SCHOOL ACTION PACK TERM ONE 2014
Write for rights! Mission to Manus The year ahead Amnesty International Australia | www.amnesty.org.au
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ACTION PACK TERM ONE 2014
Contents SECTION 01
UPDATES AND NEWS 01.1 A note from Dan 01.2 Running your school action group: planning 01.3 Welcome to the new year!
SECTION 02
CAMPAIGNS 02.1 Write for Rights 02.2 Mission to Manus
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CAMPAIGN ACTIONS: AT A GLANCE Campaign
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Refugee rights
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Individuals at risk
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Cover: Amnesty activists collect signatures in Gothenburg, Sweden for Write for Rights 2013. Š AI
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.
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UPDATES AND NEWS
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a note from Dan Hi there,
another amazing year of human Happy new year and welcome to rights campaigning! the amazing things that young Lately I have been reflecting on for human rights. peo ple all over Australia have done nd of many individuals at risk arou We have helped improve the lives ecuted by their government for the world – peo ple who are pers or political beliefs. their gen der, sexuality, relig ion global a treaty to regulate the sale of After 20 years of campaigning, 2013. in ions Nat ed states at the Unit weapons was finally signed by 115 tries coun to pons will not be traded The treaty aims to make sure wea ple. use d to harm or kill innocent peo where they will intentionally be anas! tries to trade weapons than ban Before this it was easier for coun change the conversation abo ut In Australia we have worked to continue to expose the truth refugees and asylum seekers and abo ut offshore processing. work gs happening. We will continue our This year we have so many thin r this and for individuals at risk. Late on refugees and asylum seekers, g. urin tort ents paign to end governm year we will launch a global cam our never fear – we are expanding If you live away from the city, ly nate ctio affe rs (a group of voluntee scho ols network outreach team new d bran a regional areas. We have known as the SNOTs!) into more tor h, and a regional scho ols coordina national scho ols coordinator Sara ol students all over the country. Eliza. They will be helping scho ything that our amazing scho ols It is impossible to touch on ever to human rights. I would like to network has done to contribute signature and conversation thank all of you – ever y action, ld be. contributes to the world as it shou Happy campaigning,
Dan
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Planning your year Are you a new Amnesty group? Or have you been around for a long time? Either way, planning is the key to turning your group from amazing to super amazeballs!
Below is a planning form about what you think your group might be interested in this year. Send it back to us ASAP so we can share your ideas with other school groups. If you would like some extra help with your activities, let us know and a friendly SNOT (schools network outreach team member) will organise a time to talk to you.
It might sound boring, but planning is a great way to make sure that: •
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your activism is the best it can be
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people know about your group and how to join in. A lot of campaigns are covered in the school pack. You can also have a look at our activist portal for more campaign information: https://sites.google.com/a/amnesty.org.au/aia-activist-portal/
Term one dates ________________________________________________ CAMPAIGN AREA
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NOW JUST A FEW QUESTIONS 8. Who is the best contact person? Teacher or student?
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Send to: Dan at Amnesty PO Box 1061 Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 Australia or email youth@amnesty.org.au with the subject line ‘our school group’.
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TOP HUMAN RIGHTS MOMENTS 2013 Amnesty International is committed to defending those denied justice or freedom based on their political views, gender, sexuality or religion. Here are just a few stories that made 2013 a year to remember. A GIRL CALLED MALALA 2013 was the year that Malala Yousafzai became the name and face of education. At the age of 14, Malala was shot on a school bus on the orders of the Taliban. She was attacked for simply asking for what many teenage girls take for granted: an education. After recovering from her serious head injury, she continues to speak out in support of the right of women and girls to receive an education, even addressing the United Nations assembly, speaking about the universal power of education.
Malala Yousafzai at the UN in New York, July 12, 2013. © REUTERS/Brendan McDermid]
SAME SEX MARRIAGE In 2013, love nearly conquered all, as the number of countries allowing same-sex couples to marry rose to 15. Same-sex couples were finally allowed to marry in Brazil, Uruguay, New Zealand and France, with England and Wales legalising same sex unions in 2015. Down under, Australia managed five days of legal recognition in the Australian Capital Territory, home to the capital city of Canberra, before the legislation was overturned by the High Court. Here’s to making it happen permanently this year!
