@Shahab_Dalili

Shahab Dalili, a 60-year-old husband and father of two, was taken hostage during a short family-related visit to Iran in April 2016. Shahab and his family are from Gainesville, VA. They arrived in the US and received their Legal Permanent Resident status in August 2014. His family is all naturalized US citizens now and Shahab would have been one too by now if he had not been taken hostage as a Legal Permanent Resident. We plead with Secretary Blinken and President Biden to not forget him and not leave him behind during the negotiations with Iran.

Andre Khachatoorian is a 38-year-old American citizen of Armenian descent. He is an incredibly caring son, brother, and family man who got engaged to the love of his life 3 months before being captured by the Russian government at the Sheremetyevo International Airport on December 27, 2021.

Andre was transiting in Moscow for 3 hours before traveling to Armenia to spend his first holidays with his fiancée. But at the Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russian authorities questioned Andre for his small firearm, which was secured and locked in his suitcase holding all licenses and ownership documents. Andre had attempted to declare it at LAX at the luggage check-in location at Aeroflot Airlines Desk, where Aeroflot personnel informed him he could fill out the declaration form before traveling to Armenia, and would be guided to properly declare his weapon as he was not traveling to Russia.

For days, Andre attempted to call US embassy officials, seeking help from authorities with no luck. He was not allowed access to his critical medications during this time, and eventually detained for violating Russian law by traveling with a weapon inside his luggage. After twelve months of court delays, he was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

Andre’s family is extremely worried. They struggle to provide and deliver him the proper medications for his respiratory ailments as well as basic necessities. Andre’s requests to be under specialist evaluation each month, as needed, have been denied by the judge for 19 months and counting. Andre's family is pleading with the US Government to recognize his wrongful detention and ensure his release and safe return home.

@zackbackhome

Zack Shahin is an American hostage in the United Arab Emirates for the last 15 years on an alleged white collar crime. On the 23rd of March 2023, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued their ruling pertaining Zack S. Shahin whereby they found he has been arbitrarily detained for 15 years, kidnapped on two counts, and subjected to numerous human rights crimes and violations including torture, hence incriminating the UAE government officials, UAE national airline carrier, as well as the Yemeni government officials. There were similar findings by the Foley Foundation and Human Rights Watch.

In exchange for a few trade and defense contracts, the US State Department has/is turning a blind eye to the fact that the UAE which enjoy great bilateral ties with the US has been holding an American citizen hostage for 15 years.

http://www.bringzackhome.org

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