SCHOOL ACTION PACK
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Tell the story of Burma’s political prisoners Let’s change the conversation about asylum seekers Women’s rights In Iran Amnesty International Australia www.amnesty.org.au
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Contents SECTION 01
UPDATES AND NEWS
SECTION 02
CAMPAIGNS 02.1 Tell the story of Burma’s political prisoners 02.2 Let’s change the conversation about asylum seekers 02.3 Women’s rights in Iran
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MAKE AN IMPACT 03.1 School conferences 03.2 Youth activist profile
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INFORMATION 04.1 Happy anniversary Amnesty International 04.2 Contact us u ty.org.a
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CAMPAIGN ACTIONS: AT A GLANCE Campaign
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Countries in crisis
Tell the story of Burma’s political prisoners
ASEAN
Refugees and asylum seekers
Let’s change the conversation
Ten people and your local government
Women’s rights in Iran
Solidarity for Campaign for Equality activists Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei
Cover: Aung San Suu Kyi waves to supporters after her release in Rangoon on 13 November 2010. © Topshots/AFP
Amnesty International is part of the global movement defending human rights and dignity. We work with people in Australia and our region to demand respect for human rights and protect people facing abuse. We campaign, conduct research and raise money for our work. Our active members, such as school action groups, play a vital role in achieving our aims through writing letters, sending online actions, organising creative awareness-raising activities and fundraising in their communities.
UPDATES AND NEWS
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ON TOUR WITH U2 U2 continued its long history of support for Amnesty International by inviting volunteers to attend the 360° tour around the world. Activists and staff contributed to U2’s dramatic performance of Walk On, a song written for Aung San Suu Kyi, by carrying lanterns onstage. In Australia, our supporters asked concert goers to sign a petition requesting that the Kenyan Government provide safe access to toilet facilities for women. Thousands of women are forced to walk through dangerous slums late at night just to use the toilet.
Bono signs Amnesty International’s Demand Dignity petition on slums in Kenya with Jenny, a volunteer from Perth. © Lucy Macnamara/AI
The Amnesty International candle on stage during the U2 concert in Brisbane. © Kylie Jury
If you would like to help out at events like this please contact your local action centre (see Section 04.2 Contact us).
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BURMA UPDATE CREATIVE CAMPAIGNING Five community choirs joined with Amnesty International in a flash mob performance at Flinders Street Station in Melbourne in support of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi and the more than 2,200 political prisoners in the country. More than 50 people suddenly broke into a four-part harmony rendition of the Queen song, I want to break free, on 24 October to mark the 15 years that Aung San Suu Kyi has spent in detention. The Keynotes choir, Victorian Trade Union Choir, Brimbank Multicultural Community Choir and Living Out Loud choir, as well as members of the Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir joined with Amnesty International supporters in the iconic song as a mock prison door was erected in front of them. The song ties in to Amnesty International’s campaign promoting the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Burma. Watch video of the flashmob at www.amnesty.org.au/vic RADIOS BRING REAL NEWS Amnesty International supporters in Australia and the UK donated money to purchase 7,500 radios for the people of Burma, increasing access to information from independent and international media. Verity Coyle from Amnesty International UK was on the Thai-Burma border working with our local partners to distribute radios in remote communities. She said she could see the radios making a difference to people’s lives. “I was deeply moved to hear how groups of people are glued to these radios for days, quenching a thirst for independent information,” she said. “One man told me he heard about the election from listening to the radio, while a teenager in a camp for internallydisplaced people explained that, ‘for study in the evenings we listen to the radio and take notes, then the next day we go to school and talk about what we heard’.”
Miranda Midenhall, Jacinta Cleary and Emma Dreece burst into song during Amnesty International’s Burma flash mob. © Michelle Tyrell
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Tell the story of Burma’s political prisoners In 2010 students and activists from across the country, the Asia Pacific and the world took action to defend human rights in Burma. BACKGROUND ON BURMA Burma is ruled by military authorities that have continually placed harsh restrictions on people inside the country. There are more than 2,200 political prisoners behind bars in Burma. The country’s most famous prisoner of conscience, Aung San Suu Kyi, was recently released after spending 15 of the past 21 years under house arrest. Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the winning party of the last election in 1990. Even though the party won majority support, the military authorities prevented them from taking power. Since then, the military has locked up, tortured and even killed activists who have fought for freedom in Burma. In 2010, for the first time in 20 years, another election was held in Burma, but restrictions on people’s freedoms continued. Amnesty International has directed activism towards the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Burma. We are asking ASEAN to put pressure on the Burmese authorities to release political prisoners and support the three freedoms.
Amnesty International has been campaigning to defend three freedoms restricted by the military: FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY In Burma it is illegal to have more than five friends in your house at one time. If you want to have a friend stay for the night, you need to ask the government for permission. If you were in Burma and participated in a peaceful protest, the authorities could arrest you, put you in prison and threaten your life. FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION In Burma you cannot join a school group or political party without putting yourself at risk. If you lived in Burma, you would be at risk by participating in your school action group. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION In Burma you cannot openly criticise the government in the media, on the internet or anywhere else without fear of punishment.
Burmese monks protest outside Burma’s embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, against the Saffron Revolution crackdown, September 2007. © AP/Eranga Jayawardena
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ACT NOW>>
SCHOOL GROUPS TAKE ACTION Inspired by last year’s school action pack, many of you raised awareness about the need to protect the three freedoms in Burma. Seeking out the number three in your schools, you attached freedom signs to get people talking. Many of you also created posters and held assembly announcements explaining the situation in Burma. Students at Duncraig Senior High School organised a school action in October showing support for thousands of political prisoners detained in Burma and calling on the Burmese authorities to protect the three freedoms of association, expression and peaceful assembly. More than 80 students joined with school chaplain Abe Hatch to ‘shine a light for Burma’ by providing schoolmates with glow sticks, preparing placards displaying slogans of support for Burma and organising a lunchtime jail stall.
Tell the story of Burma’s political prisoners The release of Aung San Suu Kyi is a timely reminder about the other 2,200 political prisoners in Burma. Amnesty International is encouraging students to tell the stories of these prisoners of conscience. Think of a creative way you can use the story cards attached. Here are some ideas to get you started: •
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Let us know what your school action group is doing by emailing activism@amnesty.org.au.
Students at Duncraig High responded to Aung San Suu Kyi and used their liberty to support the people of Burma. © Duncraig High School
A CONVERSATION WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI Despite years of imprisonment and house arrest, Aung San Suu Kyi maintained her commitment and fight for freedom for the people of Burma. Released in November 2010, she is now using her freedom to call for the release of thousands of other political prisoners in Burma. Amnesty International’s youth activists from across the world were given a unique opportunity to have a telephone conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi. She talked about her experiences and reminded us that the struggle for democracy in Burma continues. She encouraged us to use our freedom to speak out on behalf of the political prisoners whose voices have been silenced. ACTIVITY Organise for your school action group to listen to the conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi and learn more of her story at www.amnesty.org.au/crisis/comments/24272/.
Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to relatives of political prisoners in Rangoon on 29 November 2010. © AFP/Soe Than Win
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Student activist Myo Min Zaw was arrested on 12 September 1998 for distributing leaflets and organising student demonstrations in Rangoon, Burma’s largest city. He is serving a sentence of 52 years and was reportedly tortured during interrogation. He is now 33 years old and being held in Putao prison in Kachin State in northern Burma, which is up to a week’s travel for his family.
Zarganar is a popular comedian in Burma who is serving a 35-year prison sentence for leading a movement that collected money and supplies for the survivors of Cyclone Nargis, which hit Burma on 2 May 2008. He is one of around 20 people still behind bars for their independent post-cyclone relief efforts. All of them were arrested for delivering aid to the victims, for reporting on the cyclone and even for burying the dead. Zarganar was arrested on 4 June 2008 after he criticised the government’s handling of the cyclone relief situation in interviews with foreign journalists.
Min Ko Naing is a veteran prodemocracy movement leader and the co-founder of the 88 Generation students group (established in 2005). He was arrested on 21 August 2007, with 12 other members of the group, two days after leading a peaceful march to protest against increased fuel prices. In the six weeks that followed, largescale anti-government demonstrations erupted across Burma, the largest protests against the military since 1988. He was sentenced on 11 November 2008 to 65 years in prison for his role in the protests. He spent more than a year in Rangoon’s Insein prison where he was held in solitary confinement for more than 23 hours each day. After his sentencing, he was moved to Kengtung Prison in Shan State in northeastern Burma, approximately 1,100 km away from where his family lives.