Pride Parade in Auckland, New Zealand, 16 February 2013. © AI
PUSSY RIOT IN RUSSIA Russia’s increasingly disturbing human rights record was bared for all to see last year, making international headlines. Low lights included the jailing of three members of punk band Pussy Riot for carrying out a ‘punk protest’ and the arrest of Greenpeace Arctic 30 activists. Russian President Vladimir Putin later released Pussy Riot and the Arctic 30, after giving them amnesty in what some critics described as nothing more than a “PR stunt” in the lead up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Check out the top 13 human rights moments for 2013 on BuzzFeed: http://ow.ly/soXd3
Maria Alyokhina, member of Pussy Riot, speaks to the media after her release. Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 23 December 2013. © REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
THE YEAR AHEAD COMING UP: CAMPAIGN TO STOP TORTURE Amnesty International offices all around the world are launching a new global campaign to stop governments torturing from May 2014 to the end of 2015. The number of governments torturing people is on the rise and Amnesty needs your help. We know that if you are detained by the police or military but you can be visited by your family, your lawyer or an independent medical doctor, then the risk of being tortured is far lower. Access to family or lawyers are just some of the safeguards that when put in place, do actually stop governments torturing. Contact youth@amnesty.org.au to register your interest in joining this campaign. CONTINUING CAMPAIGN: AFGHAN WOMEN’S RIGHTS We had a massive 2013 standing alongside our sisters and brothers in Afghanistan working to protect and strengthen Afghan women’s rights. School groups, local groups, individual activists and staff collectively got 81,536 Australians on board with Amnesty’s Afghan women’s rights campaign. What an amazing effort!
2014 is another hugely important year in Afghanistan. A new Afghan President will be elected around April, and peace talks with the Taliban are continuing. The international community, including us here in Australia, need to make sure that the new President prioritises women’s rights and human rights generally. We also must make sure that our own government steps up and demonstrates a strong commitment to supporting girls and women in Afghanistan. February to April 2014 is the best time for school students and teachers to get involved. Contact youth@amnesty.org.au to register your interest in joining this campaign. Ming Yu, Campaigner, Afghan Women’s Rights PS For more updates please follow me on twitter: @MsMingYu
Twelve-year-old Farishta, Kabul, Afghanistan. © UNHCR/J. Tanner
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BOPHA RELEASED! Cambodian housing rights activist and one of this year’s Write for Rights cases, Yorm Bopha, was released on bail on Friday 22 November. Bopha featured in last term’s school pack and students wrote letters demanding her release – thank you! Ninety thousand people worldwide took action for Bopha, including 14,000 from Australia. This is a great start, however the charges against Yorm Bopha still stand. Amnesty International will continue to campaign for Yorm Bopha until her release is made unconditional and the charges against her are dropped. As Yorm Bopha herself says: “Thank you to Amnesty International’s supporters! Your campaign has been successful, as my release shows! … We can achieve the most success when we all work together!”
PRETTY UP YOUR CLASSROOM Does your classroom need a makeover? Why not ask your teacher to set you up with a Universal Declaration of Human Rights poster! 1–5 posters $8 each 6–15 posters $7 each 16–500 posters $6 each Yorm Bopha with messages and photos she received from Amnesty International activists and supporters around the world as part of Write for Rights 2013. © AI
Teachers should send quantity and delivery details to orders@amnesty.org.au Our friendly merchandise team will email an invoice for payment.
BLOG WINNER! Grade 12 student Yuyang Liu was one of the winners of the Amnesty International Australia Blogging Competition, held in December. Yuyang wrote about why marriage should be available to everyone, regardless of gender.
Writing tips: • Will the subject matter resonate with people?
Read Yuyang’s winning entry at: www.amnesty.org.au/equalmarriage ACT NOW Got a great idea for an article? Want to see your words in print? Submit pieces of 500 words or less on a human rights issue you care about to youth@amnesty.org.au for a chance to see it in future school packs!
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Have you hit the right tone? Is it authentic, personal, succinct, punchy and engaging?
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Does the article inform, inspire, entertain or make someone’s life better?
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Don’t be afraid to share your own opinion, stories and experiences.
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Before you submit your article, read through it again, and remove anything that doesn’t add value.
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Pay close attention to the headline of your article – you want to grab your reader’s attention with the title.
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Stick to the word limit (500 words or less).
