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Amnesty International USA Group 48
Newsletter5.15
1 SUDAN: Urgent Action - Detained Human Rights Activist Risks
Torture
3 Burundi: Brutal clampdown on human rights in run-up to the
elections
4 INDONESIA: Urgent Action - Two Still At Risk Of Immi-nent
Execution
6 PARAGUAY: Urgent Action - Life Of A Pregnant 10-Year-Old Girl
At Risk
8 CHINA: Urgent Action - Disclose Whereabouts of Tibetan
Writer
SUDAN: Urgent Action - Detained Human Rights Activist Risks
TortureAdil Ibrahiem Bakheit (m)
Adil Ibrahiem Bakheit, member of the Board of Trustees of the
Sudan Hu-man Rights Monitor (SHRM), human rights activist and
trainer was arbitrarily arrested and charged by the National
Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) in Khartoum on April 16th.
He may be at serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
Adil Ibrahiem Bakheit, father of two, a human rights trainer and
activist, was summoned by NISS on April 16th, and arrested after a
brief interrogation. He was interrogated about his work and about a
consultancy contract with Tracks for Training and Human
Devel-opment (Tracks) which the NISS found in his laptop. Adil was
charged at the State Security Prosecution Office with
seven criminal offenses under the Penal Code including two which
carry the death penalty. The capital offenses are Undermining the
Constitutional System and Waging war against the state. Due process
provisions were not followed during his arrest.
According to a source from Tracks, NISS agents raided their
offices in Khartoum on March 26th, interrupt-ing a workshop on
social responsibility. NISS agents confiscated all the laptops in
the premises including Adils laptop, although he was not part of
the training workshop. Tracks provides training on a range of
issues including: informa-tion technology, capacity building, and
human rights for private sector, local and international NGOs. Adil
Ibrahiem
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Bakheits laptop contains human rights education material he uses
in his work with Tracks and other training service providers in
Sudan.
Amnesty International spoke to Adils wife who confirmed that she
was able to visit him at Al Awasat police station in Khartoum where
he is being detained. Adil is the main pro-vider for his family,
and was recently diagnosed with diabe-tes. Amnesty International is
concerned that Adil Ibrahiem Bakheit has been arrested solely for
his work in human rights and that this is part of the overall
pattern of suppression and harassment of human rights activists in
Sudan that the orga-nization has been documenting.
Action Please write immediately in Arabic, English or your own
language:
Calling on the authorities to drop the charges, and immedi-ately
and unconditionally release Adil Ibrahiem Bakheit; Urging them to
ensure that pending his unconditional release, Adil Ibrahiem
Bakheit is not subjected to torture or ill-treatment; Urging them
to ensure that pending his unconditional release, he is given
prompt access to medical treatment.
Appeals To PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE JUNE 4th, 2015 TO:
President HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President
Peoples Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Fax : 011 249183783223
Salutation: Your Excellency
Minister for Justice Mohamed Bushara Dousa Ministry of Justice
PO Box 302 Al Nil Avenue, Khartoum, Sudan Email : [email protected]
Fax : 011 249183764168 Salutation: Your Excellency
Copies To Minister of Internal Affairs Ibrahim Mahmoud Ahmed
Ministry of Interior PO Box 873 Khartoum, Sudan
On April 30, 2015, Amnesty Interna-tional launched the campaign
of soli-darity with human
rights defenders in Burundi - Komera, Turimwe (Courage, We are
together!).
https://www.amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2015/04/burundi-stop-harassment-of-human-rights-defenders-ahead-of-election/
During this electoral period, key human rights activists are
particularly targeted because of their opposition to President
Pierre Nkurunzizas third bid, as well as several other sensitive
is-sues of human rights violations and abuses they work on in
Burundi. Your support through soli-darity messages is strongly
desired. A variety of actions will be taken during this period. The
following tweet action is one such action.
Action Send a tweet in Solidarity In Solidarity with Pierre
Claver Mbonimpa, Komera, Turikumwe! #Burundi #Protect Defend-ers
#Burundi Pierre Claver Mbonimpa must be free to exercise his rights
to work as HRD with-out fear of reprisals. #KomeraTurikumwe !
