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Amnesty International

GREETINGS CARD CAMPAIGNINDIVIDUALS AT RISK

An annual campaign

Once a year, between 1st November and 31st January, Amnesty

International UK asks supporters to send cards with messages of HOPE

and SUPPORT to people all over the world who have suffered HUMAN

RIGHTS abuses.

An annual campaign

These cards offer hope and encouragement to those people and can

help to make them feel safe.

The impression their mail makes on police, prison staff or political authorities

can help to keep them safe.

Campaign 2005: Good news

UPDATE: GOOD NEWS - 3 November 2006

Amnesty International welcomes the release a few days ago of Eritrean gospel singer Helen Berhane, who had been detained incommunicado without charge or trial for two and a half years at Mai Serwa military camp.

Helen Berhane was among 2,000 detained members of banned evangelical churches in Eritrea, including her own Rema church, which has been subjected to sustained persecution by the Eritrean government in the last four years. She spent most of her detention in inhuman and degrading conditions inside a metal shipping container which was used as a prison cell. The authorities reportedly tortured her many times to make her recant her faith. In October 2006, she was admitted to hospital in Asmara as a result of new beatings. She was released in late October but is said to be confined to a wheelchair due to the injuries she sustained to her feet and legs. She refused to abandon her faith despite the threats and ill-treatment.

Many thanks to all those who have taken action on this case. No further action for Helen Berhane is required at this time.

Notwithstanding Helen Berhane's release, Amnesty International remains concerned that the systematic persecution of people on the basis of their religion continues unabated in Eritrea.

RELEASED FOLLOWING

THE 2005 CAMPAIGN!

Campaign 2007

25 cases

Campaign 2007

4 cases picked out especially for young people –

representative of different issues, and across different

continents

Four key cases for us

AZER BAIJANRUSLAN, MAKSIMAND DMITRI

CHINAYe Guozhu

ZIMBABW EWomen of Zimbabwe Arise(WOZA)

YEMEN: Fatima Hussein al-Badi

Ruslan, Maksim & Dmitri - Azerbaijan

Their crime?

Accused of murdering another teenager.

They say they are innocent.

The consequence?

They say they have been tortured.

They did not receive a fair trial.

FATIMA HUSSEIN AL-BADI - Yemen

Her crime?

She has been accused of murdering her husband.

The consequence?

The police told her to confess to the crime. She refused. She has

had no lawyer to defend her.

Please ..... send a message of hope!

YE GUOZHU - People's Republic of China

His crime?

He asked to organise a peaceful protest for being forced to leave his home to make way for building.

The consequence?

He was arrested, sentenced to 4 years in prison, and he has been tortured.


ZIMBABWE - Women of Zimbabwe Arise

Their crime?

They have led peaceful marches to protest about the difficult situation in their country.

The consequence?

They have been arrested, beaten up, not allowed to speak to a lawyer or to have food or medical care.


Send cards – a message of support

Add name and address (could be initials + school address)

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You are in my thoughts!

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I support you!

Thinking of you!

Dmitri, Maksim & Ruslan - Azerbaijan

Send religious OR non religious cards in English, Azeri, Turkish, Russian –to Dmitri, Maksim &

Ruslan

The Ashcombe School, Dorking, UK

November 2007Dear Dmitri, Maksim and Ruslan'With best wishes' ‘s nailuchshimipojelaniyami’

Your name

Contribute to postage if you can

With best wishes

Dmitri Pavlov, Maksim Genashilkin and Ruslan BessonovC/o Elhan SADYHOV,Head of the pre-trial detention centreg. Baku AZ1044pos. ShuvelyanyUl. Almaz - ilbrim 41SIZO-3Azerbaijan

FATIMA HUSSEIN AL-BADI - Yemen

Send cards – a non-religious card or a card representing the

Muslim faith with a

message of support in English or Arabic to Fatima via her

lawyer

The Ashcombe School, Dorking, UKNovember 2007

Dear Fatima

‘My thoughts are with you’

Your name Contribute to postage if you can

Thinking of you

My thoughts

are with you.

You are in my thoughts

Mrs NasserPO Box 16020HaddaSana’aRepublic of Yemen

YE GUOZHU - People's Republic of China

Send cards in English or Mandarin Chinese – a

message of support to Ye Guozhu


Dear Ye GuozhuIn solidarity with your important human rights work.

Your name Contribute to postage if you

can

Ye Guozhu109-12, Caobai JianyuJingshanxian ChadianzhanHanguquTianjingshiPeople’s Republic of China300481

In solidarity with your

important human rights work

ZIMBABWE - Women of Zimbabwe Arise

Send cards to the WOZA movement – a message in

English, Shona, or Ndebele,


Dear members of WOZA

'In solidarity with your important human rights work'

Your name

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WOZAPO Box FM 701FamonaBulawayoZimbabwe

In solidarity with your

important human rights work

You are listening to .....

Emmanuel Jal (from southern Sudan) & Abdel Gadir Salim (from northern Sudan)

Ceasefire[World Music Network; 2005]

The peace following the brutal north-south civil war which pitted the Muslim, Arab, and comparatively

wealthy north against the south has been encroached upon by the violence in Dafur, but the lyrics of both

men reflect on the hope for lasting peace in their country.

Music obviously cannot put a wrecked nation back together, but it can be one of the first steps toward

reconciliation

Ceasefire is a celebration of peace that looks forward to better days.

extracts from article by

Joe Tangari, pitchfork record reviews


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