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Write for rights
You can do two things to help these cases: 1. WRITE A LETTER
Write for Rights is Amnesty International’s global letter-writing moment, when the world joins together to help people suffering human rights abuses. Amnesty International has 50 years of proven experience helping people at risk. We know letter writing works. Every year, thousands of people are saved from human rights abuses thanks to letters from people like you. We started our 2013 Write for Rights campaign in November. At the end of last year you were invited to write letters on three different cases. So far, around the world we have gathered nearly 1.7 million pledges to write letters. In term one 2014 we are doing a final push – can you help us reach our target of 2 million letters?
Please write a letter to the authorities. See the case information for what to include in each of your letters. If you can, write your letters on an international aerogramme ($1.70 from Australia Post). If you’re short on time, sign the template letters at www.amnesty.org.au/write Leave your letters unsealed and mail them in an envelope to Schools W4R, Locked Bag 7, Collingwood VIC 3066. We will pass on your letters to the targets. 2. SEND A CARD
WHAT SHOULD I WRITE IN MY LETTER?
Along with your letter to the authorities, you can send a card to the people we are supporting. Your messages of solidarity give them hope and let them know the world has not forgotten them. Activists have enjoyed receiving postcards from different places, or you could create your own.
Be polite and mention the ‘points for your letter’ as outlined in the case information. Here is an example:
Send cards with messages to us and we will pass them on. Please do not send religious cards.
There are three new cases in this school pack. If you missed last term’s cases, jump on to www.amnesty.org.au/write to download them.
Send letters and cards to: Schools W4R, Locked Bag 7, Collingwood, VIC 3066 Australia Your Excellency I am writing to urge you to immediately and unconditionally release Dr Tun Aung, a medical doctor and Muslim community leader, imprisoned after peacefully trying to defuse riots in June 2012. Eyewitnesses confirm that Dr Tun Aung tried to calm the crowd and did not play any role in the violence. Nevertheless, in June 2012 he was convicted of inciting violence after an unfair trial. Please immediately release Dr Tung Aung, who is a prisoner of conscience. Until his release, please move Dr Tun Aung from Sittwe prison to Insein prison so that he is able to have regular family visits. Also, provide Dr Tun Aung with the medical care and medication he requires to manage a serious health condition.
Amnesty International Finland take part in Write for Rights 2013. © AI
Yours sincerely, Lisa
25 November-10 December 2013
Write 4 Rights event held in Togo. © AI Togo
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Miriam López Mexico Miriam López, a 30-year-old housewife and mother of four in Mexico, is seeking justice after being tortured and repeatedly sexually assaulted by soldiers, then imprisoned for seven months on false charges. In February 2011, moments after Miriam López dropped off her children at school, two soldiers wearing balaclavas grabbed her. She was tied up, blindfolded and driven to a military barracks in the city of Tijuana. For the following week soldiers tortured her until she signed a false statement for drug offences. Soldiers showed Miriam recent pictures of her children and partner, telling her that they would “go for them” if she did not cooperate. She was then sent to prison to await trial, but was released without charge seven months later. Despite the fact that Miriam has identified some of the soldiers, no-one has been brought to justice for the torture and sexual violence she suffered. Miriam deserves justice for the awful crimes committed against her. Points for your letter: • Start your letter: Dear Attorney General/Estimado Señor Procurador • Express concern about the torture Miriam López suffered. • Call for a full, prompt and impartial investigation, make the results public and bring those responsible to justice. • Call for all necessary steps to be taken to end torture in Mexico and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice. Message for your card: Estimada Miriam: Te envío todo mi apoyo y mi solidaridad. Fuerza, sigue adelante! Translation: I support you wholeheartedly. Please keep up the struggle!
Nabi Saleh village Occupied Palestinian Territories The 550 villagers of Nabi Saleh are facing frequent, violent force from the Israeli army for protesting against military occupation and settlement on their farmland. So far the army have killed two people and injured hundreds. Nabi Saleh is in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The villagers’ farmland has mostly been taken over by the neighbouring Israeli settlement of Halamish, which includes a military base. Since 2009 the Nabi Saleh villagers have held weekly protests about the Israeli occupation. The Israeli army has responded with excessive and unnecessary force, including stun grenades, live ammunition and rubber-coated bullets. The army frequently intimidates villagers by firing tear gas at homes, carrying out night raids and arresting children. Nariman Tamimi, a mother of four, is one of the leaders of the protests. Nariman’s house has been raided numerous times and she, her husband Bassem and two of her children have been injured and repeatedly detained. On 17 November 2012, Israeli soldiers shot Nariman’s brother Rushdi in the back and killed him. The villagers of Nabi Saleh deserve to live peacefully on their land and without fear of violence. Points for your letter: • Start your letter: Dear Minister • Call on the Israeli security forces to stop using excessive and unnecessary force against demonstrators in Nabi Saleh.
