For those wanted to take some action(s) regarding the killing of George Floyd and the broader issue, here are some links for you.
Your voice is needed to help re-shape confusion and chaos into a culture shift of something much better.
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Saturday, May 30, 2020
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
SRI LANKA: Health Concerns for Detained Blogger - URGENT ACTION
Ramzy Razeek, a retired government official and social media commentator, has been detained since 9 April 2020 without charge or proper access to a lawyer.
Suffering from several medical complications, his family is worried about his health conditions in the overcrowded and unhygienic prison facilities.
Detained for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression, Ramzy Razeek must be immediately and unconditionally released, and all charges against him dropped.
Saturday, May 23, 2020
ISRAEL: Lift Travel Ban for Human Rights Worker - URGENT ACTION
Since he joined Amnesty International’s Jerusalem regional office in 2017, our friend and colleague Laith has taken enormous risks to protect the rights of others.
In 2019, we discovered that Israel banned Laith from travelling abroad for unknown ‘security reasons’. We believe that Israel is punishing him for his human rights work. Laith’s case reflects the wider pattern of attacks against human rights defenders in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and it is another chilling signal of Israel’s growing intolerance of critical voices.
For Palestinians living in the OPT, a travel ban means being completely trapped indefinitely, with no way to leave.
Laith is a brave human rights defender who has dedicated his time and effort to support those in need, now we need to help him. With enough pressure, we hope that we can get the Israeli authorities to lift the arbitrary ban before a court hearing on 31 May. We don’t have a lot of time, and every single action counts.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
USA: Demand Human Rights During CoVid19 - ONLINE PETITION
Amnesty International, USA, May 19, 2020.
Governments and communities across the world are grappling with the immediate and longer-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Everyone in the United States is impacted by this and many are experiencing hardship, sacrifice, illness or devastating loss as a result of this virus. Yet some of us are affected much more deeply as our country’s long-standing inequalities—including by gender, by race and by class—shape everything from who performs the “essential” functions of the economy to which communities suffer the greatest loss of life. Our inequalities, which dictate so much of the fabric of everyday life, are magnified during this crisis. We need a people-centered response to COVID-19 that protects us all, and at the same time, also explicitly addresses our nation’s long-standing inequalities.
How we respond now to COVID-19 will determine not only our ability to survive—but whether or not we all can finally all thrive. The U.S. government’s response to COVID-19 must center human rights at all stages of the crisis—prevention, preparedness, containment, treatment and recovery—in order to best protect public health and support people who are most at risk.
CLICK HERE to LEARN MORE & SIGN PETITION (Scroll down to 10 Point Plan to Locate Link to Petition)
Sunday, May 17, 2020
CHINA: Uyghur Convicted in Secret Trial - URGENT ACTION
Ekpar Asat, a Uyghur entrepreneur and philanthropist, was convicted in a secret trial on charges of “inciting ethnic hatred and ethnic discrimination” and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
He went missing in April 2016, after returning to Xinjiang from attending a US State Department leadership training program.
No contact has been made with him for more than four years and, without official information about his whereabouts, there are grave concerns for Ekpar Asat’s condition and wellbeing.
He went missing in April 2016, after returning to Xinjiang from attending a US State Department leadership training program.
No contact has been made with him for more than four years and, without official information about his whereabouts, there are grave concerns for Ekpar Asat’s condition and wellbeing.
IRAN: University Student Faces Torture - URGENT ACTION
Iranian university student Ali Younesi has been arbitrarily detained since 10 April 2020. His family believes he is being held in Tehran’s Evin prison, where he has been denied access to a lawyer and permitted only two brief telephone calls to his family.
The Iranian authorities have not provided clear reasons for his arrest. He is a prisoner of conscience targeted solely for his family ties and is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
USA - MISSOURI - Stay Execution on May 19 - URGENT ACTION
Walter Barton’s execution is scheduled for 19 May 2020. He is on death row in Missouri, USA since 2006 in connection with the 1991 murder of a woman, for which he maintains his innocence.
He faced five trials over 15 years before being convicted and sentenced to death. Expert opinion and evidence, never heard by a trial jury, counter key elements of the prosecution’s theory which led to Barton’s conviction. The 19 May execution would be the first in the USA since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Governor Parson can grant Barton’s request for clemency, halting the execution.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
CHINA: Stop Survellence of Uyghur Academic - URGENT ACTION
Held incommunicado for three years, prominent Uyghur historian and publisher Iminjan Seydin has suddenly reappeared in a video published by state-run English newspaper China Daily on 4 May 2020. In what appear to be scripted remarks, Iminjan Seydin states that he had not been “illegally detained” and that his daughter was deceived by “anti-China forces”.
His daughter, who was able to have a brief video chat with him two days later, is concerned that Iminjan Seydin is looking very thin and fears she will not be able to communicate with him again as he remains under close surveillance.
Saturday, May 9, 2020
EGYPT: Imprisoned Lawyer at Risk for CoVid19 - URGENT ACTION
Relatives of human rights lawyer and activist, Mahienour el-Masry, who is unlawfully detained at Al-Qanater women’s prison, are concerned about her safety amid fears of a potential outbreak of COVID-19 in Egyptian prisons. Family members last had news about Mahiebour from a former detainee released on 20 March 2020.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Yemen: Journalists Face Death Penalty - ONLINE ACTION
Akram, Abdelkhaleq, Hareth and Tawfiq were just doing their job when they were detained and charged with "spying" and “creating several websites on the internet and social media.”
They have now been detained, alongside six other journalists, for five years. Abdelkhaleq’s family say that other detainees have heard him screaming as he was being tortured.
Every day, journalists around the world face intimidation, imprisonment and violence, for reporting on human right violations. No-one should be sentenced to death just for doing their job.
Sunday, May 3, 2020
PAKISTAN: Human Rights Defender Disappeared - URGENT ACTION
The whereabouts of Muhammad Idris Khattak, a Pakistani human rights defender and independent researcher, remain unknown since he was forcibly disappeared on 13 November 2019.
A patient of diabetes requiring daily medication, the health of Khattak is at even greater risk during the COVID-19 outbreak as the conditions of his detention remain unknown. With no information about his fate for six months, Amnesty International fears that Khattak is at real risk of torture or ill-treatment, as is often suffered by other victims of enforced disappearance in Pakistan.
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