If I can raise £3,000 for Reprieve by the end of summer I will trek the 'three passes' in the Everest Himalaya!
Call me mad but if you help me raise the money I'll undergo the ultimate Everest circuit, rising from Lukla to Chhukung crossing the Kongma La to Lobuche and Everest base camp - a trek which Lonely planet guides calls 'only for the truly adventurous'! It'll take me 20 days and bring me as high as 5,535m above sea-level!
Please help me raise money for Reprieve, an organisation opposed to the systemic degradation of human rights, destruction of the rule of law and most importantly the death penalty. No amount is too big, or too small, but I've listed some details about what your donations could provide below. I fund the trip myself - all donations go straight to the charity.
Reprieve fights for people like Linda Carty, British grandmother, who, after a flawed trial in which her defence was represented by the famously lacking Jerry Guerinot, was sentenced to death and is now dangerously close to execution. Please read her story http://www.reprieve.org.uk/lindacarty, and watch the video I've posted to see for yourself the injustice she has suffered at the hands of the Texan state legal system.
Reprieve
'Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay'
Reprieve is a not-for-profit organisation which fights to protect the human rights of those prisoners facing execution or who have been wrongly imprisoned, securing their right to a fair trial and enforcing the rule of law throughout the world.
In their own words:
'Reprieve assists prisoners facing the death penalty, and prisoners held beyond the rule of law in the ‘war on terror,’ whether in Guantánamo Bay or rendered to secret prisons elsewhere. Reprieve also supports full time frontline Reprieve Fellows, who work as lawyers, investigators and advocates in different jurisdictions. Reprieve works with partners all over the world, including prisoners’ families, NGOs, government officials, individual lawyers and human rights defenders.'
What Your Donations Can Provide
To give you an idea about what your donation could mean:
• £25,000 pays for a lawyer to work on death penalty cases in the US full-time for one year
• £1,000 buys a DNA test for a wrongfully convicted prisoner on death row
• £500 purchases a flight for a lawyer to visit prisoners in Guantánamo Bay
• £50 buys half an hour of professional translation of interviews with victims and witnesses of extraordinary renditions
• £5 pays for a single police report in a death penalty case
