Political prisoners aided
By STEWART WRIGHT
Of the Emerald
Anton Tewa is serving an eight-year jail sen
tence for circulating a declaration of indepen
dence
Tewa is an Indonesian "prisoner of cons
cience" adopted by the Eugene chapter of
Amnesty International, an organization devoted
to freeing people like him throughout the world
Eileen Malloy, an Al member from Berkeley.
Calif. talked to a group of prospective members
Sunday night She listed three "mandates"
which Al works toward: freeing prisoners of
conscience, working for speedy trials for all
prisoners, and working for the end of torture and
the death penalty
The organization works both by assigning a
group to work for a particular prisoner s release,
and by "country campaigns" — programs that
attempt to exert pressure on a country as a
whole The adoption groups work by showering
the government involved with letters and tele
grams while aiding and encouraging the pri
soner and his family
“The country campaigns are used only when
it isn't feasible to adopt particular prisoners.”
Malloy said
The Al group also maintains an Urgent Action
Network Members of this network don't work in
groups, but agree to send telegrams and letters
on behalf of those in immediate danger of death,
or those who are being tortured or are in urgent
need of medical care
The Al volunteers are not assigned to pri
soners in their own country, a policy consistent
with the group s effort to remain nonpartisan
and nonpolitical. Malloy said She said it was
reassuring that criticism of Al has come from
both ends of the political spectrum and has
afways been general rather than concerned with
specific cases
The Al group chooses its cases after exten
sive research based on information from people
inside the country involved, and on information
from travelers through the country
For more information, call David Claussemus.
a coordinator for the Eugene group, at
344-8118
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Of the Emerald
A proposed U S Senate Bill
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Kennedy introduced S B
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' He was afraid that without the
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of the Judiciary Committee
Kennedy's support of S B 1437
and now S B 1722 is to build
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following Now he wants con
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