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Why Bother Writing Letters?
http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/prisoners.html
Letters from Prisoners
"Government officials smell trouble when appeals start
arriving, a name and a stamp from overseas is what counts....Thank
you from the bottom of my heart."
Dr. Tasier Mohamed Ali of Sudan in a message to Urgent Action
participants. He was the subject of UA269/89 and UA 34/93.
"We write to appreciate your commendable support for
us during our long period of detention. We understand that
as soon as you became aware of our arrest, you mobilized
your members all over the world., in order to put pressure
on our government. It was comforting to know that people
were talking about us out there. Some of us spent long months
in the hospitals and either got well or died. On their behalf,
too, we write this appreciation."
Grace Yawa Kwei and Stanley Nseke (Cameroon, UA 113/98, 1999)
". . . Serving 5 years and 7 months imprisonment,
I have experienced electric torture, and no-sleep torture
for 4 days, beating, kicking everytime I was arrested. .
. Your efforts and prayers saved my life and thanks to your
support I can have the opportunity to live as a human being.
Thank you very much."
Lee Shin-bom, former prisoner of conscience in Korea, to the
UA Network.
"We have received 68 letters and more arrive every day.
The campaign is fantastic! Congratulations!"
The Conselho Indiginista Misionario (UA 321/99,Mexico, 1999)
Amnesty International is a worldwide grassroots
movement that promotes and defends human
rights.
This Urgent Action may be reposted if kept
intact, including contact information and stop
action date (if applicable). Thank you for your
help with this appeal.
Urgent Action Network
Amnesty International USA
PO Box 1270
Nederland CO 80466-1270
Email: uan@aiusa.org
http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/
Phone: 303 258 1170
Fax: 303 258 7881 |
