CALL FOR GHASSAN AND SHUKRI'S FREEDOM
Congress/Vice President Phone Script:
Hello, my name is [NAME], and I’m a/an [OCCUPATION] from [STATE]. I’m calling to ask Congressman/Congresswoman [NAME] / Vice President Kamala Harris to urge President Biden to free Ghassan Elashi and Shukri Abu Baker through executive clemency.
I’m deeply concerned about their wrongful imprisonment and how it endangers our fundamental human right to engage in compassionate charitable causes worldwide. They received 65 years in prison for distributing humanitarian aid through the same channels used by USAID, an American government agency. Their continued unjust incarceration is a grave miscarriage of justice and could set a troubling precedent.
Ghassan and Shukri have already served 15 plus years and they are now grandfathers. Please urge President Biden to commute their sentences to time served and restore our right to give in this country.
Thank you for your time and I hope you can help reconcile one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time that affects all Americans.
White House Phone Script:
Hello, my name is [NAME], and I’m a/an [OCCUPATION] from [STATE]. I’m calling to urge President Biden to free Ghassan Elashi and Shukri Abu Baker through executive clemency.
I’m deeply concerned about their wrongful imprisonment and how it endangers our fundamental human right to engage in compassionate charitable causes worldwide. They received 65 years in prison for distributing humanitarian aid through the same channels used by USAID, an American government agency. Their continued unjust incarceration is a grave miscarriage of justice and could set a troubling precedent.
Ghassan and Shukri have already served 15 plus years and they are now grandfathers. Please urge President Biden to commute their sentences to time served and restore our right to give in this country.
Thank you for your time and I hope you can help reconcile one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time that affects all Americans.
Free the Humanitarians is committed to obtaining a presidential commutation for Ghassan and Shukri.
Call your Senators, Representatives and the White House switchboard. Let them know that you stand up for compassion while safeguarding our Constitution. See phone scripts below: