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20 February 2009
Further information on UA 350/08 (23 December 2008) – Health concern/Legal concern
USA Ahmed Zaid Salem Zuhair (m), Saudi Arabian national, aged 44
The medical condition of Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Zuhair, who has been on hunger strike and a force feeding regime since 2005, has worsened. On a recent visit to meet him at the base, his US lawyers observed a marked deterioration in his health since they last met with him in mid-December.
According to his US lawyers in information recently filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia (DC), when they met with Ahmed Zuhair on 11 and 12 February, he was shackled to a gurney (trolley stretcher) and was repeatedly given "large quantities of painkillers by medical personnel". Guantanamo staff informed the lawyers that Ahmed Zuhair had recently suffered a fall in his cell. He was brought to the meetings, which were held in the base's Camp Echo, from the Detainee Hospital at Camp Delta.
The lawyers have said that his pain during their meetings with him was evident and that he could not sit up: "Even though Mr Zuhair was administered painkillers, any movement of the gurney caused him to wince in pain, and his own movements were slow and limited to slight gestures". The lawyers have also reported that Zuhair's weight was "perilously low": "He appeared to weigh approximately 100 pounds, his biceps were roughly the thickness of his wrists, his eyes were sunken, and his cheekbones were sharp and gaunt. Mr Zuhair was considerably fatigued and unable to speak above a whisper for the entirety of the meeting." Ahmed Zuhair's own account of his condition and treatment remains classified.
In a separate development, his lawyers discovered on 21 January that Ahmed Zuhair has been approved for transfer from Guantanamo. They made the discovery by chance; the US authorities did not notify them. The government has now said that the approval for his transfer was made on 23 December 2008. The Guantanamo authorities notified Ahmed Zuhair on 10 February, on the eve of his meeting with his lawyers, that he had been authorized for transfer from Guantanamo. The written notice to him states that "while your transfer has been authorized, the date of such transfer depends on the United States reaching agreement with your country of origin or another country, to accept you". The notice stated that "negotiating these agreements can in certain circumstances take considerable time", adding that "although the United States will attempt to transfer you as soon as possible no date has been set for your transfer". Other detainees have been held for years since their release from the base has been approved under the administrative review scheme. Ahmed Zuhair's lawyers have said that he "affirmatively wishes to return to his family and homeland [Saudi Arabia], where he has never run afoul of the law".
Ahmed Zuhair has been in detention for more than seven years without charge or trial. According to his 2008 petition for habeas corpus, in late December 2001 Ahmed Zuhair was seized in a market in Lahore, Pakistan, by a dozen men in civilian clothes. He was blindfolded and taken to a house in a residential area of Lahore, where, he said, he was tortured and otherwise ill-treated. In early January 2002, he was transferred to a military facility in the capital, Islamabad, and held incommunicado there for about 10 weeks: in mid-March 2002 he was handed over to US custody and held in Bagram air base in Afghanistan. In June 2002 he was transferred to detention in Kandahar, where he was held for two weeks. He said he was ill-treated in US custody in Afghanistan, including forced prolonged kneeling and stripping during interrogations. He was transported to Guantanamo in June 2002. Ahmed Zuhair began his hunger strike in mid- 2005, to protest at his indefinite detention without charge and the conditions in which he is detained. He has been force fed since August 2005.
Ahmed Zuhair’s lawyers filed an emergency motion in District Court in late November 2008 in relation to his deteriorating health. On 22 December, Judge Emmett Sullivan ordered the authorities to allow a court-appointed independent medical expert to examine Ahmed Zuhair. He also ordered the government to release Zuhair's medical records to his lawyers. Judge Sullivan made the decision on the grounds that Zuhair must be medically fit enough to have "meaningful access to counsel", and so that his lawyers "are able to adequately communicate with him" in his habeas corpus challenge. On 16 January 2009, Judge Sullivan appointed the independent expert suggested by Zuhair's lawyers to conduct a "comprehensive medical and psychiatric evaluation" of Ahmed Zuhair, and ordered that she and an independent interpreter be provided transport to Guantanamo and access to the detainee, that she be given access to all Zuhair's medical records and records relating to his force feeding, and allowed to speak with personnel at Guantanamo regarding Zuhair's medical and mental health and the feeding process. No further details are publicly available.
On 23 January, around the seventh anniversary of Ahmed Zuhair being taken into US custody, his lawyers filed a petition pointing out that their client "continues to languish in Guantanamo Bay without charge, trial or due process" and with no "definitive judicial determination as to the legality of his detention". They argued that the need for the "prompt habeas corpus hearing" ordered by the US Supreme Court's Boumediene v. Bush ruling seven months earlier was "especially pressing as he nears the fourth anniversary of his hunger strike protesting his indefinite and arbitrary imprisonment".
