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1995-09-01 - Re: Phil Zimmermann/Amnesty International?

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From: Deranged Mutant <rrothenb@ic.sunysb.edu>
To: gjeffers@socketis.net (Gary Jeffers)
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-01 14:12:13 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 1 Sep 95 07:12:13 PDT

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From: Deranged Mutant <rrothenb@ic.sunysb.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 95 07:12:13 PDT
To: gjeffers@socketis.net (Gary Jeffers)
Subject: Re: Phil Zimmermann/Amnesty International?
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> 
>    I was wondering if the Zimmermann case would be a proper concern of
> Amnesty International. Phil is obviously a political dissident. His
> persecution is obviously political. If Phil got support from Amnesty
> Int'l, then his persecution could be a big embarrassment to the Federal
> gov't. He has a lot of supporters and taking up his cause could be a
> big promotional for Amnesty International. The Feds might feel forced
> to drop the matter early. Any ideas?
> 
I've heard that A.I. does not discuss political persecution as much in
the countries that are doing it, since they do not want to offend the
powers-that-be in that country, though they will note a case in another
country.  (In other words, if A.I. did note the PRZ case they'd only
discuss it outside the United States.)

This is just speculation though...

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