U Khun Htun Oo is 67 years old and chairman of the Shan Nationalities (one of Burma’s largest ethnic minorities). He was sentenced on 3 November 2005 to 93 years’ imprisonment, with hard labour, for opposing the government’s plans for a new constitution. He was tried behind closed doors in proceedings that lasted several months and fell far short of international fair trial standards: he was not allowed a lawyer, or at least not a lawyer of his choice, and his family were denied access to him. He is being held in Putao prison in Kachin State in northern Burma, where conditions are known to be very harsh. He is in very poor health and continues to be denied adequate medical treatment. His family are only allowed to visit him twice a year.
Su Su Nway is a 38-year-old labour activist and member of the opposition National League for Democracy. She was arrested on 13 November 2007 for putting up an anti-government banner near the hotel in Rangoon where the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights was staying. She is currently serving a sentence of eight and a half years for her role in anti-government protests in August and September 2007. The prison is more than 1,900 km from where her family lives so it is very difficult for them to visit and give her food or medicine. She has experienced occasional spells in solitary confinement and has been denied family visits, sufficient food and clean clothes.
U Gambira is a Buddhist monk and activist, who is serving a 63-year prison sentence for his role in the monk-led protests of September 2007. He is a founding member of the All Burma Monks Alliance (ABMA), which was formed to further the protests against rising fuel and food prices that the 88 Generation Students group started the month before. Those protests later became known as the Saffron Revolution, after the ABMA mobilised tens of thousands of monks to join the protests. After his arrest, he was forcibly disrobed and sentenced in an unfair, closed trial in Insein prison. He was placed in solitary confinement on 13 January 2009, and his health deteriorated when he staged a hunger strike to call on the ruling military government to release the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners. He was later transferred from Insein prison to Hkamti prison, where he endured sustained torture and other forms of ill-treatment. He was handcuffed and his ankles were shackled. He was also subjected to regular beatings and his mouth was stuffed with cloth to silence him. He was also denied food and water for several days. When he was transferred to Kale prison on 13 May 2009, he was so weak that he was unable to speak.
Student activist Ko Aye Aung was arrested on 12 September 1998 for distributing leaflets and organising student demonstrations in Rangoon. He is serving a sentence of 59 years and was reportedly tortured during interrogation. He is now 34 years old and being held in Kale prison in Sagaing division in northern Burma, more than 900 km away from his family.
Mie Mie is part of the 88 Generation Students group and was arrested on 13 October 2007 for her role in the major antigovernment protests that began in August 2007. She is 39 years old and a mother of two. In November 2009 she was transferred to a prison in northwestern Burma, which is 1,290 km from her home, making it difficult for her family to visit her.
Khun Bedu, Khun Kawrio and Khun Dee De are three Karenni activists serving sentences of 30 years or more for their campaigning activities against the May 2008 constitutional referendum. They are all in their 20s and been sent to prisons far from their homes, making family visits difficult. They are from the Kayan ethnic group (also known as the Karenni, or Red Karen), most of whom live in the east of the country, in Kayah state. They are all leading members of an activists group called Kayan New Generation Youth (KNGY). In the days leading up to the constitutional referendum, activists in their home town campaigned for a ‘no’ vote. They spray painted ‘no’ and ‘vote no’ on walls and signposts. They also released balloons and handed out pamphlets carrying messages that urged people to vote against the constitution. They were arrested on 10 May 2008, the night of the referendum, and interrogated for 15 days, during which they were tortured and ill-treated.
CAMPAIGNS : INFORMATION AND ACTION
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Let’s change the conversation about asylum seekers HIGH COURT DECISION ON REFUGEES A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
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Amnesty International continues to campaign for the fair treatment of people seeking asylum in Australia. To be awarded refugee status, asylum seekers need to prove that their health and safety would be at risk if they returned to their country of origin.
The Universal
While nearly all asylum seekers who arrive by boat are genuine refugees, not all claims for refugee status are successful. Until recently, an asylum seeker whose claim for refugee status was denied had no way to fight the decision.