On 22 January, President Obama signed three executive orders on detentions and interrogations (see: The promise of real change: President Obama's executive orders on detentions and interrogations, 30 January 2009, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/015/2009/en). One of the orders required his administration to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility "as soon as practicable" and to conduct a review of all the cases of detainees held there to decide what should happen to them. For more information on Amnesty International's Counter Terror with Justice campaign and to take further action visit http://obama100days.amnesty.org/.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible:
- expressing concern about the deteriorating health of
Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Zuhair, who has been in US custody without charge for more than seven years and on hunger strike since 2005;
- calling for an immediate end to the use of the restraint chair against Ahmed Zuhair during force feeding;
- calling on the authorities to ensure that Ahmed Zuhair receives all necessary medical treatment;
- noting that Ahmed Zuhair's transfer from Guantanamo has been authorized, indicating that the US government does not intend to charge him with any offense;
- calling for the immediate release from Guantanamo of Ahmed Zuhair.
APPEALS TO:
The Honorable Eric Holder
Attorney General
US Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Fax: 1 202 307 6777
Email: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
Salutation: Dear Attorney General
The Honorable Robert Gates
US Secretary of Defense
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington DC 20301
Fax: 1 703 571 8951
Salutation: Dear Secretary of Defense
Gregory Craig, Counsel to the President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Fax: 1 202 456 2461
Salutation: Dear Mr Craig
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
Check with the AIUSA Urgent Action Office, if sending appeals after 3 April 2009.
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20 February 2009
Further Information on UA 38/09 (11 February 2009) - Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture and other ill-treatment
DEMOCRATIC REPUBIC OF CONGO (DRC)
Pepe Nginamau Malaba (m), trade unionist
On 17 February, after nearly one month in illegal incommunicado detention, trade union leader Pepe Nginamau Malaba was transferred to Kinshasa's central prison, the Centre Penitentiaire et de Reeducation de Kinshasa (CPRK).
On 19 February he appeared before a Kinshasa magistrates court, accompanied by his lawyer, where he was remanded on charges of falsifying documents.
In the CPRK, Pepe Nginamau Malaba has access to legal representation, family visits and basic medical care. Amnesty International considers that he is no longer at risk of torture or ill-treatment. However, the organization remains concerned that he might be a prisoner of conscience and will continue to follow the case closely.
UA appeals appear to have been decisive in securing his release from incommunicado detention. Thank you to all who sent appeals. No further action is needed.
received the original UA when issued on December 23, 2008. Thanks!
20 February 2009
Further information on UA 350/08 (23 December 2008) – Health concern/Legal concern
USA Ahmed Zaid Salem Zuhair (m), Saudi Arabian national, aged 44
The medical condition of Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Zuhair, who has been on hunger strike and a force feeding regime since 2005, has worsened. On a recent visit to meet him at the base, his US lawyers observed a marked deterioration in his health since they last met with him in mid-December.
According to his US lawyers in information recently filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia (DC), when they met with Ahmed Zuhair on 11 and 12 February, he was shackled to a gurney (trolley stretcher) and was repeatedly given "large quantities of painkillers by medical personnel". Guantanamo staff informed the lawyers that Ahmed Zuhair had recently suffered a fall in his cell. He was brought to the meetings, which were held in the base's Camp Echo, from the Detainee Hospital at Camp Delta.
The lawyers have said that his pain during their meetings with him was evident and that he could not sit up: "Even though Mr Zuhair was administered painkillers, any movement of the gurney caused him to wince in pain, and his own movements were slow and limited to slight gestures". The lawyers have also reported that Zuhair's weight was "perilously low": "He appeared to weigh approximately 100 pounds, his biceps were roughly the thickness of his wrists, his eyes were sunken, and his cheekbones were sharp and gaunt. Mr Zuhair was considerably fatigued and unable to speak above a whisper for the entirety of the meeting." Ahmed Zuhair's own account of his condition and treatment remains classified.
In a separate development, his lawyers discovered on 21 January that Ahmed Zuhair has been approved for transfer from Guantanamo. They made the discovery by chance; the US authorities did not notify them. The government has now said that the approval for his transfer was made on 23 December 2008. The Guantanamo authorities notified Ahmed Zuhair on 10 February, on the eve of his meeting with his lawyers, that he had been authorized for transfer from Guantanamo. The written notice to him states that "while your transfer has been authorized, the date of such transfer depends on the United States reaching agreement with your country of origin or another country, to accept you". The notice stated that "negotiating these agreements can in certain circumstances take considerable time", adding that "although the United States will attempt to transfer you as soon as possible no date has been set for your transfer". Other detainees have been held for years since their release from the base has been approved under the administrative review scheme. Ahmed Zuhair's lawyers have said that he "affirmatively wishes to return to his family and homeland [Saudi Arabia], where he has never run afoul of the law".
Ahmed Zuhair has been in detention for more than seven years without charge or trial. According to his 2008 petition for habeas corpus, in late December 2001 Ahmed Zuhair was seized in a market in Lahore, Pakistan, by a dozen men in civilian clothes. He was blindfolded and taken to a house in a residential area of Lahore, where, he said, he was tortured and otherwise ill-treated. In early January 2002, he was transferred to a military facility in the capital, Islamabad, and held incommunicado there for about 10 weeks: in mid-March 2002 he was handed over to US custody and held in Bagram air base in Afghanistan. In June 2002 he was transferred to detention in Kandahar, where he was held for two weeks. He said he was ill-treated in US custody in Afghanistan, including forced prolonged kneeling and stripping during interrogations. He was transported to Guantanamo in June 2002. Ahmed Zuhair began his hunger strike in mid- 2005, to protest at his indefinite detention without charge and the conditions in which he is detained. He has been force fed since August 2005.
