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• Human Rights Day Action: Write for Rights and Life

 
Usually meetings held
1st Wednesday of the month
at 7 p.m.
Albany Public Library
161 Washington Ave.
  Albany, NY 12210
Verify location :
ckuehl@siena.edu
518-453-0545

Write for Rights and Life Thank you! 2012 begins with good news!

Dear Supporter, Thank you for your help! Student Activist Jabbar Savalan has been released!. He had been arrested on false charges after posting a criticism of his government on Facebook. His case was one of the 15 urgent action cases addressed in Amnesty's 2011 Write for Rights Global Write-a-thon. Hundreds of thousands of people in over 80 countries come together and take action to demand that peoples’ rights are respected. Over one million appeals were made as part of the 2011 marathon prior to Jabbar Savalan’s release. The results were quick in coming. Jabbar has said: ‘‘Amnesty International is a symbol of human rights and freedom, not just in Azerbaijan, but everywhere in the world. I am grateful for all the hard work done by your organisation and other organisations which fight for freedom in Azerbaijan.’’ You may read more about Jabbar on our Focus Action page.

Checking Middle East News See an Amnesty International (AI) Website for the latest Middle East issues.