Rights, Article 14
But an important ruling made by the High Court of Australia last year, our country’s highest court, found that refusing asylum seekers access to the appeal process was unlawful. Now asylum seekers can appeal rejected claims through the Australian legal system.
to seek and to enjoy in
Despite this decision, asylum seekers and refugees who arrive by boat receive inhumane treatment and have to go through the process of mandatory detention.
from persecution.
In an effort to shift public perception, Amnesty International has launched a national advertising campaign to encourage people to ‘rethink refugees’.
This right may not be
Declaration of Human
Everyone has the right other countries asylum
invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
Image featured in Amnesty International’s advertising encouraging people to rethink refugees © AI
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ACT NOW>>
RETHINK REFUGEES “To save my child I would do anything; but what if my only choice was t o put my son on a boat?” Amnesty International has launched a new campaign encouraging people to rethink how they view refugees who arrive by boat. Advertisements have played on most major television networks, telling real life stories of asylum seekers. According to Amnesty International’s refugee campaigner Alex Pagliaro, advertising is just a starting point. “Australians need to speak out to correct the many myths and misconceptions that are currently guiding the debate about asylum seekers,” she said. Amnesty International’s campaign asks supporters to commit to having 10 conversations with 10 different people, to try and change their attitude about asylum seekers and refugees. At the end of each conversation, supporters then encourage people to write a message to an asylum seeker in detention.
Ask your teacher to photocopy the attached action card so that each member of your school action group has 10 cards. Talk to 10 people who are not already convinced that we should welcome asylum seekers and explain why they should think again (using the conversation tips below). For each conversation, ask the person to complete the card. Ask your teacher to send all the cards to youth coordinator Daniel Scaysbrook, Amnesty International, Locked Bag 23, Broadway NSW 2007. Let’s change the conversation Start your 10 conversations about asylum seekers using the tips below. 1. Ask an open question
CAMPUS GROUP GETS CREATIVE
“What would you do to save your family?”
A university campus group in Western Australia came up with a creative way of asking their fellow students to think differently about asylum seekers and refugees.
Open questions make people answer more than ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and start a conversation.
Activists built a boat, complete with sails featuring statements of support and solidarity, and promoted the three facts about asylum seekers:
“I know that if I was being chased by the Taliban, I would …”
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It is legal to seek asylum by boat.
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Nearly all asylum seekers who arrive by boat are genuine refugees.
This helps people think about what they would do, creating empathy.
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Asylum seekers arriving by boat make up less than 2 per cent of Australia’s annual immigration intake.
Perhaps their action will inspire your school group. If you have a creative idea or have already held a school event, we would love to hear from you. Email activism@amnesty.org.au.
2. Personalise the conversation
3. Present the facts • Asylum seekers are not breaking the rules – it is legal to seek asylum in Australia, even if you arrive by boat. • Most asylum seekers who arrive by boat are genuine refugees fleeing for their lives. • Less than 2 per cent of all immigrants each year are asylum seekers arriving by boat.
University of Western Australia students with their boat asking people to think again about asylum seekers. © AI
4. Acknowledge objections “I understand what you are saying. I used to think that too, but then I realised …” Listen to and acknowledge people’s concerns before countering them. WANT TO DO MORE? Influence your local MP Amnesty International is encouraging people to pressure all political parties to approach asylum seekers and refugees in a humane way. As a group, write to your local member, encouraging them to rethink their position on refugees. Ask your teacher to help you find out who they are and where you can contact them and send a copy of your letter to activism@amnesty.org.au.
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Hi, I’m an Australian school student and while you are in detention I wanted to say:
Signed________________________________________________________________________
Thank you! Your message will be sent to an asylum seeker in detention. Name
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School ____________________________________________________________________ City ______________________________________________ Age ____________________
Visit www.rethinkrefugees.com.au Watch and share videos with your friends, read blogs, tell us about your conversations with other Australians and watch how attitudes change when we all get involved.
