Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Amnesty International - Madison #139: EGYPT: Facing Charges for Searching for Missing H...
Amnesty International - Madison #139: EGYPT: Facing Charges for Searching for Missing H...: Amnesty International, USA, October 31, 2017 When Hanan Badr el-Din’s husband disappeared, her life changed for good. She last saw him ...
Amnesty International - Madison #139: JAMAICA: Justice Sought for Police Killing - ONLI...
Amnesty International - Madison #139: JAMAICA: Justice Sought for Police Killing - ONLI...: Amnesty International, USA; Nov 2, 2017 Police killings of mainly young and mostly poor men is all too common in Jamaica. When Shacke...
Amnesty International - Madison #139: MADAGASCAR: Father Convicted for Protecting Rain ...
Amnesty International - Madison #139: MADAGASCAR: Father Convicted for Protecting Rain ...: Amnesty International, USA, Nov 20th, 2017. Clovis Razafimalala is a father of two and an environmental activist passionate about prote...
Amnesty International - Madison #139: Bangladesh: Demand Action for LGBTIQ Activist - O...
Amnesty International - Madison #139: Bangladesh: Demand Action for LGBTIQ Activist - O...: Amnesty International, USA, Oct. 19, 2017 Xulhaz Mannan and a colleague were in his apartment when men posing as couriers burst in wi...
Monday, December 4, 2017
ISRAEL: Ban Israeli Settlement Goods - ONLINE PETITION
For the last 50 years, Israel has been forcing thousands of Palestinians off their land, occupying and illegally using it to create settlements that exclusively house Jewish Israeli settlers.
Entire Palestinian communities have been displaced by these settlements. Their homes and livelihoods have been destroyed, they’ve had restrictions enforced on their movement, access to their own water, land and other natural resources. The communities have also been violently attacked by the Israeli military and settlers.
We want governments to stop enabling the economy that keeps these illegal settlements growing and fuels the suffering of Palestinians.
Saturday, December 2, 2017
AUSTRALIA & PAPAU NEW GUINEA: Protect Refugees - URGENT ACTION
The operation to move refugees and asylum seekers from the Lombrum detention centre shows no signs of de-escalating. Authorities armed with sticks and knives have been forcibly relocating men over the past week.
Hundreds of refugees and asylum-seekers remain at risk of violence from members of the local community and security forces. Refugees have said they witnessed others being beaten or injured in the move. Police are threatening to forcibly move the hundreds of men still at the centre.
The closure of the detention centre only to move refugees to other so-called transit centres on Manus Island increases the already grave risks to their human rights.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
POLAND: Polish Parliament Tries to Undermine Judiciary - URGENT ACTION
Amnesty International, USA, Nov 28, 2017.
The Polish Parliament is debating amendments to the Law on the National Council of the Judiciary (NCJ) and the Law on the Supreme Court. The proposed changes would allow parliament to elect judges to the NCJ, until now a self-regulating body of judges, and would decrease the retirement age of Supreme Court judges from 70 to 65 years, thereby requiring 40% of current Supreme Court judges to retire. Any Supreme Court judge seeking to continue their work would have to be vetted by the President.
If approved in the lower chamber of the parliament, the Sejm, the amendments will be submitted to and voted on in the Senate. The President has the power to veto any proposals adopted by the parliament.
On 24 July, the President vetoed two out of three legislative amendments which threatened the independence of the judiciary, following large nationwide demonstrations opposing the proposed changes. The two vetoed amendments were redrafted by the President and submitted to the parliament on 26 September.
The President’s redrafted amendments undermine the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial, enshrined in Article 45 of the Polish Constitution, in Articles 6 and 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Articles 2(3) and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Poland is a state party. These amendments are incompatible with Article 47 of the Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
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