(MENAFN) Ahead of her trial in military court, a petition calling for the release of detained Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, has been signed by a group of 27 respected US writers, actors, athletes and activists.
The #FreeAhed petition, issued by the Florida-based campaigning group known as the Dream Defenders, includes signatures from Hollywood actors Rosario Dawson and Danny Glover, musicians Talib Kweli and Vic Mensa, writers Alice Walker and Michelle Davis, and prominent US political activist Angela Davis.
"In the US, we know all too well what it's like to be oppressed simply because you exist, because you refuse to give up your fight for freedom," the group's statement read.
Signatories also included Grey's Anatomy actor Jesse Williams, philosopher Dr. Cornel West, and musician Tom Morello, formerly of the band Rage Against the Machine.
"While our struggles may be unique, the parallels cannot be ignored. US police, ICE, border patrol and FBI train with Israeli soldiers, police, and border agents, utilizing similar repressive profiling tactics to target and harass our communities. Too many of our children quickly learn that they may be imprisoned or killed simply for who they are. From Trayvon Martin to Mohammed Abu Khdeir and Khalif Browder to Ahed Tamimi-racism, state violence and mass incarceration have robbed our people of their childhoods and their futures."
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