Ahmed Zuhair’s lawyers filed an emergency motion in District Court in late November 2008 in relation to his deteriorating health. On 22 December, Judge Emmett Sullivan ordered the authorities to allow a court-appointed independent medical expert to examine Ahmed Zuhair. He also ordered the government to release Zuhair's medical records to his lawyers. Judge Sullivan made the decision on the grounds that Zuhair must be medically fit enough to have "meaningful access to counsel", and so that his lawyers "are able to adequately communicate with him" in his habeas corpus challenge. On 16 January 2009, Judge Sullivan appointed the independent expert suggested by Zuhair's lawyers to conduct a "comprehensive medical and psychiatric evaluation" of Ahmed Zuhair, and ordered that she and an independent interpreter be provided transport to Guantanamo and access to the detainee, that she be given access to all Zuhair's medical records and records relating to his force feeding, and allowed to speak with personnel at Guantanamo regarding Zuhair's medical and mental health and the feeding process. No further details are publicly available.
On 23 January, around the seventh anniversary of Ahmed Zuhair being taken into US custody, his lawyers filed a petition pointing out that their client "continues to languish in Guantanamo Bay without charge, trial or due process" and with no "definitive judicial determination as to the legality of his detention". They argued that the need for the "prompt habeas corpus hearing" ordered by the US Supreme Court's Boumediene v. Bush ruling seven months earlier was "especially pressing as he nears the fourth anniversary of his hunger strike protesting his indefinite and arbitrary imprisonment".
On 22 January, President Obama signed three executive orders on detentions and interrogations (see: The promise of real change: President Obama's executive orders on detentions and interrogations, 30 January 2009, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/015/2009/en). One of the orders required his administration to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility "as soon as practicable" and to conduct a review of all the cases of detainees held there to decide what should happen to them. For more information on Amnesty International's Counter Terror with Justice campaign and to take further action visit http://obama100days.amnesty.org/.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible:
- expressing concern about the deteriorating health of
Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Zuhair, who has been in US custody without charge for more than seven years and on hunger strike since 2005;
- calling for an immediate end to the use of the restraint chair against Ahmed Zuhair during force feeding;
- calling on the authorities to ensure that Ahmed Zuhair receives all necessary medical treatment;
- noting that Ahmed Zuhair's transfer from Guantanamo has been authorized, indicating that the US government does not intend to charge him with any offense;
- calling for the immediate release from Guantanamo of Ahmed Zuhair.
APPEALS TO:
The Honorable Eric Holder
Attorney General
US Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Fax: 1 202 307 6777
Email: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
Salutation: Dear Attorney General
The Honorable Robert Gates
US Secretary of Defense
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington DC 20301
Fax: 1 703 571 8951
Salutation: Dear Secretary of Defense
Gregory Craig, Counsel to the President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Fax: 1 202 456 2461
Salutation: Dear Mr Craig
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
Check with the AIUSA Urgent Action Office, if sending appeals after 3 April 2009.
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20 February 2009
Further Information on UA 38/09 (11 February 2009) - Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture and other ill-treatment
DEMOCRATIC REPUBIC OF CONGO (DRC)
Pepe Nginamau Malaba (m), trade unionist
On 17 February, after nearly one month in illegal incommunicado detention, trade union leader Pepe Nginamau Malaba was transferred to Kinshasa's central prison, the Centre Penitentiaire et de Reeducation de Kinshasa (CPRK).
On 19 February he appeared before a Kinshasa magistrates court, accompanied by his lawyer, where he was remanded on charges of falsifying documents.
In the CPRK, Pepe Nginamau Malaba has access to legal representation, family visits and basic medical care. Amnesty International considers that he is no longer at risk of torture or ill-treatment. However, the organization remains concerned that he might be a prisoner of conscience and will continue to follow the case closely.
UA appeals appear to have been decisive in securing his release from incommunicado detention. Thank you to all who sent appeals. No further action is needed.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Urgent Action 2/18/09
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
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18 February 2009
UA 46/09 Fear for safety
COLOMBIA Hollman Morris (m), journalist
His family and colleagues
Journalist Hollman Morris has received numerous threatening e-mails accusing him of being a member of a guerrilla group, and saying that he should die. He, his family and his colleagues are in danger.
In the last week of January Hollman Morris was in a remote part of the southern department of Caqueta, trying to arrange an interview with representatives of the largest guerrilla organization, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, for his investigative television program CONTRAVIA, which he both directs and presents.
While he was carrying out his investigative work, the FARC released three police officers and a soldier they had been holding hostage since 2007. The FARC had told Hollman Morris they were preparing to release the soldier and police officers so he was able to be present when it took place, on 1 February.