BURUNDI: Amnesty International Launches Campaign in Solidarity
with
Human Rights Defenders by Terrie Rodello, AIUSA Central
Africa
Activist Network Coordinator
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Charg dAffaires Maowia Osman Khalid Mohammed, Embassy of the
Republic of Sudan 2210 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008
Fax: 1 202 667 2406 E-mail: [email protected]
Please let us know if you took action so that we can track our
impact! Send a short email to [email protected] with UA 92/15 in the
subject line, and include in the body of the email the number of
letters and/or emails you sent to let us know how you took action.
Thank you for taking action!
Burundi: Brutal clampdown on human rights in run-up to the
electionsApril 29th 2015
failure of the government to even guarantee peoples rights to
life and security sends a worrisome warning signal about the risk
of serious human rights violations. The police and the Government
of Burundi must uphold their obligations with respect to peaceful
demonstrations. It is now critical for all parties in Burundi to
take a clear and common stand against human rights abuses. Since
April 26th, protesters have been killed and injured in Bujumbura as
media houses have been closed. In the meantime, fearing an
escalation of electoral violence, refugee outflows have increased,
with an estimated 20,000 now across the border in Rwanda alone.
According to Burundian and international journalists as well as
eyewitness-es and photos obtained by Amnesty International, at
least two people were killed and several injured during clashes
between the police and protesters. The police have blocked access
routes to Bujumburas city centre and have been dispersing
protesters with tear gas, water cannons and live ammuni-tion. Some
protestors threw stones at the police and burnt tires. Background:
Protests erupted in various areas of Bu-jumbura on Sunday, April
26th, after the announcement a day earlier that the ruling
political party, the National Council for the Defence of
Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democ-racy (CNDD-FDD), had
selected President Nkurunziza as its presidential candidate for a
third term. This was perceived by many Burundians to be in
violation of the Arusha Agree-ment. The decision is also viewed as
opening the door to further changes to the power-sharing
arrangements under the Arusha Agreement. In anticipation of
reactions to the possible decision, on April 24th, the Minister of
Interior had previously declared a ban on all demonstrations. Until
then, only demonstrations organized by the CNDD-FDD had been
allowed to proceed unhindered.
Freedom of expression has also come came under attack when the
police illegally banned the independent private ra-
At least five people have died since clashes broke out on April
26 after the ruling CNDD-FDD party, which has been accused of
intimidating opponents, designated President Nkurunziza its
candidate for the presidential election to be held in the central
African nation on June 26th.
The Burundian government must halt its brutal clampdown on
protestors contesting President Nkurunzizas bid to stand again in
the forthcoming elections, Amnesty International warned today, or
risk the situation spiralling out of control.
It is alarming that people have been killed as a result of
expressing their views about the electoral process. This sets a
dangerous precedent at a time when the Government of Bu-rundi
should be prioritising human rights and the protection of the
population in the lead-up to the elections, said Sarah Jackson,
Amnesty Internationals Deputy Regional Director for East Africa,
the Horn and the Great Lakes.
The failure of the government to even guarantee peoples rights
to life and security sends a worrisome warning signal about the
risk of serious human rights violations. The police and the
Government of Burundi must uphold their obliga-tions with respect
to peaceful demonstrations.
Sarah Jackson, Amnesty Internationals Deputy Regional Director
for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, The
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dios Radio Publique Africaine (RPA), Bonesha FM and Radio
Isanganiro from broadcasting outside Bujumbura. Also on Monday,
April 27th, the authorities shut down a media coor-dination meeting
at the Maison de la Presse (Media House) in Bujumbura, where the
police arrested and detained Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, president of
the human rights organiza-tion, Association pour la protection des
droits humains et des personnes dtenues (APRODH). He was only
released the
following afternoon. Amnesty International has previously
expressed concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation
in Burundi, notably regarding the freedom of ex-pression, assembly
and association and has urged the Govern-ment of Burundi to ensure
the police and other law enforce-ment agencies fully respect these
freedoms, do not interfere with peaceful assemblies and do not
arbitrarily arrest, detain or otherwise ill-treat protestors.
