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<TD><FONT size=-1><B>Anna and Frances Moore Lappé - Small Planet Institute <info@smallplanetinstitute.org> </B></FONT></TD>
<TD align=right><FONT size=-1><B>Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 5:15 PM </B></FONT>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt">Dear Friends, </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt">We thought you would like to know about the actions being organized by Amnesty International to support the peace process in Kenya and protect our dear friend, Wangari Maathai. We’ve enclosed the action alert below. Click on the link if you’d like to find our more and get involved. </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt">Warmly, </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt">Anna and Frankie </P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt">Dear Friends and Supporters,</P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt">We would like to urge you to take two actions organised by Amnesty International to support the<BR>peace process in Kenya and to protect Wangari Maathai and other human rights defenders.</P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Urgent Action For Wangari Maathai.</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt">Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai received three death threats by mobile phone text message at around 12.30 am on 19 February, which read, “Because of your opposing the government at all times, Prof Wangari Maathai, we have decided to look for your head very soon, you are number three after Were, take care of your life.”</P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt">Two people working for her received similar threats on 19 and 21 February. The threats were signed “Mungiki”, the name of an outlawed gang mainly of Kikuyu ethnicity, that has claimed responsibility for beheadings and other murders involving mutilation. Prof Wangari Maathai is a former Member of Parliament. “Number three after Wereï” refers to MP Melitus Mugabe Were, who was killed outside his home in Nairobi on 29 January. A second MP, David Kimutai Too, was killed in Eldoret town on 31 January.</P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt">Prof Wangari Maathai believes the threats were a response to her call for increased pressure on both President Kibaki and opposition Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga to reach an agreement to deal with the political crisis in Kenya, and for her criticisms of politicians allied to the ruling Party of National Unity.</P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Take action to protect Wangari Maathai and those defending human rights in Kenya</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt">INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR KENYA TODAY</P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt">27th February is a day of public and online action to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Kenya and call on the Kenyan government to protect people from politically-motivated and ethnic violence. There are street protests taking place all around the world.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.65pt"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><A title=http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/kenya-action href="http://www.emailbrain.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1204150024000&StID=5669&SID=1&EmID=58931104&Link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbW5lc3R5Lm9yZy9lbi9hcHBlYWxzLWZvci1hY3Rpb24va2VueWEtYWN0aW9u" target=_blank>Take Action</A> for Kenya by joining public and online protests</SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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