Well-known rights activists send Mikhail Khodorkovsky a greetings telegram

To: Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Remand centre 75/1
Chita Region Penitentiary Service
1a Ingodinskaya Street
CHITA 672010


Dear Mr Khodorkovsky,

On your birthday we wish you trhe physical and moral strength to withstand the difficult ordeals and unjust sentence that face you! Having tested yourself in many capacities, you have not yet reached the pinnacle of your achievements and will achieve a great deal more.

We admire the courage and dignity with which you bear the difficult conditions of imprisonment and the campaign of slander that, from time to time, is unleashed against you. It is very important that the country knows your view on the problems that are constantly at the centre of public debate and to which you regularly contribute.

We shall continue our efforts to ensure the cruel and unjust sentences of imprisonment are revoked and that you and your colleagues are released.

Respectfully yours,

Ludmila Alexeyeva
Garry Kasparov
Sergei Kovalyov
Boris Nemtsov
Lev Ponomaryov
Yury Samodurov