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Sarah Shourd speaks at Two Years Too Long Protest, NYC FreetheHikers 1,043 views Sarah Shourd speaks outside Iran's Mission to the United Nations in New York City at a protest to mark 2 YEARS of unjust detention for Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal.
Josh's Birthday.m4v FreetheHikers 1,183 views A birthday wish to Josh Fattal. Directed & Edited by Natalie Avital.
Happy Birthday Shane.m4v FreetheHikers 1,609 views A birthday wish to Shane Bauer on his second birthday behind bars.
Hunger Strike - Nora Shourd FreetheHikers 268 views Nora Shourd, mother of Sarah Shourd, who was held in solitary confinement in Evin Prison, Iran for 410 days, joins the Rolling Hunger Strike started by Shane Bauer's mother...
Laura Fattal Ending Her Leg of the Rolling Hunger Strike.mov FreetheHikers 140 views Laura Fattal, mother of Josh Fattal, end her section of the rolling hunger strike in solidarity with Josh and Shane.
Josh and Shane in court Feb 6 2011 PressTv FreetheHikers 113 views
Dimensions of Detainment.m4v FreetheHikers 2,306 views April 29th, 2011 - UN Plaza, San Francisco Friends and supporters of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal enacted their lives in a cell at Iran's Evin Prison, where the two have be...
Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) Calls for Humanitarian Release of Josh Fattal & Shane Bauer FreetheHikers 7,939 views Noting the utter lack of evidence against them, world renown musician and activist, calls for the release of fellow peace activists — Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer — who were...
FREE SHANE AND JOSH: An Urgent Plea for Compassion FreetheHikers 648 views "FREE SHANE AND JOSH: An Urgent Plea for Compassion" (Full-length) A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, JEFF KAUFMAN: It has been a real privilege to work on this film fo...
Free the Hikers 100 DAYS Vigil: Medellin, Colombia FreetheHikers 99 views This is a slideshow of images from a vigil held in Medellin, Colombia to mark 100 days of unjust detention in Iran for Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal.

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FREE THE HIKERS SHANE BAUER, SARAH SHOURD, JOSH FATTAL

Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal have been detained in Iran since July 31, 2009, when news reports say they accidentally crossed an unmarked border while hiking in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan near the Ahmed Awa waterfall, a local beauty spot. They were in a peaceful region of northern Iraq that is increasingly popular with Western tourists attracted by its natural beauty, traditional culture and long history. The three hikers, all graduates of UC Berkeley, entered northern Iraq with visas from Turkey on July 28 and had planned to spend five days visiting the area. A fourth friend, Shon Meckfessel had stayed behind in Sulaimaniya when Shane, Josh and Sarah set out on their hike because he was feeling unwell.

Shane Bauer, 27, has been living in Damascus, Syria with Sarah Shourd since late 2008 and is a student of Arabic, which he speaks fluently. He is a freelance journalist whose writing and award-winning photographs have been published in the US, UK, Middle East, and Canada. Shane, who has two younger sisters, grew up in Onamia, Minnesota and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies in 2007. Shane has reported from Syria, Iraq, Darfur in Sudan, Yemen and Ethiopia but has never reported from Iran, nor expressed any interest in doing so. He had hoped to offer photographs and a story on the aftermath of recent elections in Kurdistan to the online news network New America Media, but was not on a formal news assignment.

Sarah Shourd, 31, has been living with Shane in Damascus, where she teaches English and is learning Arabic. She previously taught as part of the Iraqi Student Project, a program which gives Iraqi students living in Damascus the skills to continue their education in US schools. She was on a break from her teaching responsibilities for a week, and she and Shane decided to take a hiking trip with their friends Josh and Shon. Sarah has written articles on travel and social issues reflecting her time in Syria, Ethiopia, Yemen and Mexico. Sarah, who has an older brother and sister, was born in Chicago, Illinois, grew up in Los Angeles, California and recently moved to the San Francisco
Bay Area.

Josh Fattal, 27, is an environmentalist who worked for three years at the Aprovecho Research Center in Cottage Grove, Oregon, which teaches sustainable living skills. From January to June 2009, Josh was a Teaching Fellow with the International Honors Program (IHP) Health and Community study abroad program in Switzerland, India, China, and South Africa. Josh and his elder brother grew up in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. He spent his junior year of college on an IHP study abroad program in the UK, India, the Philippines, New Zealand, and Mexico and graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004 with a degree in environmental economics and policy from the College of Natural Resources. Josh was visiting Sarah and Shane in Damascus when they went on their trip.

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