I call for an investigation into the reported torture and subsequent enforced disappearance of the six men and urge that the findings of the investigations be made public. I also appeal Your Excellency to take to justice in a fair trial anyone found responsible for torturing the men. Sincerely,
Your Excellency, I am dismayed about the shooting and killing of the 23 year old Mohamed Sayed Ibrahim Abdel Latif as he tried to carry an injured man to hospital during antigovernment protests on the 29 January 2011. The following day, his brother Ashraf was required to sign a statement saying that he did not want Mohamed’s body to be forensically examined nor the Public Prosecution to be notified. However, with the help of the family’s lawyer, Ashraf was able to request an autopsy and the family made a complaint against officers from Imbaba Police Station. I call on Your Excellency to conduct a full, independent and impartial investigation into the death of Mohamed and urge that anyone found responsible to be given a fair trial without resorting to the death penalty. Sincerely,
Your Excellency, I am dismayed about the life sentence imprisonment imposed to the former Minister of Information and Communication in the Gambian government, Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh on 7 June 2011 for being in possession of t-shirts with the slogan “End to Dictatorship Now”. He was charged with “intent to cause, or bring into hatred, contempt or to excite disaffection against the person of the President or the Government”. Activists and journalists in Gambia are routinely subjected to human rights violations. I urge for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr Amadou, whom Amnesty International considers to be a prisoner of conscience, and whose arrest and imprisonment violates his rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association. Sincerely,
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I am dismayed by the enforced disappearance of six Palestinian men since 12 March 2002 when they were held in a Palestinian Authority (PA) detention centre in Salfit, West Bank. Ali al-Khdair, Taiseer Ramadhan, Nazem Abu ‘Ali, Shaker Saleh, Ismail Ayash and Mohammad Alqrum are not known to have ever been formally charged. Before their disappearance, the families visited them in detention and reported that they had been tortured.
Your Excellency, I am dismayed about the forced eviction of 350 people, the majority Roma, from the centre of the city of Cluj-Napoca. 40 families were re-housed in inadequate housing conditions on the outskirts of New Pata Rat area and the remaining 36 were not offered any alternative housing. Seven are being hosted by relatives in the already crowded housing and 29 were allowed to informally build improvised homes near the new area. I urge Your Excellency to engage in consultation with all the families to develop long-term alternative housing plans, to provide effective remedies and reparation for the losses and suffering incurred by those victims and to address the families’ urgent needs by providing them minimum security of tenure and adequate access to utilities and services. Sincerely,
Exmo. Senhor Ministro do Estado e dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Um ano depois, continuam a verificar-se graves violações dos direitos humanos internacionais e do direito humanitário nos Estados do Cordofão do Sul e Nilo Azul, no Sudão. Como membro do Conselho de Segurança da ONU, apelo ao governo português que assegure que sejam tomadas medidas urgentes para proteger os civis afetados pelo conflito armado no Cordofão do Sul e Nilo Azul. O Conselho de Segurança da ONU deve agir imediatamente para: • Exigir que acabem os bombardeamentos aéreos indiscriminados e outras violações dos direitos humanos e do direito humanitário pelas Forças Armadas Sudanesas no Cordofão do Sul e Nilo Azul; • Exigir que o Governo do Sudão autorize o acesso imediato e sem restrições aos dois Estados por parte de organizações humanitárias e observadores independentes dos direitos humanos; • Ordenar uma investigação total e independente às alegadas violações e abusos de direitos humanos cometidos por todas as partes no conflito no Cordofão do Sul e Nilo Azul desde junho 2011. Atenciosamente, NOME: LOCALIDADE:
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Dear Director of Federal Service for Execution of Punishment, We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned that two years after the death of the 37-year old lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in pre-trial detention in Moscow, following repeated denial of necessary medical help, there appears to be no significant improvement in provision of medical care to persons in custody. This situation is exemplified by the following cases on which the Russian and international community has been campaigning. Rasul Kudaev and other co-defendants who are standing trial in the case of attack on Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, have been held in pre-trial detention in Nalchik remand centre since 2005. Rasul Kudaev and several other co-defendants suffer from numerous serious health problems but reportedly throughout this time Rasul Kudaev and the others have been refused adequate medical care, including examination by independent doctors which they have been requesting. Zubair Zubairaev, held in Minusinsk prison, is in critical health condition. He urgently needs an independent medical examination and complex treatment. In order to prevent exposing persons in custody to any additional risk and to prevent further loss of lives we urge you to: - Take, without any delay, all the necessary steps to ensure full and adequate provision of healthcare to all persons in custody, including those mentioned above, in line with international standards and the Russian law; - Make sure those responsible for the violations committed to date, such as denial or failure to provide adequate medical care, are held responsible for their actions or acts of omission. Yours sincerely,
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