tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post2206665916652289899..comments2024-03-28T22:31:26.789+01:00Comments on Mail Adventures: Write a Letter, Change a LifeMail Adventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-55834002482629067172016-12-14T09:16:43.312+01:002016-12-14T09:16:43.312+01:00I'm glad that I inspired you! Now I've see...I'm glad that I inspired you! Now I've seen on your IG that you wrote some letters too :DDDD<br /><br />(I added the link, just in case someone else needs it.)Mail Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-38636823970505308032016-12-14T09:15:36.256+01:002016-12-14T09:15:36.256+01:00Glad to read it. These letters are a drop in the o...Glad to read it. These letters are a drop in the ocean, I know. But if sometimes, for someone, it works...Mail Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574231572383527950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-36606580592080168152016-12-10T08:49:56.777+01:002016-12-10T08:49:56.777+01:00How good to attract our attention, thank you Eva! ...How good to attract our attention, thank you Eva! <br /><br />And thank you, John, for sharing your experience.<br /><br />The Dutch website for the 'writing marathon' is http://schrijfmarathon.amnesty.nl/Heleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18206346242374113741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782996301838206855.post-67986098752563503582016-12-10T05:50:09.335+01:002016-12-10T05:50:09.335+01:00I undertook a similar exercise way back in 1968. ...I undertook a similar exercise way back in 1968. Anthony Grey OBE (born 5 July 1938), a British journalist for Reuters was imprisoned by the Chinese government for 27 months from 1967 to 1969. Ostensibly he was jailed for spying, but really in retaliation for the colonial British government jailing eight pro-Chinese media journalists who had violated emergency regulations during the Leftist riots in British Hong Kong. China demanded the release of the eight before Grey would be released. While the eight were eventually released, China then demanded the release of a further 13 Chinese jailed in British Hong Kong. The British Hong Kong government refused. Grey was able to communicate by mail with his mother and girlfriend back in England, but was only allowed two 20-minute visits by British consular officials in the first 17 months of his confinement, and was never formally charged. He was released in October 1969 after 27 months of captivity and after thousands of people wrote to the Chinese government on his behalf.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.com