From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/10/2007 1:02 PM Brev från Norge
CHECHNYA PEACE FORUM
Dear Friend
I am writing to you in my capacity as Director of the Chechnya Peace Forum. As an active campaigner for human rights for many years, not least in Bosnia during the early 1990s and over the past five years for the oppressed people of Chechnya, I have recently set-up a formal initiative in London to unite with other human rights activists called the Chechnya Peace Forum.
We are seeking to promote the cause of democracy and human rights in Chechnya, and bring the humanitarian crisis there to greater international attention. Over the last few months many people have offered support to the efforts of the Chechnya Peace Forum and I am now in a position to ask for your help with our first substantial piece of work.
We are currently in the process of collecting signatures for a letter to President Putin intended for publication in the national press on 7th May 2007. This marks to the very day the beginning of the final 12 months of Putin’s tenure as President of Russia, and the letter calls on him to use his remaining time in office to end the human rights atrocities and war crimes in Chechnya that have been a hallmark of his Presidency. We hope to secure the signatures of many high profile and influential people from politics, business, culture and so on – from many countries around Europe, who can no longer remain silent in the face of the persistent human rights abuses and war crimes in Chechnya. It is in this spirit that I am writing to invite you to sign the attached letter.
As I am sure you are aware investigative Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and former Russian Security Agent Alexander Litvinenko were outspoken critics of human rights atrocities in Chechnya. They were both good friends of mine and following their deaths it is important that those of us who defend the rule of law and human rights continue with their endeavours to highlight these crimes in the West.
If you would like any further details about the Chechnya Peace Forum, or about this letter (like who else has agreed to sign it), then please feel free to contact our communications professional, Laura Brodie on 0207 149 3703
I hope you feel able to sign this letter. I would be grateful if you could respond by email to info@chechnyapeaceforum.com saying you agree to add your name by the end of April.
Yours sincerely
Ivar Amundsen Director Chechnya Peace Forum PO Box 5628, London W1A 5WQ Email: Ivar Amundsen
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