This will be the fourth vigil held by THAW on behalf of Fahad, who has been imprisoned so long in complete isolation without a trial. The first vigil featured actors Kathleen Chalfant and Wallace Shawn, the second actor Bill Irwin, and the third was tagged Playwright's Night. Fahad's brother and parents have been present at the vigils, and have spoken movingly about their family's agony.
The vigils are being filmed and are available on YouTube under the heading, "Radio Free Fahad."
THAW has instituted these vigils as a way of hopefully bringing to public attention the plight of Mr. Hashmi, who has been inhumanely incarcerated on the shaky premise that he took part in an act of terrorism.
"We are participating in these crucial actions because we are so upset that our government can hold people like Mr. Hashmi indefinitely in such mind-destroying conditions in defiance of the Constitution and the Geneva Convention," said Brigader Barbara Walker. "We would never allow another country to treat one of our citizens the way we ourselves are treating this gentleman."
Said 94-year old Lillian Pollak, one of the actors in the upcoming Monday skit, "I hope people will be inspired to keep on keeping on when they see me at my age out there being active, creative and positive."
