Mattapoisett Friends Meeting (Quakers) will host an Amnesty International letter-writing session on Sunday, January 18 to support various political prisoners around the globe. Anybody interested is invited to drop in between 12:00 and 2:00 pm at the community hall behind the meeting house: 103 Marion Rd.(Rt.6). Sample letters will be provided.
This is part of Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign. There are ten cases, including Lui Ping, sentenced to six years in jail in China for fighting corruption, and Raif Badaw, sentenced to ten years in Saudi Arabia for creating a website. Three of the prisoners of conscience featured in last year’s campaign – Yorm Bopha, Vladimir Akimenkov, and Mikhail Kosenko – were released after thousands of letters worldwide were written in their support.