- Signatures: 372
- Goal: 3,000
- Deadline: 6-27-2006
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Anthony from Ghana was convicted in spring 1993 for drug trafficking. Having served over 12 years, he still faces an incredible 28 years more. Abandoned by his country and family, he needs help. Free Anthony Now!
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | Country | Why I am signing this page? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 374 | 12:07 am PDT, Apr 20 | Henry Nusser | United States | These laws have to be changed! | |
| 373 | 11:10 pm PDT, Apr 16 | Robin Nusser | United States | What are these 3rd world countries trying to prove with these outrageous sentences and even death by firing squads or hanging? Terrorists, murderers and rapists get off easier. What morons, thats why they will always be 3rd world countries with mentalities like that! But the real slap in the face is their home countries turn their backs on their own people like a bunch of cowards. | |
| 372 | 1:51 am PDT, Apr 7 | Anonymous | Denmark | Read about the whole case from a friend Peter Urhoj who have visited Anthony a few times. serving 40 years with No evidence proven!! | |
| 371 | 9:41 pm PST, Mar 4 | Nadja Thorby | New Zealand | 12 years is far too long, 28 more is even worse. | |
| 370 | 7:44 am PST, Jan 24 | Mr. | Bill Lauer | United States | Something needs to be done to help. Hasn't he served enough time? My god one mistake one poor choice. 12 Years is enough especially in that type of enviroment. |
| 369 | 1:52 am PST, Dec 20 | donal quirke | Ireland | i hope to add my voice to free anthony | |
| 368 | 8:13 am PST, Dec 4 | Marieke van Dijl | Netherlands | Anthony must be free | |
| 367 | 1:11 pm PST, Nov 19 | Kirsten Mora | United States | To support human rights! | |
| 366 | 12:53 pm PST, Nov 19 | Ms. | Cassie Peterson | United States | Everyone deserves a second chance! |
| 365 | 11:44 pm PST, Nov 18 | Anonymous | United States | trying to help | |
| 364 | 8:10 pm PST, Nov 18 | Ms. | Anonymous | United States | Just trying to help with unjust laws |
| 363 | 7:20 pm PST, Nov 18 | KELSEY BREMER | United States | Because my friend and sister jordan asked me too, and if this is all i have to do to help out a friend then of course i will sign it. | |
| 362 | 9:56 am PST, Nov 18 | Samantha Culp | United States | To give a man a second chance! | |
| 361 | 8:35 am PST, Nov 18 | Kate Clements | United States | I believe the time served so far is more than suitable for the crime. 28 more years is too harsh. | |
| 360 | 7:02 am PST, Nov 18 | Ms. | Amy Goldsmith | United States | Because no one deserves to live like this for such a little crime. |
| 359 | 11:05 pm PST, Nov 17 | Emy Ziemba | United States | it's just not fair | |
| 358 | 9:46 pm PST, Nov 17 | Kelly Welch | United States | 30 years to death for drug trafficing is just plane crazy!! | |
| 357 | 9:35 pm PST, Nov 17 | Ms. | Lexi Martinez | United States | This isn't right. He deserves a 2nd chance. |
| 356 | 9:34 pm PST, Nov 17 | Elizabeth Lind | United States | Because twelve years is outragous when the US justice system gives senteces like this at least half of his time served maybe less. No one should be abandoned. | |
| 355 | 9:28 pm PST, Nov 17 | Mr. | kelin skurka | United States | the real criminal here is the thai legal system and quality of life in the prisons. every human should be given a right to a fair trial and a fitting punishment. these sentences are outrageous. |
| 354 | 9:11 pm PST, Nov 17 | Jordan Alvillar | United States | Because no one deserves this kind of treatment. EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE. | |
| 353 | 10:05 pm PDT, Aug 17 | Ms. | Anonymous | Ireland | Prison sentences in Thailand are ridiculous.bless this poor man who everyne has given up on. I'll be praying for you Anthony |
| 352 | 9:49 am PDT, Jul 23 | Ms. | Jo Thom | Australia | Rapists get less time, the man made a mistake and has paid for it, it's time he was allowed to move on. Justice has been served, now let him live his life. |
| 351 | 10:17 pm PDT, Jul 20 | Mr. | Anonymous | Australia | I do hope someone in power will hear our plea. |
| 350 | 6:58 am PDT, Jul 16 | Simone T | Australia | Please free Anthony! He has served enough time in a foreign country with no friends or family. Please show Anthony some compassion, and allow him to go home. | |
