When Tarek and John were arrested on August 16, we were taken by surprise. We used whatever tools we had to hand to get the message out. As their emergency contact, I used my own blog and my own twitter handle, and became one of their official spokespeople. In the intervening 50 days, we set up a change.org petition, and a dedicated website, tarekandjohn.com. The plan was always to make the transfer so that tarekandjohn.com was the only place to go for news about them, but events kept moving quickly and we did not have a moment to pause to make the transition. Now that things have slowed down, we are doing that.
podur.org will no longer be the place to go for updates on Tarek and John from the family’s perspective. It will resume being what it was before August 16, my blog about (mostly) international politics. When the families and friends of Tarek and John (and Tarek and John themselves) need to communicate something officially, we’ll do it through tarekandjohn.com.
Tarek and John are out of jail, so all that remains is to get them home. Thanks to everyone who came this far and for this long. We’ll meet up again at the finish line.
