News from Lori's Parents

30 November 1998

In this update:


November 30th -- Three Years of Lori's Wrongful Incarceration


Urgent Action 1

Please call the White House hotline, 202-456-1111, and when instructed, press 0 for a hotline opearator.

Express your concern (or outrage). Tell President Clinton that November 30th marks three years of illegal imprisonment in Perú for Lori Berenson. Urge him to use his powers to press Peruvian President Fujimori for Lori's immediate release. Also remind him that Lori Berenson is suffering physically and needs his help NOW.


Urgent Action 2

Please download the following letter and FAX to the White House at 202-456-2461

(Attention: Helen, Agency Liaison 6)

Subject: FREE LORI BERENSON

November 30, 1998

The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear President Clinton:

Today, November 30th, marks three years of illegal imprisonment in Perú for Lori Berenson. I urge you to use all your powers to press Peruvian President Fujimori for Lori's immediate release. Lori Berenson's health continues to deteriorate. PLEASE HELP HER NOW!

Sincerely,

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If you find it easier, the above letter appears on Lori's new website at

www.freelori.org/

You may be able to download the letter faster there.


ATTN: Supporters in Boston/Cambridge

In Perú "Pragmatic Democracy" = "Dictatorship"

On Tuesday, December 1st, at 12:30pm, Perú's former Foreign Minister Francisco Tudela, now a "Harvard Fellow," will be speaking at Harvard in a program sponosored by the Latin-American Society. His talk is on "Pragmatic Democracy" in Perú. We believe this event is open to the public -- and we wish we could be present. Mr. Tudela is a well-respected politician in Perú and in the U.S. However, to us, just the words "pragmatic democracy" in Perú are offensive. Without "stealing his thunder," we wish to present the following fact:

Proof:

If a government is run in a manner in which there is no patience for opposing views or real dissent, and the executive is able to quash opposition through very loose interpretations of law, through micromanagement, and through fear, it is indeed a quantum leap to consider such a government a "pragmatic democracy."


- Rhoda and Mark Berenson