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‘Please torture me the old way…
.....Here they destroy people mentally and physically without leaving marks…I am dying here every day’ Shaker Aamer, the last British resident still being held in Guantanamo Bay, is the focus of the Christians Against Torture Easter action
Britain’s last man in Guantanamo - bring him home
Shaker Aamer is the last British resident still being held in Guantanamo Bay. On 14th February, he had been detained there for ten years, without charge or trial. The UK government has repeatedly called for him to be returned to his wife and four children, all of whom are British: his youngest child, aged ten, has never seen him.
The extra names for your Christmas card list
Our greetings and prayers mean a great deal to prisoners paying a heavy price for their beliefs. Please send cards to those below and their families – and encourage friends to do so. • Simple messages – but no politics or sermons, please! • Let us know if you receive a reply • Keep praying for the prisoners and their families.
Hu Jia released, but still not free
Hu Jia, one of China’s leading dissidents, has been released from prison at the end of his three-and-half year sentence for ‘subversion’ – speaking out about human rights abuses.
A good idea still waiting for a UK signature The United Kingdom has still not signed an important agreement to protect people from abduction by government agencies – even though it was instrumental in drawing it up.
‘I know what is the meaning of the cross, and I’m following the cross and I’m ready to die for a cause. I’m living for my community and suffering people and I will die to defend these rights…’
Write for William – and help Egypt make a new start
Help these prisoners know they’re not forgotten
Our greetings and prayers mean a great deal to prisoners paying a heavy price for their beliefs. Please send cards to those below and their families – and encourage friends to do so.
WHY WE DARE NOT CONFINE OUR CAMPAIGNING TO CHRISTIANS ‘We get good support for persecuted Christians; but people shy away from torture,’ reports one longstanding Christians Against Torture worker. Her experience is not unusual.
‘Our God is a very faithful one who takes care of his children despite the situation around us…My daughters and I are praying and waiting for when my husband will be released from the prison. We strongly believe that the Lord has his time…He will never put the burden which will be too heavy…’ - the wife of Dmitry Shestakov, Pentecostal prisoner of conscience in Uzbekistan. He is one of three individuals featured in our autumn actions. Details inside.
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