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28th February 2017, 14:47
Victory! Freedom After 17 Unjust Years in Jail
Dear Chris,
Journalist Muhammad Bekzhanov was arrested by Uzbekistani security forces in 1999. He was beaten, suffocated and given electric shocks until he confessed to fabricated charges. A judge ignored his claims of torture and used Muhammad’s forced confession to send him to prison.
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You and thousands of other Amnesty supporters tirelessly campaigned for his release as part of Write for Rights 2015 – you never gave up on him.
And it worked! Last week, after 17 long and unjust years in prison, Muhammad walked out as a free man.
This is an amazing victory. Together we can change more lives, free more prisoners of conscience, and protect human rights. Here’s what you can do next – it only takes two minutes:
Add your voice to help protect farmer Máxima Acuña from police violence and intimidation in Peru.
Máxima Acuña is a farmer in northern Peru. She has been subjected to violent attacks from local police for refusing to leave the land where she lives with her family.
She is currently in a legal battle with Yanacocha, one of the world’s biggest gold and copper mines, over the ownership of the land. She believes the police harassment is an attempt to drive her away from her home. But she’s not going anywhere.
Police have attacked her family, including beating her and her children, damaging her house and demolishing an extension she was building. Yanacocha’s own armed security guards even destroyed her crops.
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It’s a campaign of intimidation designed to make her give up her fight and leave her land.
Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen. Ask the Peruvian authorities to protect Máxima Acuña and her family.
Thank you for your constant support,
Emily
Emily Walsh
Campaigner, Individuals at Risk Program
Amnesty International USA
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Dear Chris,
Journalist Muhammad Bekzhanov was arrested by Uzbekistani security forces in 1999. He was beaten, suffocated and given electric shocks until he confessed to fabricated charges. A judge ignored his claims of torture and used Muhammad’s forced confession to send him to prison.
https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.c om/1839/W4R_Uzbekistan.png?v=1443644731000
You and thousands of other Amnesty supporters tirelessly campaigned for his release as part of Write for Rights 2015 – you never gave up on him.
And it worked! Last week, after 17 long and unjust years in prison, Muhammad walked out as a free man.
This is an amazing victory. Together we can change more lives, free more prisoners of conscience, and protect human rights. Here’s what you can do next – it only takes two minutes:
Add your voice to help protect farmer Máxima Acuña from police violence and intimidation in Peru.
Máxima Acuña is a farmer in northern Peru. She has been subjected to violent attacks from local police for refusing to leave the land where she lives with her family.
She is currently in a legal battle with Yanacocha, one of the world’s biggest gold and copper mines, over the ownership of the land. She believes the police harassment is an attempt to drive her away from her home. But she’s not going anywhere.
Police have attacked her family, including beating her and her children, damaging her house and demolishing an extension she was building. Yanacocha’s own armed security guards even destroyed her crops.
https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.c om/1839/peru.jpg?v=1473711905000
It’s a campaign of intimidation designed to make her give up her fight and leave her land.
Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen. Ask the Peruvian authorities to protect Máxima Acuña and her family.
Thank you for your constant support,
Emily
Emily Walsh
Campaigner, Individuals at Risk Program
Amnesty International USA
© 2017 Amnesty International USA | 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001 | 212.807.8400
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