A few days after the release, the authorities accused him of having links with the FARC. Referring to Hollman Morris and another Colombian journalist who was also present during the release, on 3 February President Uribe told a press conference that it was “important to distinguish between friends of terrorists who act as journalists and those who are real journalists” (una cosa son aquellos amigos del terrorismo que fungen como periodistas y otra cosa son los
periodistas). He also said that the actions of Hollman Morris and the other journalist were “deceitful and a glorification of terrorism” (un engano y se convirtio simplemente en una exaltacion al terrorismo). The same day in a radio interview the Minister of Defense also said that with his actions Hollman Morris had “made a statement justifying violence” (una apologia de la violencia). He
also said that he “had a lot in common with the FARC” (era afin a las FARC).
Since these statements were made the CONTRAVIA e-mail address has been swamped with messages accusing Hollman Morris of being a guerrilla, and threatening him with death.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
During Colombia’s 40-year armed conflict, which has pitted the security forces and paramilitary groups against guerrilla groups, those accused of collaborating with one side or the other are often threatened, abducted or killed.
Journalists and human rights defenders who have campaigned for justice in cases of human rights violations committed by the security forces or paramilitary groups have often been threatened or attacked. Guerrilla groups have also threatened or killed human rights defenders they consider to be siding with the enemy.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible:
- urging the authorities to guarantee the safety of the journalist Hollman Morris, his family and the people who work with him on the production of the investigative program CONTRAVIA, using all measures deemed appropriate by those at risk;
- calling on the authorities to order a full and impartial investigation into the threatening emails sent to CONTRAVIA, publish the results and bring those responsible to justice;
- urging the authorities not to make unfounded accusations linking journalists, human rights defenders and trade unionists with guerrilla groups, because these threats can lead to those they accuse being threatened or killed.
APPEALS TO:
President
Senor Presidente Alvaro Uribe Velez
Presidente de la Republica,
Palacio de Narino,
Carrera 8 No.7-2, Bogota,
COLOMBIA
Fax: 011 57 1 337 5890
Salutation: Dear President Uribe/Excmo. Sr. Presidente Uribe
Minister of Defense
Dr. Juan Manuel Santos
Avenida El Dorado,
Carrera 52 OFI. 217,
Centro Administrativo Nacional (CAN),
Bogota, COLOMBIA
Fax: 011 57 1 266 1003 (Ask: “me da tono de fax, por favor”)
Salutation: Dear Dr Santos/Estimado Dr. Santos
Vice-President
Dr. Francisco Santos Calderon
Vicepresidencia,
Carrera 8A No 7-27,
Bogota, COLOMBIA
Fax: 011 57 1 565 7682 (Ask: “me da tono de fax por favor”)
Salutation: Dear Vice-president Santos/Estimado Sr. Vicepresidente Santos
COPIES TO:
Hollman Morris’s TV company
Morris Producciones
Calle 79 B No 7-60
Bogota
COLOMBIA
Ambassador Maria Carolina Barco Isakson
Embassy of Colombia
1101 17th St, NW
Washington DC 20036
Fax: 1 202 332 7180
Email: cwashington@cancilleria.gov.co
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
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18 February 2009
UA 46/09 Fear for safety
COLOMBIA Hollman Morris (m), journalist
His family and colleagues
Journalist Hollman Morris has received numerous threatening e-mails accusing him of being a member of a guerrilla group, and saying that he should die. He, his family and his colleagues are in danger.
In the last week of January Hollman Morris was in a remote part of the southern department of Caqueta, trying to arrange an interview with representatives of the largest guerrilla organization, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, for his investigative television program CONTRAVIA, which he both directs and presents.
While he was carrying out his investigative work, the FARC released three police officers and a soldier they had been holding hostage since 2007. The FARC had told Hollman Morris they were preparing to release the soldier and police officers so he was able to be present when it took place, on 1 February.
A few days after the release, the authorities accused him of having links with the FARC. Referring to Hollman Morris and another Colombian journalist who was also present during the release, on 3 February President Uribe told a press conference that it was “important to distinguish between friends of terrorists who act as journalists and those who are real journalists” (una cosa son aquellos amigos del terrorismo que fungen como periodistas y otra cosa son los
periodistas). He also said that the actions of Hollman Morris and the other journalist were “deceitful and a glorification of terrorism” (un engano y se convirtio simplemente en una exaltacion al terrorismo). The same day in a radio interview the Minister of Defense also said that with his actions Hollman Morris had “made a statement justifying violence” (una apologia de la violencia). He
also said that he “had a lot in common with the FARC” (era afin a las FARC).
Since these statements were made the CONTRAVIA e-mail address has been swamped with messages accusing Hollman Morris of being a guerrilla, and threatening him with death.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
During Colombia’s 40-year armed conflict, which has pitted the security forces and paramilitary groups against guerrilla groups, those accused of collaborating with one side or the other are often threatened, abducted or killed.
Journalists and human rights defenders who have campaigned for justice in cases of human rights violations committed by the security forces or paramilitary groups have often been threatened or attacked. Guerrilla groups have also threatened or killed human rights defenders they consider to be siding with the enemy.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible:
- urging the authorities to guarantee the safety of the journalist Hollman Morris, his family and the people who work with him on the production of the investigative program CONTRAVIA, using all measures deemed appropriate by those at risk;
- calling on the authorities to order a full and impartial investigation into the threatening emails sent to CONTRAVIA, publish the results and bring those responsible to justice;
- urging the authorities not to make unfounded accusations linking journalists, human rights defenders and trade unionists with guerrilla groups, because these threats can lead to those they accuse being threatened or killed.
