No subject

[owner-kan-l at alb-net.com]

[216.192.108.81])
	by dub-img-ims-5.compuserve.com (8.8.6/8.8.6/IMS-1.7) with SMTP id UAA01632;
	Fri, 30 Apr 1999 20:59:53 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19990430194047.014c54ec at mailbox.syr.edu>
X-Sender: tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32)
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 19:40:47 -0400
To: kan-l at alb-net.com
From: Alooscnon at aol.com (by way of Teresa Crawford <tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu>)
Subject: [kan-l] KAN: Sample Letter: arrests/disappearances
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Sender: owner-kan-l at alb-net.com
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: kan-l at alb-net.com

**** Kosova Action Network Discussion List ****


**********Sample Letter: arrests/disappearances****April 30, 1999****

Over the years people in the international community have worked with and
befriended a number of people in Kosova.  Some, because of the publicness
of their activities and others just because of their last name or
ethnicity, are in jeopardy.  There are no eyes, ears, bodies in Kosova to
protect them.  The letter below was prompted by the arrest of Albin Kurti
but can be tailored to campaign for attention and information on anyone we
have worked with in the past.  Please send it to your representatives and
follow up with calls and faxes.  If your representatives are not familier
with the work of these people please let KAN know and we can provide you
with background information and in some cases pictures.

Sample letter on arrests and disappearances below:


Dear Ms. Malloy,

I am writing to you as the coordinator of the Kosova Action Network. I wrote 
to you months ago, regarding the imprisonment of the nine students who had 
been arrested in Prizren in May, 1998, and you were very helpful--three of 
the students were released.

At this time, I am writing about grave concerns for the location and 
well-being of the many brave and hard-working individuals from Kosova who 
were its social and political leaders and stood up for democratic ideals at 
peril of their lives. Nobody seems to know where most of them are. 

We have not spoken up for their protection. Nor have we mourned their loss if 
they are, in fact, dead. And if they are arrested, we have not petitioned for 
their release as we should. Dr. Flora Brovina was kidnapped yesterday.
Today the student leader, Albin Kurti, who our government supported so
strongly in 
December, 1998, is reported as arrested along with his father and brother. 
Many fear that they will be assassinated as the Kelmendi family was.
And, as a result of "allowing" the Albanian leadership to disappear from 
sight, our media has aired Serb leaders for six weeks without even making 
poicy statements about the executions and kidnappings of Albanian leaders. We 
have silenced their voice and that at a time like this is shameful.

Sincerely,
Alice Mead
Kosova Action Network coordinator
aloosconon at aol.com.
207-767-7289

598 Shore Rd.
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04207
207-767-7289







------------------------------------
Submitted by: Alooscnon at aol.com (by way of Teresa Crawford <tmcrawfo at mailbox.syr.edu>)