A grassroots movement with the support of a wide range of political, civic and religious leaders, artists and celebrities is asking president Barack Obama to release him before he leaves office on January 2017. A petition has been created on the White House's website: it needs to have 100,000 signatures by December 11, 2016, in order to be considered by President Obama.
طالبت منظمات جماهرية مدعومة بعدد كبير من القادة السياسيين وبعض المنظمات المدنية والدينية الرئيس الأمريكي باراك أوباما بالإفراج عنه قبل انتهاء فترة ولايته في يناير/كانون الثاني 2017.