To: The Syrian Ambassador to the United States of America, His Excellency Imad Moustapha
To: The Syrian Ambassador to the United States of America, His Excellency Imad Moustapha
Your Excellency,
It was with great interest that I read your recent blog post “On Woe and Sorrow or How to Dispel Sadness,” dedicated “to the martyrs of Daraa.”
I would submit for your consideration that avoiding and preventing sorrows is superior to any means of dispelling them.
It is to this end that I urgently implore you to use all means necessary to insure the safe release of the writer Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari.
She wrote this recently:
“We went up north and helped spread sparks, in the cities of the plain and by the banks of the Orontes; we listened and we carried messages. Some were sent beyond this land, others were carried here in turn. And we heard people talking of frustration; we’ve been pushing so long, they said, and they kill us and we just die… Why not take matters in our own hands and let them know? Take up the guns which are buried, uses bombs and make revolutionary justice.
I for one pushed back against that; we want a new Syria, a break from all that’s come before. If we take power by killing and torturing, if we make summary justice and examples of Them, how are we different?”
Please take immediate action to free Amina and all who are detained or imprisoned for their beliefs and expression.
sincerely,
Henry Edward Hardy
Somerville, MA, USA
Letter to the Ambassador from Bahrain to the US
Letter to the Ambassador from Bahrain to the US
To: Her Excellency Ms. Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States of America
Your Excellency,
It is with great concern that I have read of the suppression of peaceful protesters on Lulu Square by armed force. Such violent and extra-legal actions by the security forces damage the standing of Bahrain in the world community and threaten its internal stability.
I strongly urge you to inform the King and his Government of the concerns of the American people in this regard, and to urge His Majesty to step in to dismiss the current Government and to hold those responsible for the armed and violent attack on peaceful protesters in the square accountable to the full extent of the law.
I thank Your Excellency in advance for her prompt attention to these matters.
sincerely,
Henry Edward Hardy
(street address)
USA
Copyright © 2011 Henry Edward Hardy
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