mentalbunny
10th December 2002, 15:13
This year, like previous years, Amnesty ask you to send a Christmas card to at least one person/organisation on their list. Many of these people have only "acted, without violence, for their beliefs" as Amnesty International say in their leaflet with information on the 8 people and 2 organisations. Here is a brief summery:
1. Yury Bandazhevsky (Belarus), prisoner of conscience, investigating Chernobyl, has been imprisoned without a fair trial on numerous occasions.
2. Tohti Tunyaz (China), prisoner of conscience, convicted of "inciting seperatism" when researching for his thesis on the Uighur history (an ethnic group in north western China of which Tohti is a member).
3. Casa Alianza (Honduras), organisation to help street-kids and prevent child killings.
4. Akbar Mohammadi (Iran), suffered beatings and tried in illegal courts.
5. Ziad Hussein Abarusky (Ethiopia), arrested with no evidence, tortured till he is unable to work, father of 7 and unable to see his family.
6. 'Abd al-Mun'im Gamal al-Din 'Abd al-Mun'im (Egypt), arrested and has been tortured throughout his detention, unable to see his family.
7. Shministim (Israel), organisation of High School students who refuse to participate in human rights violations.
8. Saad Eddin Ibrahaim (Egypt), prominent human rights activist, in prison for accepting funds without authorisation and imbezzlement among others.
9. Ryan Matthews (USA), prisoner on Death Row illegally because he was only 17 when he alledgedly commited he crime of murder, a victim of racism, his conviction was based on the testimonials of two eyewitnesses.
10. Alexander Gugeneishvili (Georgia), beaten and given electric shocks to make him confess to crimes he has not commited.
For more information visit http://www.amnesty.org.uk
(Edited by mentalbunny at 3:22 pm on Dec. 10, 2002)
1. Yury Bandazhevsky (Belarus), prisoner of conscience, investigating Chernobyl, has been imprisoned without a fair trial on numerous occasions.
2. Tohti Tunyaz (China), prisoner of conscience, convicted of "inciting seperatism" when researching for his thesis on the Uighur history (an ethnic group in north western China of which Tohti is a member).
3. Casa Alianza (Honduras), organisation to help street-kids and prevent child killings.
4. Akbar Mohammadi (Iran), suffered beatings and tried in illegal courts.
5. Ziad Hussein Abarusky (Ethiopia), arrested with no evidence, tortured till he is unable to work, father of 7 and unable to see his family.
6. 'Abd al-Mun'im Gamal al-Din 'Abd al-Mun'im (Egypt), arrested and has been tortured throughout his detention, unable to see his family.
7. Shministim (Israel), organisation of High School students who refuse to participate in human rights violations.
8. Saad Eddin Ibrahaim (Egypt), prominent human rights activist, in prison for accepting funds without authorisation and imbezzlement among others.
9. Ryan Matthews (USA), prisoner on Death Row illegally because he was only 17 when he alledgedly commited he crime of murder, a victim of racism, his conviction was based on the testimonials of two eyewitnesses.
10. Alexander Gugeneishvili (Georgia), beaten and given electric shocks to make him confess to crimes he has not commited.
For more information visit http://www.amnesty.org.uk
(Edited by mentalbunny at 3:22 pm on Dec. 10, 2002)