APPEALS TO:
President
Senor Presidente Alvaro Uribe Velez
Presidente de la Republica,
Palacio de Narino,
Carrera 8 No.7-2, Bogota,
COLOMBIA
Fax: 011 57 1 337 5890
Salutation: Dear President Uribe/Excmo. Sr. Presidente Uribe
Minister of Defense
Dr. Juan Manuel Santos
Avenida El Dorado,
Carrera 52 OFI. 217,
Centro Administrativo Nacional (CAN),
Bogota, COLOMBIA
Fax: 011 57 1 266 1003 (Ask: “me da tono de fax, por favor”)
Salutation: Dear Dr Santos/Estimado Dr. Santos
Vice-President
Dr. Francisco Santos Calderon
Vicepresidencia,
Carrera 8A No 7-27,
Bogota, COLOMBIA
Fax: 011 57 1 565 7682 (Ask: “me da tono de fax por favor”)
Salutation: Dear Vice-president Santos/Estimado Sr. Vicepresidente Santos
COPIES TO:
Hollman Morris’s TV company
Morris Producciones
Calle 79 B No 7-60
Bogota
COLOMBIA
Ambassador Maria Carolina Barco Isakson
Embassy of Colombia
1101 17th St, NW
Washington DC 20036
Fax: 1 202 332 7180
Email: cwashington@cancilleria.gov.co
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
Check with the AIUSA Urgent Action office if sending appeals after 1 April 2009.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Minutes 2-12-09 (Late, sorry)
Amnesty International meeting 2/12/09:
Happy Birthday NAACP
Today, 5:30p
Blume Board room.
Boxes and Walls
Set up on Tuesday the 17 at 4:00
The actual event is Tuesday, February 17 through Thursday, February 19
It’s open from 5p to 9p every night
Frick Center
Walk for Hope
Saturday, May 2, 2009. The Niebuhr Center Team
630-617-3643 or email cassandras@elmhurst.edu
(Cassandra Sheffield)
Women of Atenco Rally
Friday March 6 12-1
In May 06 in Antenco a number of women were arrested, and subsequently held and beaten. There have been no charges to those in authority, now, two years later, justice has still not been served.
Contact Sara E if you want to go.
Death Penalty Lobby Day
Thursday March 12 6am-7pm
Talk to Sara E if you want to go.
Youth Rally for Darfur
Sometime in April- info to come.
Equal Pay Day
April 28 (Progressive Organization of Women- POW)
Freedom Fest
May 1: International Worker’s rights day
Rally in Chicago
May 4-8
Monday:
All day: American Friends service commitee: boots on the mall
Evening: Robert Shultz
Wednesday:
Fair Trade Bazaar 11-1, outside? (SLC)
Friday:
All Day: Interfaith Habitat (contact person: Soofia, SLC )
Evening: Concert (contact person: Sara E)
Guerilla Theater?
THEN WE WROTE LETTERS!!!! THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD COME TO THE MEETINGS, TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
Remember that if you bring your letters to the Niebhur Center, they will send them out for you.
EC Amnesty International Urgent Action Blog: http://ecamnesty.blogspot.com/
Happy Birthday NAACP
Today, 5:30p
Blume Board room.
Boxes and Walls
Set up on Tuesday the 17 at 4:00
The actual event is Tuesday, February 17 through Thursday, February 19
It’s open from 5p to 9p every night
Frick Center
Walk for Hope
Saturday, May 2, 2009. The Niebuhr Center Team
630-617-3643 or email cassandras@elmhurst.edu
(Cassandra Sheffield)
Women of Atenco Rally
Friday March 6 12-1
In May 06 in Antenco a number of women were arrested, and subsequently held and beaten. There have been no charges to those in authority, now, two years later, justice has still not been served.
Contact Sara E if you want to go.
Death Penalty Lobby Day
Thursday March 12 6am-7pm
Talk to Sara E if you want to go.
Youth Rally for Darfur
Sometime in April- info to come.
Equal Pay Day
April 28 (Progressive Organization of Women- POW)
Freedom Fest
May 1: International Worker’s rights day
Rally in Chicago
May 4-8
Monday:
All day: American Friends service commitee: boots on the mall
Evening: Robert Shultz
Wednesday:
Fair Trade Bazaar 11-1, outside? (SLC)
Friday:
All Day: Interfaith Habitat (contact person: Soofia, SLC )
Evening: Concert (contact person: Sara E)
Guerilla Theater?
THEN WE WROTE LETTERS!!!! THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD COME TO THE MEETINGS, TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
Remember that if you bring your letters to the Niebhur Center, they will send them out for you.
