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Amnesty chapter delivers aid
Letter-writing campaign frees political prisoners
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By Lindsay Young
Staff Reporter
It took five minutes to free more
than 25 of the 90 political prisoners
the campus chapter of Amnesty Inter
national worked for this year.
That is, five minutes for each let
ter written on behalf of each prisoner.
The campus chapter of Amnesty
International wrote letters for 25 cases
during the year, averaging 15 letters
a case. Each case dealt with one pris
oner, or with a group of prisoners in
different countries around the world.
“Five minutes to save someone’s
life is pretty amazing,” said Lisa Sock,
campus chapter and Nebraska area
coordinator.
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major, said these letters — multiplied
by the thousands of letters that arrive
at the countries for each individual
every day — do make a difference.
Many cases include imprisonment
of journalists and female activists.
Foreign and domestic journalists are
targeted because of their role in pro
moting democracy and justice, Sock
said, and women are often targeted
because of their stand for women’s
rights.
One of the areas the chapter
worked for during the year included
the violation of women’s rights in
Turkey, where rape as torture was fre
quent and, within the last decade, was
becoming a war tool in Turkey,
Rwanda, Yugoslavia and other coun
tries.
Sock said a considerable change
International pressure from other coun
tries makes it think twice about why the
person is kept in prison ”
Lisa Sock
campus chapter and Nebraska area coordinator
has been made in human-rights stan
dards in Turkey, gauging the number
of prisoners who have been released.
The campus chapter also worked
on behalf of violations in Nigeria,
where women were subjected to fe
male castration against their will. This
was common in Africa, Sock said, and
also was wrong because of unsafe con
ditions and the negligence of not hav
ing a health professional at the scene.
The chapters of Amnesty Interna
tional, along with the hundreds of in
dividuals who participate in letter
writing, are informed about these and
other cases through the Urgent Action
Network.
Amnesty International has infor
mants looking out for human-rights
violations across the world, Sock said.
If they find a suspected violation,
the Amnesty International headquar
ters in London is contacted and some
of the 150 investigators are put on the
case.
Sometimes a case is nailed down
within 24 hours, defined as a definite
case, and often within a 36-hour span,
the Urgent Action Network has con
tacted chapters around the world and
the letter-writing has begun, Sock
said.
Individuals who are not involved
in a chapter of Amnesty International
are contacted through the mail, or may
check on cases through the Internet.
“A rapid response is crucial to a
case,” Sock said.
She said a quick response lets the
governments know that the violation,
or unfair imprisonments, cannot be
kept secret and that the case is being
publicized globally.
Letters are written directly to the
governments to let them know what
the concern is. Working from the top
down is the most effective, Sock said.
“International pressure from other
countries makes it think twice about
why the person is kept in prison,” she
said.
And though all cases may not end
successfully, each case was treated
separately, Sock said, and as each
came through positively, it was a new
victory.
“Case after case I would literally
do a dance in my house.”
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