Update: Dr. Taye has been freed!

FREETAYE

Freedom for Prisoners of Conscience
A Campaign by Illinois State University Alumni

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Taye Woldesemayat, Ph.D.


The FreeTaye Campaign

The FreeTaye campaign aims to support Dr. Taye by giving him direct moral support in the form of letters and postcards, and by lobbying the Ethiopian government with letters and emails to improve his imprisonment conditions, grant him a fair trial with full access to legal representation, or release him.

Why participate in a Human Rights Campaign

All men are created equal, and they are endowed with certain inalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Dr Taye Woldesemayat has given up his rights so that others could have them. He is a prisoner of conscience, jailed for his beliefs and for exercising his inalienable rights.

Participating in a human rights campaign is a way to give ourselves an opportunity to make our contribution to this timeless and universal quest; to thank those that have felt the call to risk their rights and their lives so that their fellow citizens could gain them; and to reflect upon what is truly important to humankind and experience it closely.

Rapid Action

If you want to contribute and have but a minute to spare, you can send a letter to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, and copy the Ethiopian ambassador in your country. The letters below are samples that can be printed directly from your browser, signed and mailed without modifications.

Letters to Ethiopia from the United States need a 80 cent stamp. You may use three first-class stamps to mail a letter. From Canada, the cost is 95 cents, from UK 44 pence, and from France 3,90FF.

More information is available here on Ethiopian Government Offices and Embassies.

Dr Taye would be most appreciative of a letter or postcard of support. If you do not know Dr Taye, please use this fill-the-blanks letter. He can receive mail at the following address.

c/o Prisons Office
P.O. Box 2436
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

If you write letters, please send an email to freetaye@yahoo.com specifying the number of letters sent, and to whom.

Campaign Leaders

If you want to make a stronger contribution to the campaign, you can become a campaign leader and take the FreeTaye campaign to your communities. People belong to many communities around them, such as churches, sports clubs, professional associations, labor unions, neighborhoods, extended family and a long etc. You will also find that a lot of people out there care deeply about human rights but do not normally have an opportunity to express it.

Campaign leaders participate or organize events in their communities to give people around them a chance to make a difference to someone else's life and to express their support for human rights. Participation in the campaign is a two-way street; it is helping Dr Taye to keep his hope on one hand, and on the other it is a personal satisfaction for participating actively in the support of human rights.

If you choose to become a FreeTaye Campaign Leader, please ensure that letter-writing is polite and courteous at all times.

Please email us at freetaye@yahoo.com if you want more information about being a Campaign Leader, or if would like to talk about it with other Campaign Leaders.

Further Information about Dr Taye

Click on the following links to learn more about Dr Taye:

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