss politics. The issues you are presenting are those of fundamental human rights that should transcend all barriers. You may refer to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to emphasize this.
ma'salama