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LETTERS

Amnesty International USA Local Group 361


   



   

We defend human rights by filling mailbags and mailboxes. We have letters on this page so you can too.



   


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Page contents updated:  Tuesday, July 12, 2010

JOIN IN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’s GLOBAL LETTER WRITING EFFORT with the letters our group members have written. Just link to them from this page. You may edit, date, print, sign, and mail one or more of these letters. We hope you do.

Before the 15th of next month, another set of letters will be available to send. Find more information on the letters here. You may also check out other actions.


    ALTERNATIVE TO MAILING LETTERS: Check out Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) Take Action page with offers of free e-mail/fax options. Actions from this page must be independent as the group cannot multiply them by mailing copies. Click to the Take Action page.


LETTERS FOR OUR GROUP’s SPECIAL FOCUSED ACTION:

MEXICO: Human Rights Activist falsely charged with crime he did not commit: 2 Letters, 1 Word File

UNION OF MYANMAR: Our current Prisoner of Conscience, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has won the Nobel Peace Prize. 1 Letter, 1 Word File


LETTERS TO MEET URGENT NEEDS:

UA 341-09 Iraq: Iranian student leader and prisoner of conscience Majid Tavakkoli has been moved to a section of Tehran’s Evin prison where conditions are known to be particularly harsh and unsanitary. 2 Letters, 1 Word File

UA Israel: Eighty-three people, including thirty-two children are facing imminent forced eviction and destruction of their property in the Jordan Valley area of the occupied West Bank following military orders from the Israeli authorities. 2 Letters, 1 Word File

UA Kyrgzstan: Letters to three presidents of three countries -- appealing for open borders so that 400,000 people can find humanitarian assistance following the violence that erupted in Southern Kyrgyzstan on 10 June. 3 Letters, 1 Word File

UA Uzbekistan: Uzbekistani authorities are reported to be forcibly returning refugees who fled to Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan following the violence that engulfed southern Kyrgyzstan from 10 June. Refugees must not be returned to Kyrgyzstan until they can do so in safety and dignity. 2 Letters, 1 Word File

UA 129-10 Kazakhstan: A group of 24 Uzbekistani refugees and asylum-seekers were detained on 9 June and are at imminent risk of forcible return from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan, where they would be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. 1 Letter, 1 Word File

UA 139-10 Russia: Yurii Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeev face three years’ imprisonment for ‘‘inciting hatred or enmity’’ and ‘‘denigration of human dignity’’, for organizing a contemporary art exhibition in Moscow. The exhibition gathered together a number of works of art that had been refused inclusion at various exhibitions in 2006. 2 Letters, 1 Word File

UA 150-10 Libya: More than 200 Eritrean nationals in Libya have been reportedly beaten and forcibly transferred where conditions of detention are poor. They are now at risk of forcible return to Eritrea, where they would be at risk of torture. 2 Letters, 1 Word File

Freedom Writers' Letters – Follow link to three cases and their sample ‘‘Freedom Writers’’ letters you may edit, print out, sign and mail each month. Find them here.


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POSTAGE RATES
Reflects 6/1/09 change in rates.
Within the United States:

    $0.28 - Postcards
    $0.44 - Letters and Cards
               (up to 1 oz.)
To Mexico and Canada:

   $0.75 - Postcards - Canada
   $0.79 - Postcards- Mexico
   $0.75 - Airmail Letters and Cards - Canada
   $0.79 - Airmail Letters and Cards - Mexico
              (up to 1 oz.)

To all other destination countries:

   $0.98 - Postcards
   $0.98- Airmail Letters and Cards
              (up to 1 oz.)


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About Letters

The core of Group 361's work is writing and sending Urgent Action letters each month. We distribute most of these letters pre-printed in packets to our members, who then sign and mail them individually.  Thanks to the efforts of our members, we are able to post letters so members and visitors can download and edit the letter or letters they choose to mail.

Each letter is based on a fact sheet created from the thorough investigations done by Amnesty International’s teams around the world.

Please let us know if you send one of these letters. We would like to add your mailing to our month's count of letters sent. All letters are in Microsoft Word format.

If you are having problems downloading a file, contact Maureen.

Tips on writing and sending letters can be found in the writing guidelines for Urgent Actions from this link. To understand the impact of the letters, see  Success Stories.

To participate in the letter campaign with the group, see [Will you help? ]. After you have contacted Carrie to receive Actions, you may submit letters to the site for posting to Maureen. Check the details on submitting letters here.

Get Info on Urgent Action Cases

Use the UA Number: Note the two alpha letters are short for Urgent Action -- 'UA' -- paired with a number and year  which allows you to locate fact sheets on the case. Our members write their letters from the researched fact sheets. Or, see updates on an UA case, by typing the number or name into a search box. For example, the number search might be worded  ‘‘Amnesty Public Index UA 320/07’’ and the name search, ‘‘Amnesty Public Index UA Fathi el-Jahmi’’. For your convenience, here's a link to Google: [http://www.google.com/.] 

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