Fw: [PasarBuku] Email dari Chaplain James Yee: penulis FOR GOD AND COUNTRY

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From: "Prayudi" <prayudi_n@yahoo.com>
To: <pasarbuku@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 1:07 PM
Subject: [PasarBuku] Email dari Chaplain James Yee: penulis FOR GOD AND
COUNTRY

> First of all, I am thrilled that Indonesia was the first country to
> translate and then publish my book For God And Country, Faith and
> Patriotism Under Fire outside the United States! I give credit and
> congratulations to Pustaka Zahra for making it possible for all of you
> and for tens of thousands more to be able to read about the realities of
> Guantanamo and my personal struggle for justice.
>
> Let me quickly comment on the most recent developments surrounding
> Guantanamo. The latest landmark Supreme Court decision here in the U.S.
> clarified to us all that President Bush clearly overstepped his
> executive authority in attempting to try prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in
> a manner that did not meet the necessary standards of the Geneva
> Conventions or even US military law. In this ruling we saw a foreign
> Muslim named Mr. Hamdan from Yemen with about a fourth grade level of
> education sue the United States of America, the world superpower, and
> win. This is a significant victory for the rule of law, but just two
> and a half weeks before the ruling, three prisoners at Guantanamo fell
> victim to the desperate act of suicide in what is now the first detainee
> deaths to occur at this prison camp. This clearly was a result of the
> deteriorated conditions at Guantanamo, as well as the fact that
> detainees are held there indefinitely, without charges, without due
> process, with heavily restricted access to lawyers, and with even more
> restrictions on contact with family. It is disturbing that these
> prisoners would rather choose death by suicide then to wait for American
> justice, especially in light of the success Mr. Hamdan and his attorneys
> had over the Bush administration.
>
> I hope all of you will continue to stand up for justice in the world,
> and help educate others about Guantanamo Bay and about my struggle for
> justice. Encourage everyone you know to read this book, and I will
> continue to fight for an official apology from the U.S. government and
> military.
>
> Thank you, and I hope to visit Indonesia sometime soon.
>
> James Yee- Former US Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay
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