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URGENT CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
URGENT CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
Dear Congressman (name)
It has come to my attention that there are severe violations of human rights taking place in the Republic of Tajikistan right now, as you read this letter.
Two US families are not allowed to bring home their new children from the Republic of Tajikistan after receiving the approval for their adoptions in both countries. Despite the ruling by the local court finalizing the adoption, the mayor of the city of Khudjand is not allowing the families to take their newly adopted children home. When the representative of one of these US families asked for the reasons why the family could not take the child home, the answer given was, “It is better for the children to die in Tajikistan, then to be given up to the United States.” There are documented cases of children dying in the orphanages of the Republic Tajikistan. Our government is providing over $20 million in aid to the Republic of Tajikistan, and we, as taxpayers and law-abiding citizens, are outraged by our government’s support of such a lawless state as the Republic of Tajikistan. Their contempt for our citizens is unacceptable; our fellow citizens are “trapped” and require your immediate assistance.
Please, Mr. (Congressman’s name), contact Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, U.S Assistant Secretary of State and ask her to intervene on behalf of these families and the children. The two families should be allowed to bring their children home, and the process of the international adoptions should continue for other families, who give the orphans a chance to live rather than die, imprisoned by their own government.
Thank you, in advance, for your support.
Sincerely,
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City and State
Please, be sure to send copies to:
The White House at: president@whitehouse.gov & vice.president@whitehouse.gov The United States Embassy in Tajikistan at: reception@amemb.tajik.net