| 349 | 1:38 am PDT, Jul 7 | marcus kallioniemi | Hong Kong | i strongly believe that anthony with the help of jesus christ has been able to help himself as well many others in the prison to become better people in a way no govern ment could have done by them selves.SO FREE ANTHONY, HE HAS PAID ENOUGH | |
| 348 | 12:00 am PDT, Jun 26 | Mr. | Peter Grant | Australia | I seek compassion for Anthony |
| 347 | 7:49 pm PDT, Jun 22 | Mr. | Seth Stern | United States | Anothony needs to be free! |
| 346 | 10:16 am PDT, Jun 22 | Ms. | Anonymous | United States | cool |
| 345 | 11:30 am PDT, Jun 10 | Lisa R | Germany | Because no one deserve to spend so much time in a place like that. | |
| 344 | 7:06 am PDT, May 26 | Mr. | neil hynes | United Kingdom | . |
| 343 | 1:42 am PDT, May 26 | Ms. | Maria Hernqvist | Thailand | Because everyone have a right to be forgiven, and no one should need to live like this for so many years abandoned by the world. |
| 342 | 10:07 pm PDT, May 22 | Julie Hutson | Australia | Because no one should have to spend too many years in those sort of conditions. | |
| 341 | 2:06 am PDT, May 20 | Ms. | Chantal Mulder | Netherlands | It's wrong to make people live like that. It is immorel and has to stop. |
| 340 | 3:52 am PDT, May 14 | Ms. | Anonymous | Australia | I have just finished reading The Damage Done by Warren Fellows and I have been deeply moved by this book. NO ONE deserves this kind of live and if I can make a difference by signing this I will. |
| 339 | 3:42 am PDT, May 11 | Mr. | JOHN SINCLAIR | Spain | because anthony has suffered enough and is a very good person.there is no reason he should still be in jail |
| 338 | 9:08 am PDT, Apr 30 | Anonymous | United States Minor Outlying Islands | www.chooseveg.com | |
| 337 | 9:31 am PDT, Apr 24 | Siobhan Casey | Ireland | At least allow him to go back to his own home country. | |
| 336 | 2:27 pm PST, Jan 13 | Ms. | Jill Smith | United Kingdom | I agree, drug trafficking penalties in Thailand are ridiculous, Ive heard of people who have committed murder and rape get a lesser sentance |
| 335 | 2:33 pm PST, Jan 8 | kheira guedouani | Canada | ... | |
| 334 | 10:18 am PST, Dec 15 | mark young | United Kingdom | drug penalties are ridiculous in thailand,all foreigners should be deported to home countries. | |
| 333 | 6:28 am PDT, Sep 27 | Anonymous | United Kingdom | he served enough and should have the chanche to start all over | |
| 332 | 5:15 pm PDT, Sep 18 | Ms. | Michelle Campbell | United States | After reading Warren Fellows harrowing and disturbing novel about his twelve years in a Thai jail...I just cant comprehend how the international community allows these atrocities to happen. They are inhumane and these prisons need to be shut down. |
| 331 | 3:36 pm PDT, Aug 19 | brianna stanley | United States | God bless him with the opportunity to experience life with freedom | |
| 330 | 9:42 am PDT, Aug 13 | Ms. | pauline browne | United Kingdom | he is too long in prison |
| 329 | 2:58 pm PDT, Jul 5 | stefanie louwagie | Belgium | Free Anthony! | |
| 328 | 11:22 pm PDT, Jun 20 | Phuc Tran | Viet Nam | to connect freedom fighter Ly Tong | |
| 327 | 7:10 am PDT, May 27 | Karin Eklund | Sweden | let the poor lad go home to his country and family.... | |
| 326 | 8:20 am PDT, May 15 | Johny B. | Belgium | Free this man. for pete's sake. this isn't normal. release Anthony. right now | |
| 325 | 10:34 am PDT, Mar 29 | Mr. | Steven Raymond Howie | United Kingdom | I read the Warren Fellows case and it made me think a lot. |
| 324 | 5:18 am PDT, Mar 26 | Ms. | Anonymous | Australia | No country should give up on their citizens |
| 323 | 8:08 pm PDT, Mar 21 | Mr. | Tony Yeoman | New Zealand | Everyone deserves a second chance and you can see this man has turned his life around. Show mercy |
| 322 | 3:13 pm PDT, Mar 20 | Craig W. Townsend | Canada | FREE THIS MAN!! | |
| 321 | 3:56 am PDT, Mar 14 | Mr. | Paul King | United Kingdom | To put someone in prison for such a long time is worse than a death sentence. There is nothing to be gained by the prisoner or the state. |
| 320 | 11:32 am PDT, Mar 13 | correen low | United Kingdom | 12 years is enough for anyone in that place | |
| 319 | 8:22 am PST, Feb 11 | Anonymous | United States | . | |
| 318 | 2:03 pm PST, Feb 3 | Mr. | Anthony Lambright | United States | Because 12 years is long enough to think about what you've done, if what you did wa traffic drugs. I seriously doubt this person will find it necessary to continue to dabble in drug trafficing after 12 years in prison. |
