"I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Amnesty Internaitonal . . "
Victory
July 27, 2005
"I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Amnesty Internaitonal . . "
Conscientious objector Abdullah Webster was released from prison on April 30, 2005, after serving 11 months of a 14-month sentence for refusing to participate in the war in Iraq on the basis of his religious and moral beliefs.
The human rights defender is home again -- and her husband believes she was freed thanks to continued pressure on China from activists around the world.