Dear Tim,
When Roxana Saberi, a 32-year-old American journalist was sentenced to eight years in prison on trumped-up charges of espionage, you and thousands of other Amnesty supporters immediately responded by sending over 26,000 letters to the Iranian government in less than 24 hours.
Your letters worked! Roxana was just released from prison today after an appeal court in Tehran reduced her sentence to two-years, which was then suspended.
Senator Byron Dorgan from Roxana's home state of North Dakota credited the happy outcome to the international pressure generated by the case.1
Amnesty International worked closely with other human rights organizations in a world-wide effort to obtain justice for Roxana.
Thanks for standing up for Roxana!
Elise, Zahir, Steve and the rest of the Iran rapid response team
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