EC Amnesty International Urgent Action Blog: http://ecamnesty.blogspot.com/
Thursday, February 12, 2009
2/11/09
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
To read the current Urgent Action newsletter, go to
http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/newslett.html
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For a print-friendly version of this Urgent Action (PDF):
http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa03809.pdf
11 February 2009
UA 38/09 - Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture and other ill-treatment
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICOF CONGO (DRC)
Pepe Nginamau Malaba (m), trade unionist
Trade union leader Pepe Nginamau Malaba, who represents trade union members at the Ministry of the National Economy and Trade, was arrested on 19 January in Kinshasa, the DRC's capital. He has been held incommunicado since then, putting him at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Amnesty International considers him a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression.
He was arrested by five agents of the Agence nationale de renseignments (ANR), National Intelligence Agency, when he was on his way to give the Prime Minister an employee memorandum alleging the misappropriation of public money by the Minister of National Economy and Trade, including funds earmarked for the payment of staff bonuses.
DRC-based human rights organizations and his trade union have attempted to secure his release through the courts and by approaches to the government, but so far without success.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Pepe Nginamau Malaba is a member of the Centrale Congolaise du Travail (CCT) trade union and president of the union branch at the Ministry of the National Economy and Trade
Corruption is pervasive in all walks of public life in the DRC and is a major barrier to the country's social and economic development and the eradication of poverty. Journalists and trade unionists who attempt to expose alleged corruption in government institutions are routinely arbitrarily arrested by the intelligence services.
Under Article 18 of the DRC Constitution, all people detained have the right to immediate contact with their families or legal representatives. No one arrested may be held in investigative custody (garde a vue) for longer than 48 hours, after which they must be released or brought before a judge. All detainees must be treated so as to preserve their life, physical and mental health and dignity.
The ANR, which is under the direct authority of the President, is supposedly limited to investigating crimes against the security of the state, but routinely makes arbitrary arrests of peaceful opposition supporters, civil society activists and journalists; it also takes on the police's role of arresting people suspected of common criminal offenses. Lawyers, national human rights groups and UN human rights monitors are routinely denied access to ANR detainees.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible:
- urging the authorities to release Nginamau Malaba immediately and unconditionally, as he is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression;
- urging the authorities to allow Nginamau Malaba immediate access to legal representation as well as family visits and any medical attention he may require.
APPEALS TO:
Head of State
Son Excellence Joseph KABILA
President de la Republique
Presidence de la Republique
Palais de la Nation
Avenue de Lemera
Kinshasa-Ngaliema
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
E-mail: presipp@yahoo.fr
Salutation: Dear President Kabila/Son Excellence Monsieur le President
Prime Minister
Adolphe Muzito
Premier Ministre de la Republique
Primature
Palais de la Nation
Avenue de Lemera
Kinshasa-Ngaliema
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
E-mail: primaturerdc@yahoo.fr
Salutation: Dear Prime Minister/ Monsieur le Premier Ministre
President of the National Assembly
Vital Kamerhe
Assemblee Nationale
Palais du Peuple
Kinshasa, Lingwala
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
E-mail: assnat@parlement-rdc.org
Salutation: Dear President of the National Assembly/Monsieur le President de l’Assemblee Nationale
President of the Senate
Leon KENGO WA DONDO
Senat
Palais du Peuple
Kinshasa, Lingwala
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Email: senat@parlement-rdc.org
Salutation: Dear President of the Senate/Monsieur le President du Senat
COPIES TO:
Ambassador Faida Mitifu
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1800 New Hampshire Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Consular Office:
1726 M St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202 234 7690
Fax: 202 234 2609
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
Check with the AIUSA Urgent Action office if sending appeals after 25 March 2009.
----------------------------------
Tip of the Month:
Use shortcuts: Do whatever is necessary to make your letter
writing as quick and easy as possible. This way, letters
will not be put off and they can be sent out sooner. Start
by making a generic file for each type of concern;
paragraphs on torture, the death penalty, disappearances,
denial of medical care and so on, can be copied into your
working file and edited as needed.
- From Amnesty International USA
To read the current Urgent Action newsletter, go to
http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/newslett.html
----------------------------------
For a print-friendly version of this Urgent Action (PDF):
http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa03809.pdf
11 February 2009
UA 38/09 - Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture and other ill-treatment
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICOF CONGO (DRC)
Pepe Nginamau Malaba (m), trade unionist
Trade union leader Pepe Nginamau Malaba, who represents trade union members at the Ministry of the National Economy and Trade, was arrested on 19 January in Kinshasa, the DRC's capital. He has been held incommunicado since then, putting him at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Amnesty International considers him a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression.
He was arrested by five agents of the Agence nationale de renseignments (ANR), National Intelligence Agency, when he was on his way to give the Prime Minister an employee memorandum alleging the misappropriation of public money by the Minister of National Economy and Trade, including funds earmarked for the payment of staff bonuses.
DRC-based human rights organizations and his trade union have attempted to secure his release through the courts and by approaches to the government, but so far without success.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Pepe Nginamau Malaba is a member of the Centrale Congolaise du Travail (CCT) trade union and president of the union branch at the Ministry of the National Economy and Trade
Corruption is pervasive in all walks of public life in the DRC and is a major barrier to the country's social and economic development and the eradication of poverty. Journalists and trade unionists who attempt to expose alleged corruption in government institutions are routinely arbitrarily arrested by the intelligence services.