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Former asylum seeker 17-year-old Farida Dad with her mum Maryam, dad Hussain and younger sister Zohal outside their Sydney home. © Hamish Gregory/AI
CAMPAIGNS : INFORMATION AND ACTION
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Women’s rights in Iran
i As we have detailed in previous school packs, Amnesty International is working with the Campaign for Equality, an Iranian women’s rights group of women and men who are committed to ending discrimination against women in Iranian law. In Iran, women are considered to only be worth half the value of a man in some areas of the legal system. For example, women cannot choose how they dress in public, choose their own profession or run for senior political positions. Men have all the power in the country and can ban women from applying for a passport or even leaving the house. Campaign for Equality is made up of Iranian men and women who are peacefully campaigning for the Iranian government to treat women fairly. The group provides legal training and visits women in their homes to discuss the need for laws that treat women equally. They are also gathering one million signatures on a petition calling for a review of all Iranian laws to try and remove all discrimination against women from the legal system. There have been some recent changes that do reduce discrimination. In 2007, laws were changed to give equal compensation to men and women following traffic accidents and to allow women to inherit a portion of their husband’s property. HARASSMENT AND ARREST Men and women in Iran have been targeted by authorities for campaigning for equality. In one case two women were charged with: “spreading propaganda against the system in favour of a feminist group (the Campaign) by distributing and collecting signatures for a petition to change laws discriminating against women, and for publication of materials in support of a feminist group opposed to the system.” Amnesty International considers people arrested and jailed purely for getting signatures on a petition to be prisoners of conscience. Prisoners of conscience are people that are arrested for their ideological or peaceful political action.
A card made by a student to support Alieh Aghdam-Doust, a member of Campaign for Equality who is imprisoned in Iran © AI
Campaign for Equality is made up of Iranian men and women who are peacefully campaigning for the Iranian government to treat women fairly.
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ACT NOW>> Get creative Campaign for Equality has a website where people can upload messages of support for the men and women in Iran who are fighting for equal rights. This term we are keen to make a film we can upload to YouTube to let the people in Iran know they have global support. We are asking students to make a sign telling us you support the Campaign for Equality. Some ideas for slogans are: 1. I support the Campaign For Equality 2. My school supports equal rights 3. Free Campaign for Equality activists Once you have made your sign, send it to youth coordinator Daniel Scaysbrook, Amnesty International, Locked Bag 23, Broadway NSW 2007. Or simply take a photo of your poster and email it to us at activism@amnesty.org.au In the next school pack we will include a link so you can see the results of your action.
Last year students made cards in solidarity with Alieh Aghdam-Doust, who is currently serving a three-year prison sentence for her involvement in the Campaign for Equality. Thank you for your action and support! For more information about the work of the Campaign for Equality, you can visit their website http://sign4change.info/english/
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MAKING AN IMPACT
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IN SCHOOLS This year Amnesty International will be arranging even more visits to schools. Most regions have a network of speakers who can come to your school to talk about human rights and the work done by Amnesty International. To register your school’s interest please contact Youth Coordinator Daniel Scaysbrook by email: daniel.scaysbrook@amnesty.org.au. Be quick because a timetable will be finalised early this year.
School conferences SCHOOL CONFERENCES
FOCUS ON THE NSW SCHOOL CONFERENCE
Amnesty International has school groups across the country and, in some regions, school conferences are held annually.
A school conference was held in NSW last year, drawing 60 school students from eight schools to learn about and discuss human rights.
The conferences allow students involved in school action groups to meet and discuss the actions and campaigns they have run at their schools and within their communities. The one-day conferences are interactive, involve workshops on creative ways of campaigning and provide information and a forum for discussion of human rights. School conferences will be run again in 2011. To find out if there is a conference in your region or to help organise one, please contact youth coordinator Daniel Scaysbrook at daniel.scaysbrook@amnesty.org.au.
Amnesty International activist and speaker Najeeba Wazefadost gave the opening address, sharing her experience as an asylum seeker travelling to Australia and spending time in mandatory detention. Workshops on creative campaigning allowed students to plan an action around a human rights violation somewhere in the world. They also produced campaigning materials, including screen-printed calico bags with images about human rights. In another session, they learnt about Burma and were some of the first people in the world to hear the conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi, recorded days after her release from house arrest. Students also participated in a drama and improvisation workshop which encouraged them to think about how they could campaign in creative ways. They gained more skills to assist them with campaigning and were able to share ideas and experiences with students from other schools.
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Youth profile:
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Happy 50th anniversary Amnesty International turns 50 in May this year. That means for the past 50 years groups like yours have taken action to defend human rights. From 28 May Amnesty International Australia will be working with school groups across the country to celebrate our anniversary along with supporters around the world. Keep an eye out for the next school pack, which will tell you more about this exciting opportunity.
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