| 317 | 7:42 am PST, Jan 23 | Mr. | Daniel Bauer | Germany | Give that guy a chance to change his life. What he did was wrong, he knows it. Give him his life back. |
| 316 | 11:44 am PST, Jan 14 | Tatyana Thys | Belgium | Criminals should be punished. But they shouldn't have to endure al the tortures that take place in this prison. This prison does absolutely not respect human rights. | |
| 315 | 11:08 am PST, Jan 2 | Mr. | Joris Van der Donck | Belgium | Dealing drugs is not right, but they do exaggerate... |
| 314 | 10:58 am PST, Jan 2 | Mr. | Daan Van Baelen | Belgium | Free Anthony |
| 313 | 3:00 pm PST, Jan 1 | Mr. | Ian Van Doninck | Belgium | have mercy and free anthony |
| 312 | 5:53 am PST, Jan 1 | Mr. | yves de bruyne | Belgium | Please have mercy for this man. i visited him last month and I has been sitting long enough in this hell hole. i can't believe why The GOOD KING FROM THAILAND treats people like that. No ONE DESERVES A LIFE LIKE THIS. Just imagine I would happen to you. Guilty or not FREE ANTHONY and have some respect for a human life. yves |
| 311 | 3:00 pm PST, Dec 28 | kwadwo owusu | France | please Uncle SAM, he's not a terrorist. Many members of "al-kayda" are free now!... Anthony is prisoner, why? | |
| 310 | 10:19 pm PST, Dec 16 | Mr. | trevor ahola | Canada | Beleive anthony conviction without evidence is retarted...deserves his life back..conditions no human should endure |
| 309 | 3:25 pm PST, Nov 29 | Mr. | Zack Gauthier | Canada | I say sell him on EBAY and then he will have to be someones %&^$% for a while. |
| 308 | 7:12 am PST, Nov 23 | Mr. | Steven Willers | Switzerland | "Don't Dream it's Over" |
| 307 | 6:57 pm PST, Nov 11 | Nicki Sehgal | Thailand | Anthony has endured enough!!!! He deserves a life beyond the prison | |
| 306 | 7:23 am PST, Nov 3 | Thomas Pirovano | Switzerland | I like Anthony! | |
| 305 | 4:38 am PST, Nov 2 | Mr. | malcolm gennis | United Kingdom | the man has paid his dues.fair trial or not.keeping him caged up in a prison like bangkwang is just wrong.all thais should be ashamed to support such regimes.only the thais can change this deplorable situation.shame on you all. |
| 304 | 11:25 am PST, Nov 1 | Michelle Pollitt | United Kingdom | This man has served his sentence and given so much help and support to others, he deserves freedom. | |
| 303 | 1:08 am PDT, Oct 26 | Ms. | Angela Houwen | Netherlands | For Anthony |
| 302 | 12:33 pm PDT, Oct 23 | Anonymous | Netherlands | peace | |
| 301 | 2:25 am PDT, Oct 20 | Mr. | Leon Verbaas | Netherlands | Because he has been puneshed enough. Some people who killed people get free 5 years earlier |
Free Anthony!
Anthony Addison was convicted for drug trafficking in spring 1993. Without evidence or a fair trial he was thrown behind bars. For over 12 years now he has managed to survive the everyday struggle in Bangkwang Prison of Thailand, cynically called the Bangkok Hilton.
No other foreigner is locked up for as long as he has been in lockup now. Most countries have a treaty with the Thai government. This means they are extradited after 8 years back to their homeland. Not Anthony.
It is truly a miracle he has survived this far. The basis of his survival is also the reason I ask you to sign this petition. Anthony has the most positive view on life one can have, either inside or outside prison. Everyday he works out, running, lifting weights. He keeps his body fit which helps him keep his mind clean. He runs a class of over 30 students, fellow prisoners, and teaches them English. He is the head of the Christian community inside the prison, giving inmates hope and teaching them moral values.
Anthony is busy writing a book telling his life story. Anthony is an amazing guy who deserves freedom after suffering for so long.
His everyday life consists of 16 hours in his crammed cell. 28 people on a big concrete bed of 25 square meters and a hole serving as toilet. Available water comes from the river and his daily menu is brown rice porridge with fish heads. Corrupt correctional officers will increase your suffering unless you have some money.
No one else helps Anthony, so I will. Help me help Anthony. Sign the petition and I will send it to His Royal Highness The King of Thailand.
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