Dr Tun Aung Burma Dr Tun Aung is a medical doctor and community leader in Burma, imprisoned after peacefully trying to defuse riots at the police’s request. He was arrested following riots which broke out between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in Maungdaw, western Myanmar in June 2012. Eyewitnesses confirm that Dr Tun Aung actively tried to calm the crowd during the rioting and did not play any role in the violence. Nevertheless he was convicted of inciting riots and of various other criminal offences, and sentenced to 17 years in prison. Dr Tun Aung may have been targeted because he is a Muslim community leader and Chairman of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council in Maungdaw. Due to the distance of the Sittwe prison from Dr Tun Aung’s hometown and the travel restrictions on Muslims in Rakhine State, he is not able to receive visitors. Dr Tun Aung suffers from a pituitary tumour and requires medication to manage this condition. There is concern that the prison authorities may not be providing him with the medication he requires. Points for your letter • Start your letter: Your Excellency • Call for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr Tun Aung. • Until his release, move Dr Tun Aung from Sittwe prison to Insein prison so that he is able to have regular family visits.
• Ensure that security officers responsible for killing and injuring villagers are brought to justice.
• While in prison, provide Dr Tun Aung with the medical care and medication that he requires to manage a serious health condition.
• Stop construction and expansion of Israeli settlements.
Message for your card: We support you and are hoping for your release soon.
Message for your card: We stand by you for freedom and justice.
GOT MORE TIME? Check out the Write for Rights website here to access more cases: www.amnesty.org.au/write WRITE FOR RIGHTS IN THE CLASSROOM Are you a teacher? Incorporate Write for Rights into your class activity for term one. Download a curriculum resource, with lesson plans for both primary and high school students, at www.amnesty.org.au/write If you want us to send you a copy email youth@amnesty.org.au
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Mission to Manus
AT A GLANCE It is not illegal to seek asylum, even by boat.
THE HIDDEN TRUTH ABOUT AUSTRALIA’S OFFSHORE DETENTION CENTRES Late last year we visited Australia’s offshore processing centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Here the Australian Government is holding more than 1,100 asylum seekers in terrible conditions. Our researchers’ findings from Manus Island are grim reading. Asylum seekers are being held in a prison-like regime, in extremely cramped compounds in stifling heat, while being denied sufficient water and medical help. MANUS DETAINEES – WHO ARE THEY? Refugees are people who have been forced to flee their country because of persecution, war or violence. Over 90 per cent of asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat are assessed to be genuine refugees.
Australia has signed the Refugee Convention – so we have an obligation to protect people fleeing persecution and war. Offshore processing only applies to those who arrive by boat. Australia spends over 1 billion annually to detain 2,000 asylum seekers offshore. But since 2012, only one has been processed. Asylum seekers could be housed in our community and processed more quickly at a fraction of this cost. Asylum seekers are being detained with no timelines, no information and no hope.
At the time of Amnesty’s visit to Manus in November, there were approximately 1,100 male asylum seekers in the facility. Most of the men are under 30, and some are as young as 18. Some are fathers, whose families are still in their home country waiting to be reunited. Many of the asylum seekers being held on Manus have fled well-known conflict areas including Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria. Others have fled situations of extreme discrimination and statelessness, including Rohingyas from Burma, and Bidun from the Middle East. These people have nowhere to return to, as their own countries don’t recognise them as citizens. Most asylum seekers on Manus have travelled through other countries such as Indonesia. Unfortunately, these countries do not adhere to the Refugee Convention, so conditions for refugees in these places are horrific as well. So, asylum seekers have had little choice but to risk their lives to try and reach Australia by boat. Seeking asylum – no matter the method of arrival – is legal. What is illegal is locking people up indefinitely for committing no crime.
Amnesty researchers’ impressions of Manus Island detention centre. © AI
An asylum seeker arriving on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, 31 July 2013. © AAP Image/Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Za’atri refugee camp for Syrian refugees. Jordan, June 2013. © AI
LIFE INSIDE DETENTION
WHY IS OUR GOVERNMENT DOING THIS?
