"SELF DETERMINATION IS KEY TO THE WORLD PEACE"
I will never forget you, to the end of my life
[Friday, 16 September 2011 21:14] Featured, Human Rights ArticlesDid you have a chance to read this note by former prisoner of conscience Eynulla Fatullayev? Reading his words, I thought of Troy Davis, who is scheduled to be executed in Georgia next Wednesday despite serious doubts about his guilt. Eynulla’s letter inspires me to continue standing up for unjustly imprisoned individuals around the world, and I hope it does the same for you. Please consider sharing it with your friends and family.
Sincerely,
Larry Cox
Executive Director, Amnesty International USA
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I will never forget you, to the end of my life
Dear kanthaswamy,
First they beat my head with steel rods, and I nearly died.
They arrested me. Fined me. Harassed me. Charged me with absurd and inconceivable accusations.
My editor-in-chief, Elmar Huseynov, was assassinated.
I am a journalist who challenged my government, and paid a terrible price for it. Four years of my life were stolen.
In prison, I was between life and death. Life in a torture chamber became pointless, ceased its normal rhythms. Violence obliterated all signs of vitality.
On May 26 of this year, I regained my cherished liberty. I am absolutely confident that it was the tireless campaigning of Amnesty supporters like you that enabled me to return to my life.
For me, notions of Amnesty and good are identical. I am saved, but there are still people who must be rescued. They are expecting your help.
Please bring good to this world. Become a member of Amnesty.
Just when it seemed everybody had forgotten me, unexpectedly I received hundreds of postcards from Amnesty USA. I was full of joy because I understood that such an influential organization was supporting me. I had not been forgotten.
I was greatly surprised at postcards from children. Three-, four- and five-year-old children sent me pictures made by them personally. It was so touching and tender.
These children are sure to fight for human rights and justice. No one can take that consciousness away from them.
I am grateful to you. You have saved my family from death, and I’ll never forget you to the end of my life. It is my mission to serve the ideals advocated by Amnesty International every hour, every day, every year.
Please join me.
Yours respectfully,
Eynulla Fatullayev
JOURNALIST, FORMER PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE, AZERBAIJAN
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"SELF DETERMINATION IS KEY TO THE WORLD PEACE"
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