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awarding the contract to educate school teachers on human rights to the Society for Truth and Light (the Sociery), a group rvhich opposes anti-discrimination legislation on sexual orientation and apparentìy dislike legislation promoting the equal rights of all members in Hong Kong, has attracted protests lrom human rights groups and activists. Amnesty Inte¡national Hong Kong has written an open letter to Professor Arthur Li, Secretary for Education and Manpower, calling for an explanation for the decision-making process and inquiring the measures that EMB rvould tal<e to ensure that the Society wouìd

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Society. Allow me to do a bit of lecturing here: Human Rights are inherent to human beings. They are ilherent entitlements n'hich come to every person as a consequence of being human. Human rights are universal, meaning that they are applied without discrimination to all people regardless of race, sex, religion, ethnicity,

political or other opinion, national or social origin, or other status. Human rights are inalienable, in that they cannot be tal<en away, i.e. no one has the right to deprive another person oftheir rights. Human rights are indivisible, interrelated and interdependent, lor the reason that it is insufÊcient to respect some human rights or not others. To live in dignity, human beings are entitìed to flreedom, security and decent standards

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fair triaì to protect those lacing a possible death penalty. Thc United Nations Saleguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of f'hose Þ-acing the l)eath Penalq, states that Capital punishment may onll'be carricd out pursuant to a flnal jucìgement rendered by a competent court alter legal plocess rvhich gives all possible safeguards to ensure a fair tdal. l-he international standards constituting a fair

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Sakak binJarnak, ivho Amnesty Intcrnational fears is at imminent risk of execution, r'r'as sentenced to

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"All forms of torture or other illtreatment are unequivocally prohibited at all times and in all circumstances under international human rights law. However, in Ukraine allegations of torture are rarely investigated and if such investigations are carried out, most often they are flawed. As a result few police officers implicated in acts of torture and ill-treatment are punished and the victims rarely receive

of corruption - police officers are known to beat detainees in order to extract

reparation."

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Ukraine: Time for action: Torture and ill-treatment in police detention, Amnesty lnternational's report highlights some of the weaknesses in the criminal justice system that give rise to torture and ill-treatment, including poor conditions in pre-trial detentioñ centres and the lack of safeguards for detainees. One legacy of Soviet times is the emphasis in police work on very high targets for crime solving rather than on crime prevention. The Ukrainian authorities admit that police officers abuse their power because they try to achieve high crime disclosure by any means. As a result, police officers have resorted primarily on obtaining so-called 'confessions" in order to achieve these targets, relying on the use of force to obtain the 'confessions". Police illtreatment is exacerbated by a high level HR

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There is no comprehensive official information to give a clear picture of the extent of torture and ill-treatment in police custody in Ukraine. However, a study carried out by the Kharkiv lnstitute for Social Research found that 62.4 per cent of those interviewed who had been in police detention were subjected to illtreatment on arrest: 44.6 per cent had their arms, legs or necks twisted:'32.8 per cent were punched or kicked; and 3. I per cent claimed to have been tortured and ill-treated using special equipment. The cases that have come to Amnesty lnternational's attention in the period of 2001 to June 2005 contain allegations that detainees have been suspended from metal bars (a method known as "lom" or "the crowbar"), forced to wear gas masks so that they partially

suffocate (a very common form of torture in all countries of the former Soviet Union, known

as "slonik" or "little

elephant"), beaten with fists or kicked, or beaten with other items such as heavy books, for example, the Code of Criminal Procedure, or filled water bottles, that do not leave marks on the body. ln other cases psychological pressure has reportedly been used, such as threats of rape, threats of convictions for other crimes, or, as in one case - separating a mother from her sick baby. "Many victims do not lodge complaints because they are scared or don't trust the system. Those who are persistent and brave enough to seek justice may find themselves once more victims of intimidation and reprisals. They rarely receive compensation," Heather McGill said. "Any government that wishes to fight torture and ill-treatment must ensure that

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an filtn rnaker Martyn See is under poIice investigation for naking a short docurnentary fthn about an opposition politician in the city state. He has been threatened with prosecution under the Filrns Act, after a rnaking of a 26ntinute docuntentary on Dr Chee SoonJuan, the leader of the opposition Singapore Denocratic Party (SDP), and could face up to two years in jail or a fine of up to S$100,000 (approx. us$59,000).

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Nlartyer See denies making the frlm in support of any particular political be[ef or party, commenting that he sought to "find out Chee SoonJuan's motivation, as to why he does what he does." Although

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