"hello, my name is ________________, and i'm a US citizen living in ______________. i'm calling on behalf of a man named ________________ living in Mogadishu, in Somalia, seeking asylum here..."
i called the UNHCR DC Office.
this is how my voicemail started. obviously, for protection all around, things had to be changed here, in this publishing.
the man i mentioned above, a Somali journalist, has been threatened by both sides, for his work with foreign journalists.
one of the journalists he's worked with in the past several months works for a big newspaper based not far from my house. i'm working with both of them, as well as a woman in the 11th District Office in Ohio, working for Representative Stephanie Tubbs-Jones.
hopefully this action will all count for something.
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This is the HQ for several soldiers in the war for international human rights. Our thoughts are often scattered, our postings are at times rare, but we'll keep speaking out as long as there are ears to hear.
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