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As you may already know, Al will launch its 2-year Stop Violence Against Women (SVAW) campaign in early March 2004. On March sth, Al will begin four days of campaign and media activities culminating on March Çth, lnternational Women's Day, and the release of thefeport, lt's in our hands: Stop violence against women, in which regional statistics on violence against women, its causes, forms and remedies, and its relationship with povefty, discrimination and militarization will be explored. The responsibilities of the state, the community and individuals for taking action to end violence against women (VAW) will also be highlighted. Violence against women constitutes a violation of the rights
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the honour to invite Ms Clara Law, Centre-in-charge of the Lai Kok Centre of the Hong Kong Federation of Women's Centres and experienced counselor in womenoriented seruices, to share her frontline experience and her observations on local VAW situations. The talk will take place on 12 March 2OO4in the AIHK Office, beginning at 7:00pm and ending at B:30pm. lt will be conducted in Cantonese. Please contact the office at 2300 1250 if you are interested in attending. Violence is not far away from us. Maybe some áf us, or our friends or relatives are now suffering from some form of violence. Act now; another world is possible!
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imprisoned by the vietnamese government for striving t., . retigious freedom. At has now adopted Father Thad"eus as a prisoner of conscience. Recently, I also received some calls from teachers who want to know the current situation of the 16-year-old Honduran boy seeking asylum in the US. According to the US Section, the boy is still detained but another 16year-old boy has been released from Homeland Security detention into a group home and will not be ¡ppatriated to Guinea. lf you want to know more about CEUA or join the network, please feel free to contact me directly.
Al has campaigned against the death penalty for many years. Although more states have joined the abolitionisl club, a handful of governments remain reluctant to abolish this cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. Some of them, namely China, DR Congo, lran, Nigeria, Pakistan, SaudiArabia, USA and Yemen, even use the death penalty on minors. During the lnternational Week of Student Action
2004 between 16 and 23 February we will campaign against the death penalty for children. We have already sent off 2 oostcards to all Civic Education teachers and all secondary students can sign a petition. lf you want to learn more about this "Stop Child Executions!" campaign, please contact me or Liz Whitelam, our Death Penaltv coordinator.
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The group started off the new year, with a campaign on behalf of two detainees who are victims of the ISA (lnternal
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Ahmad Yani Bin lsmail, a bank officer, and Abdul Samad Shukri Mohamad, an accountant, have been held under the lSA, which allows for indefinite detention without charge or trial, since December 2001. The grounds for the detention order are their alleged involvement in Jemaah lslamiah (Jl), a group that allegedly aims to establish a pan-lslamic state in South East Asia through militant means. The de-
tainees deny these claims. Regardless of their involvement or otherwise, the detainees are being denied their right to defend themselves in a court of law The detention orders for these two men will expirEon February 4,2004. Amnesty lnternational is calling foír them to be charged with a recognizable criminal offence and
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Long-term members will be aware that AIHK has always struggled financially; however, we now have the chance to obtain a loan from the international movement to invest
in a fundraising program. At the AGM, the outgoing Treasurer, Roseann Rife, presented the budget for 2004 and explained that for the financial year 2004 the income for AIHK would depend on the Direct Dialogue Fundraising Program and a loan from the international movement (the Fundraising lnvestment Loan). A copy of the annual repoft and the budget are enclosed with this newsletter for members and donors. During 2003, the entire Al movement was working towards the lntegrated Strategic Plan (lSP) which outlinesAl's strategy from 2004 to 2010. Each section has also drawn up a shofter operational plan. These are based on the international plan but, particularly for small sections like AIHK, are much more limited. AIHK's plan was adopted by the membership at the AGM and a copy is enclosed for members and donors.
AIHK consists of two entities: Amnesty lnternational Hong Kong Section Limited and the Human Rights Education Charitable Trust. The limited company is governed by
Memorandum and Articles of Association which were drawn up in 1988. Much has changed since then and some of the clauses are out-dated. For example, according to
our statutes, we should not do work on human rights abuses in the UK as this is our "own country"! Clearly the M&A need to be reviewed and at the AGM the membership adopted a motion to form a committee to review the M&A and present recommendations for change to either an Extraordinary General Meeting or to the 2004 AGM. Roseann Rife has offered to chair this committee and AIHK would like to invite any interested members to join. Please contact the office if you would like to be involved.
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Kong people continue to be treated as less-than-equal members of the human family because of their sexual orientation. Lesbian and gay rights relate to fundamental aspects of human identity. Amnesty lnternational rejects identity-based discrimination, be it based on race, ethnic origin, gender, sexual identity or sexual orientation.
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