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Sender: Elena Feick
Fri Aug 5, 2005 9:32 pm

I recieved a copy of your e-mail forward through YRUU(young religious unitarian
universalists) in my region. I am the social action co-ordinator for my region,
and justice has always been important to me. I've been sending/writing letters
through a local Amnesty group for a while, and mostly focused within my own
country.

As I'm getting older, I'm starting to focus more globally, and the issue of
"human buttons" that you bring up interests me. I am wondering if you've any
suggestions for further reading before I go and do anything. In the meantime,
I'm going to attempt to ask the UNHCR some of my own questions.

I want to thank you for informing me thus far on this issue, and bringing it to
my attention. I also want to ask if you can think of anywhere I should look to
find further information, particularly if there is anyone I can contact - off
the internet. I've learned not to trust the net as my only source of
information, and I prefer to find there is an organization I can phone or walk
into their office with questions, or send a slow-mail letter at the very least.

TIA,
and interested,
Elena Feick
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From: SAM
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Dear Elena Feick,
I ‘m interesting to know more about Amnesty and how possible to be member or active with Amnesty?
You asked me to advice you about further reading, if you like to read more about the UNHCR so I recommend my ebook ‘Refugees farm’ it’s available for free on my sites. I’ll wait for the answer of the UNHCR; nobody told me that he received any answer for the UNHCR since I started my campaigns before 3 years. I hope they’ll answer you!
I like to publish your message on my blog http://unhcr.blogspot.com with your permission.
Thank you very much and I hope to hear from you soon.
Friend4all
SAM
http://www.unhcr.info
http://unhcr.blogspot.com
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Sender: Elena Feick
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Sam,

yes, you can use my message. check out http://amnesty.org if you are
interrested in knowing more about amnesty international. It won't give
you information on what the group I'm with specifically does, but it
provides excellent information on current human rights abuses
world-wide, and it is pretty fair.

always,
Elena

ps - I read somewhere on your blog that a person had compared aid for
refugees as a "gift horse", and I would wonder if that means they
believe human rights, and protection of human life, are "gifts" or
"privileges", rather than "rights" for which we all must stand? And if
we take a stand, but create our own transgressions in the meantime,
isn't that a mistake? Because aren't we then condoning the abuses,
even seemingly minor abuses, of the rights of the individuals we claim
to be protecting or helping?
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From: SAM
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Dear Elena,
Those whom work for the UNHCR think the help providing for the refugees is gift so the refugees don’t have the right to ask for any thing and they must accept what they have without any complaint. Any refugee will ask or make any complaint will be exclude from having any help from UNHCR like what happened with me personally, they didn’t exclude me from any help but also asked the police here in Lebanon to arrest me because of my activities on the Internet. They invited me to the Office of the UNHCR and then they called the police to arrest me. I have official documents from the government indicate the arrest happened upon request from the UNHCR. Also I have letter from the UN head quarts sent to my friend in UK about my activities on the net and they threatened us about farther action if we will not stop. Now I live in fear of their prosecution and I wanted to know the opinion of Amnesty about that. I tried to contact the Amnesty but I didn’t get any official response.
Thank you very much and I hope to hear from you soon.
Friend4all
SAM
http://www.unhcr.info
http://unhcr.blogspot.com