Under Article 18 of the DRC Constitution, all people detained have the right to immediate contact with their families or legal representatives. No one arrested may be held in investigative custody (garde a vue) for longer than 48 hours, after which they must be released or brought before a judge. All detainees must be treated so as to preserve their life, physical and mental health and dignity.
The ANR, which is under the direct authority of the President, is supposedly limited to investigating crimes against the security of the state, but routinely makes arbitrary arrests of peaceful opposition supporters, civil society activists and journalists; it also takes on the police's role of arresting people suspected of common criminal offenses. Lawyers, national human rights groups and UN human rights monitors are routinely denied access to ANR detainees.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible:
- urging the authorities to release Nginamau Malaba immediately and unconditionally, as he is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression;
- urging the authorities to allow Nginamau Malaba immediate access to legal representation as well as family visits and any medical attention he may require.
APPEALS TO:
Head of State
Son Excellence Joseph KABILA
President de la Republique
Presidence de la Republique
Palais de la Nation
Avenue de Lemera
Kinshasa-Ngaliema
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
E-mail: presipp@yahoo.fr
Salutation: Dear President Kabila/Son Excellence Monsieur le President
Prime Minister
Adolphe Muzito
Premier Ministre de la Republique
Primature
Palais de la Nation
Avenue de Lemera
Kinshasa-Ngaliema
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
E-mail: primaturerdc@yahoo.fr
Salutation: Dear Prime Minister/ Monsieur le Premier Ministre
President of the National Assembly
Vital Kamerhe
Assemblee Nationale
Palais du Peuple
Kinshasa, Lingwala
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
E-mail: assnat@parlement-rdc.org
Salutation: Dear President of the National Assembly/Monsieur le President de l’Assemblee Nationale
President of the Senate
Leon KENGO WA DONDO
Senat
Palais du Peuple
Kinshasa, Lingwala
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Email: senat@parlement-rdc.org
Salutation: Dear President of the Senate/Monsieur le President du Senat
COPIES TO:
Ambassador Faida Mitifu
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1800 New Hampshire Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Consular Office:
1726 M St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202 234 7690
Fax: 202 234 2609
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
Check with the AIUSA Urgent Action office if sending appeals after 25 March 2009.
----------------------------------
Tip of the Month:
Use shortcuts: Do whatever is necessary to make your letter
writing as quick and easy as possible. This way, letters
will not be put off and they can be sent out sooner. Start
by making a generic file for each type of concern;
paragraphs on torture, the death penalty, disappearances,
denial of medical care and so on, can be copied into your
working file and edited as needed.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Imminent Execution
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
To read the current Urgent Action newsletter, go to
http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/newslett.html
----------------------------------
For a print-friendly version of this Urgent Action (PDF):
http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa02509.pdf
Note: Please write on behalf of these persons even though you may not have
received the original UA when issued on January 30, 2009. Thanks!
06 February 2009
Further Information on UA 25/09 (30 January 2009) – Imminent Execution
YEMEN Bashir Sultan Mohamed al-Ja’fari (m), aged 23
Bashir Sultan Mohamed al-Ja’fari, a soldier in the Yemeni army, has had his execution postponed, but may face the death penalty in the next few days. He has exhausted all his appeals after being sentenced to death for murder.
Bashir Sultan Mohamed al-Ja’fari is detained in the military prison in the capital Sana’a. In August 2006, a military court had sentenced him to pay diya (financial compensation, commonly referred to as “blood money”), for the unintentional killing of a fellow soldier. However, in November 2007, a military appeal court increased his sentence to death. The Military Division of the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence in March 2008, and Yemen’s President ratified this sentence seven months later. His execution was scheduled to be carried out on 28 January but has been postponed twice; in each case for a few days.
At least 13 individuals were executed in Yemen in 2008, and hundreds of prisoners are currently detained under sentence of death.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Amnesty International has long-standing concerns about the use of the death penalty in Yemen, particularly as death sentences are often passed after proceedings which fall short of international standards for fair trial. Amnesty International acknowledges the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice those suspected of recognizably criminal offenses, but is unconditionally opposed to the death penalty in all cases as the ultimate cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment, and as a violation of the right to life.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible:
- urging the President to commute Bashir Sultan Mohamed al-Ja’fari’s death sentence;
- acknowledging that the government has a right to bring to justice those responsible for criminal offenses, but expressing unconditional opposition to the death penalty;
- reminding the authorities that they are bound by international standards for fair trial in capital cases, including the right to seek pardon or commutation of the sentence;
- urging the President to commute all outstanding death sentences and establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty.
