Jailed Father on Hunger Strike to Protest Denial of His Parental and Other Constitutional Rights

Dr. Amir Sanjari, was divorce after a 17 yearefforts will in large part be suppressed by both
marriage. He's a UK Citizen who was originallythe courts and all those who profit by the present
invited to the United States to Stony Brookday denial of fathers rights.
University, New York for a research position. NowFathers Rights means basic constitutional rights
he's destitute and on a hunger strike in jail tofor a fit father to maintain physical and legal
protest the unconstitutional denial of father' rightscustody of his children to the same extent of a
and more.'fit' mother - and then, of course, all other
Initially, Sanjari and his ex-wife shared equalfundamental rights due a free person.
custody of their children and had similar incomes.The denial of a fit father's rights begin in a state's
Nevertheless he was ordered to pay $1,000 acounty family court where his children are
month in child support. Such a payment is the firstessentially kidnapped from him without the
sign that something is seriously amiss.required constitutional due process to prove
But when he lost his job and applied for aunfitness nor assigning him equal physical and legal
reduction in 'child support', it was denied. This denialcustody of his children. The family court simply
is also not unusual - wrong, but not unusual. Hisusurps all his rights by declaring that it will assign
ability in the recession to get a job to cover thecustody to one parent and make the other
outrageous child support payment faded. Itparent pay whatever it assigns as 'child support'.
brought on hardships for him. Eventually hisAnd why? Because the court claims it can deny
ex-wife won sole custody of the children, hefundamental rights based on it 'alleged' right to
says, by lying about him while he was out of thedetermine what's in the 'best interests of children'
country on vacation.who have fit parents. It's an absurd claim when
Sanjari, a competent man, was not idle though. Heboth parents are fit and willing to parent fully or
learned the law to fight for his children and hisat least equally to the other. It's absurd because
rights to see them and care for them on his own.it's unconstitutional.
He fought in the Indiana family court, its districtBut since, collectively, a multibillion dollar industry
court, and eventually in federal courts. He had tohas grown up around the denial of a father's
go on the run to stay out of jail for not payingrights because of the enormous benefits that can
what he couldn't pay - a common circumstancethen accrue to them. Benefits include child
for fathers under such 'child extortion' orders. Hesupport, collection fees, lawyers' fees, GAL fees,
spent time helping other parents with their familycourse fees, extracted directly from fathers.
court cases while he was on the run.And then there are additional benefits from
Unfortunately, though well-versed in constitutionalenormous government money transfer to family
and federal legal processes, it became apparentcourts systems, state revenue agencies,
that he'd get no due process to protect rightsdomestic violence agencies and organizations, and
clearly denied to him. For the child support hefederal revenue collections too.
couldn't pay, he's been sent to jail.Who supports this extortion industry?
Amir is now on a hunger strike to try to exposeJust follow the money. And with all that money
his plight and that of other fathers under thiscomes plenty of propaganda to justify what
tyrannical anti-father system that separateshappens based on extraneous reasons and
fathers from their children and turn them intovilifying men or fathers - but always steering clear
criminals.of the clear constitutional rights violations that this
Sanjari hasn't had any solid food since March 26,system depends upon.
the day he was arrested. Once trim at 150 lbs,Unfortunately even the federal courts are afraid
he's now down to 115. He drinks some nutritionalto over-rule the unconstitutional family court
supplements with potassium and sodium to keepprocedures and orders as is their duty when
his brain functioning normally.states' procedures violate the U.S. Constitution.
I stress that the constitutional denials Sanjari hasThere's just too much money and political push to
had to face that set him up for his tribulations aremake waves against the 'divorce and domestic
not unusual for fit fathers under family courtviolence industry'.
actions. Yet Amir's personal sacrifice to garnerThat's what Amir Sanjari found out - as other
some public notice is honorable.have too. What will you do when it's your turn to
The denials he faces are unjustified. He knows it,go to court?
and many other decent fathers know it. And his