Our researchers found that innocent people are forced to endure harsh conditions and humiliating treatment at the Manus Island detention centre.
The Australian Government wants asylum seekers to leave our territory, so it doesn’t have to be responsible for them anymore. These appalling conditions seem to be a deliberate tactic to pressure asylum seekers to return to their country of origin, where they will likely be persecuted or potentially tortured. This is a serious breach of Australia’s obligations under international law.
Asylum seekers are divided into three compounds: Delta, Foxtrot and Oscar. Fences surround the compounds, and security guards patrol them. The compounds are cramped and provide little shade or shelter from the oppressive heat, humidity and rain. For example, one of Foxtrot’s dorms had no windows and only two small fans for 112 men. Asylum seekers reported finding snakes in the room and flooding when it rained. Detainees spend several hours a day queuing in the sun for their meals. Asylum seekers also said drinking water has been denied in Oscar compound. In blistering heat and humidity some are forced to survive on 10 per cent of the recommended 5 litres per day. That’s just 500ml of water a day! Amnesty International also saw cases where the care of asylum seekers has led to poor physical health. One man lost sight in an eye because he wasn’t given appropriate treatment. Most asylum seekers on Manus have limited or no use of the internet, so they do not know what has happened to their families in their countries of origin, or what the situation is like there. There is little or no processing of asylum seeker claims at the detention centre. Asylum seekers are given no information about processing or the length of their detention, and are given no access to lawyers despite repeated requests.
There are around 45.2 million people worldwide who have been forced to leave their homes because of war and human rights abuses. The Australian Government cannot ignore this situation by sending asylum seekers to Pacific islands or back to their country of origin.
“ As one medical professional on Manus said, “This is the process of how you break someone mentally.”
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“ We sit here and cry for three hours every day.
CASE STUDY
Many detainees that we talked with on Manus Island spoke about the lack of stimulation in their day-to-day lives. In one bedroom a young asylum seeker led us to a small space covered by sheets between two sets of bunk beds. On the inside of the sheet he had drawn a television, DVD player and games console. He had made two mock electrical cords from strips of bed sheet, and attached to them two cardboard games controllers. “We use this to pass the time. It’s no laughing matter. We pretend to play and it brings back memories of home. We sit here and cry for three hours every day,” he said.
Amnesty researchers’ impressions of Manus Island detention centre. © AI
Give a voice to an asylum seeker! The men locked up on Manus Island are not allowed to tell the world what is happening to them, but you can help them be heard. Use a webcam or a camera phone to record yourself reading a quote from an asylum seeker. Quotes to use: • “On Christmas Island, they said to me they would send me to PNG. I was very frightened. I said I’m coming to seek asylum. My life is in danger in Pakistan. The situation was so harsh there. But my life is in danger here, too.” • “I can’t sleep. I’m in a room with more than 50 people. It’s a big room. Some people are teasing me, saying mean things to me... I am so frightened that I stay up all night keeping watch.” • “All I was coming here for was to have a country. I thought if I went to Australia, I would find a country with respect for human rights. I was thinking to leave darkness for light, but what I find is that I left darkness for even more darkness.” • “I have serious coughing at night. Hair loss, a skin condition. I am losing my eyesight. And the mental pressures are having an effect on me as well. When I go to the doctors, all they ask us is to drink more water.” • “In Foxtrot, there is one place that is like a long corridor … There are 120 persons in that long room. The smell and the diseases and the illnesses in that place are shocking.” • “We have no supporter for our emotional problems. I’d like to have a boyfriend, to talk about the future with, to share my feelings with, but I’m too scared.” • “We ran away from Myanmar because they were killing us. If we could stay in Myanmar, we would, because we would want to stay with our families.” When you’ve recorded your quote, send the video file to youth@amnesty.org.au Please send the consent form overleaf, signed by your parent or guardian, with your video file. We’ll put all the quotes into a short online film that will help the men on Manus have their voices heard. GOT MORE TIME? Email youth@amnesty.org.au and join our refugee school actions mailing list. We will keep you and your school in the loop when further action opportunities arise.
SEEKING ASYLUM IS A HUMAN RIGHT SIGN THE PLEDGE: amnesty.org.au/refugeepledge
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