APPEALS TO:
President
His Excellency General ‘Ali ‘Abdullah Saleh
Office of the President of the Republic of Yemen
Sana’a
REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
Fax: 011 967 127 4147
Salutation: Your Excellency
Minister of Justice
His Excellency Dr Ghazi Shaif al-Aghbari
Ministry of Justice
Sana’a
REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
Fax: 011 967 1 222 015 (please keep trying)
Salutation: Your Excellency
Minister of Human Rights
Her Excellency Houda ‘Ali ‘Abdullatif al-Baan
Ministry for Human Rights
Sana’a
REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
Fax: 011 967 144 8333
Salutation: Your Excellency
Attorney General
His Excellency ‘Abdullah al-’Ulufi
Office of the Attorney General
Sana’a
REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
Fax: 011 967 137 4412
Salutation: Your Excellency
COPIES TO:
Ambassador Abdulwahab A. Al Hajiri
Embassy of the Republic of Yemen
2319 Wyoming Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Fax: 1 202 337 2017
Email: ambassador@yemenembassy.org
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
Check with the AIUSA Urgent Action office if sending appeals after 20 March 2009.
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Amnesty International is a worldwide grassroots movement that promotes and defends human rights.
This Urgent Action may be reposted if kept intact, including contact information and stop action date (if applicable).
Thank you for your help with this appeal.
Urgent Action Network
Amnesty International USA
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Washington DC 20003
Email: uan@aiusa.org
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Phone: 202.544.0200
Fax: 202.675.8566
- From Amnesty International USA
To read the current Urgent Action newsletter, go to
http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/newslett.html
----------------------------------
For a print-friendly version of this Urgent Action (PDF):
http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa02509.pdf
Note: Please write on behalf of these persons even though you may not have
received the original UA when issued on January 30, 2009. Thanks!
06 February 2009
Further Information on UA 25/09 (30 January 2009) – Imminent Execution
YEMEN Bashir Sultan Mohamed al-Ja’fari (m), aged 23
Bashir Sultan Mohamed al-Ja’fari, a soldier in the Yemeni army, has had his execution postponed, but may face the death penalty in the next few days. He has exhausted all his appeals after being sentenced to death for murder.
Bashir Sultan Mohamed al-Ja’fari is detained in the military prison in the capital Sana’a. In August 2006, a military court had sentenced him to pay diya (financial compensation, commonly referred to as “blood money”), for the unintentional killing of a fellow soldier. However, in November 2007, a military appeal court increased his sentence to death. The Military Division of the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence in March 2008, and Yemen’s President ratified this sentence seven months later. His execution was scheduled to be carried out on 28 January but has been postponed twice; in each case for a few days.
At least 13 individuals were executed in Yemen in 2008, and hundreds of prisoners are currently detained under sentence of death.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Amnesty International has long-standing concerns about the use of the death penalty in Yemen, particularly as death sentences are often passed after proceedings which fall short of international standards for fair trial. Amnesty International acknowledges the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice those suspected of recognizably criminal offenses, but is unconditionally opposed to the death penalty in all cases as the ultimate cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment, and as a violation of the right to life.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible:
- urging the President to commute Bashir Sultan Mohamed al-Ja’fari’s death sentence;
- acknowledging that the government has a right to bring to justice those responsible for criminal offenses, but expressing unconditional opposition to the death penalty;
- reminding the authorities that they are bound by international standards for fair trial in capital cases, including the right to seek pardon or commutation of the sentence;
- urging the President to commute all outstanding death sentences and establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty.
APPEALS TO:
President
His Excellency General ‘Ali ‘Abdullah Saleh
Office of the President of the Republic of Yemen
Sana’a
REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
Fax: 011 967 127 4147
Salutation: Your Excellency
Minister of Justice
His Excellency Dr Ghazi Shaif al-Aghbari
Ministry of Justice
Sana’a
REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
Fax: 011 967 1 222 015 (please keep trying)
Salutation: Your Excellency
Minister of Human Rights
Her Excellency Houda ‘Ali ‘Abdullatif al-Baan
Ministry for Human Rights
Sana’a
REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
Fax: 011 967 144 8333
Salutation: Your Excellency
Attorney General
His Excellency ‘Abdullah al-’Ulufi
Office of the Attorney General
Sana’a
REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
Fax: 011 967 137 4412
Salutation: Your Excellency
COPIES TO:
Ambassador Abdulwahab A. Al Hajiri
Embassy of the Republic of Yemen
2319 Wyoming Ave NW
Washington DC 20008
Fax: 1 202 337 2017
Email: ambassador@yemenembassy.org
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY.
Check with the AIUSA Urgent Action office if sending appeals after 20 March 2009.
----------------------------------
Tip of the Month:
Write as soon as you can. Try to write as close as possible to the date a case is issued.
** POSTAGE RATES **
Within the United States:
$0.27 - Postcards
$0.42 - Letters and Cards (up to 1 oz.)
To Mexico and Canada:
$0.72 - Postcards
$0.72 - Airmail Letters and Cards (up to 1 oz.)
To all other destination countries:
$0.94 - Postcards
$0.94 - Airmail Letters and Cards (up to 1 oz.)
Amnesty International is a worldwide grassroots movement that promotes and defends human rights.
This Urgent Action may be reposted if kept intact, including contact information and stop action date (if applicable).
Thank you for your help with this appeal.
Urgent Action Network
Amnesty International USA
600 Pennsylvania Ave SE 5th fl
Washington DC 20003
Email: uan@aiusa.org
http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/
Phone: 202.544.0200
Fax: 202.675.8566
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