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To: Krowbar who wrote (4767)	12/13/2000 12:45:44 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 28931

E, Bravo for your efforts with AI I second that, Del. An act of kindness obliterates a lot of words...

To: Krowbar who wrote (4767)	12/13/2000 1:23:43 AM
From: E	Respond to of 28931

Well, isn't that nice of you Del, and Solon, too. You might phone AI and ask what the closest group in your area is. 212 807 8400 is the NYC number, from which you could be referred to a number for your region. Also, there are many ways to join AI even if there is no group in your area, and not enough simpatico people to form the basis for a new one. You might be interested in browsing here. amnesty.org And this is the link for the December 2000 monthly actions: web.amnesty.org From this page: Worldwide appeals for: December 2000 An appeal from you to the authorities can help the victims of human rights violations whose stories are told below. You can help free a prisoner of conscience or stop torture. You can bring liberty to a victim of "disappearance". You may prevent an execution. Every appeal counts. It really does. There are over a million AI members in 150 countries. When we flood a prison, or an army general, or the Minister of Justice, with cards and letters from all over the world... that's more attention than most thugs like.

To: Krowbar who wrote (4767)	12/13/2000 1:24:10 AM
From: E	Respond to of 28931

From Julio de Pena valdez, a trade union leader in the Dominican Republic: When the first two hundred letters came, the guards gave me back my clothes. Then the next two hundred letters came, and the prison director came to see me. When the next pile of letters arrived, the director got in touch with his superior. The letters kept coming and coming: three thousand of them. The President was informed. The letters still kept arriving, and the President called the prison and told them to let me go.... After I was released, the President called me to his office for a man-to-man talk. He said, "how is it that a trade union leader like you has so many friends all over the world?"