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South Korea: Tweet Petitions Filed to Defend Trade Unionist at Risk of Being Deported

Written byLee Yoo Eun
Posted 3 March 2011 13:38 GMT

The Amnesty International Korea bureau has filed tweet petitions against the Korean Justice department's decision to deport Michel Catuira, the president of the Seoul-Gyeonggi-Incheon Migrants’ Trade Union (MTU). (Read more in English) Amnesty Korea encouraged South Korean net users to sent a tweet petition[ko] to the Minister of Justice
with using the hashtag, #MichelCatuira.

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