INDONESIA: Urgent Action - Two Still At Risk Of Imminent
ExecutionMary Jane Veloso (f) and Serge Atlaoui (m)
While reports indicate that Mary Jane Veloso has been moved from
Besi prison in Nusakambangan Island back into Wiro-gunan prison in
Yogyakarta, Amnesty International remains concerned that she could
be executed in the near future.
Another individual who could be at risk of execution is French
national Serge Atlaoui, a man under sentence of death for a drug
related offense who was, until April 25th, included in the group of
those at risk of execution. He is currently appealing a decision by
the administrative court. The high administrative court is expected
to rule on his appeal in the next ten days.
Indonesian law and international safeguards guaranteeing the
rights of those facing the death penalty clearly state
thatex-ecutions may not be carried out while appeals are
pending.Further Information On Those Facing ExecutionsSerge Areski
Atlaoui, a French national, was initially sentenced to life
imprisonment by the Tangerang District Courtin Novem-ber 2006 for
running a large narcotics factory in Tangerang District, Banten
Province. However, he wassubsequently sentenced to death in May
2007 by the Supreme Court. He is appealing a decision by the
administrativecourt to reject his latest appeal.
Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, a Filipino national, was sentenced to
death by the Sleman District Court in October 2010 for attempting
to smuggle 2.6 kilograms of heroin into Indo-nesia from Malaysia at
the Yogyakarta airport in April 2010. In March 2015 the Supreme
Court rejected her appeal for a review of her case. According to
her current lawyer, she was not provided a lawyer or translator
during her interrogation
Eight men were executed in Nusakambangan Island in In-donesia in
the early hours of April 29th. A man and a woman who received a
temporary stay of execution remain at risk of execution in the
coming weeks.
In the early hours of April 29th, Andrew Chan and My-uran
Sukumaran (both Australian), Raheem Agbaje Salami(Nigerian, also
known as Jamiu Owolabi Abashin), Zainal Abidin (Indonesian), Martin
Anderson alias Belo (Ghanaian),Rodrigo Gularte (Brazilian),
Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise and Okwudili Oyatanze (both Nigerian)
were ex-ecuted byfiring squad in in Nusakambangan Island,
Indonesia.
The execution of Filipino national Mary Jane Veloso was halted
at the last minute. The office of the Indonesian At-torney General
announced that the stay of execution was granted following a
request by the President of the Philip-pines to spare her life,
since she would be required to give testimony at the trial of the
person who allegedly deceived Mary Jane Veloso into becoming a drug
courier. This person handed herself to the police in the
Philippines on April 28th.
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by the police which was conducted in Indonesian, a language she
did not understand at the time. During her trial, she was provided
an unlicensed court-provided interpreter a stu-dent at a foreign
language school in Yogyakarta to translate the proceedings from
Bahasa Indonesia to English, a language which Mary Jane was also
not fluent in.
Fourteen executions have been carried out in Indonesia in 2015.
All executed prisoners had been convicted of drugtraf-ficking. As
of April 30th, 125 people are believed to be on death row with 50
inmates for drug-related offenses, despite the fact that such
offense does not meet the threshold of the most serious crimes for
which the death penalty can be imposed under international law. The
authorities had an-nounced in December 2014 that at least 20
executions would be carried out this year.
Amnesty International expressed deep concerns that the
au-thorities on April 29th went ahead with the implementation of
the death sentences imposed against eight men, despite the fact
that at least two prisoners had ongoing legal appeals which had
been accepted by the courts. Furthermore, the clemency petitions of
all eight prisoners had been summarily considered and rejected,
undermining the prisoners right to appeal for pardon or commutation
of their sentence as pro-vided for under international law. The
inadequacy of the legal representation and access to interpretation
at trial casts seri-ous doubt about the safety of the convictions
and sentence in some of the cases. The UN Safeguards guaranteeing
protec-tion of the rights of those facing the death penalty,
approved by Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/50 of May
25th, 1984, clearly state that Capital punishment shall not be
carried out pending any appeal or other recourse procedure or other
proceeding relating to pardon or commutation of the sentence.
One prisoner, Rodrigo Gularte, had been diagnosed with paranoid
schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychotic characteristics.
It was recommended Ricardo Gularte be admitted to a mental health
facility. International law and standards on the use of capital
punishment clearly state that the death penalty should not be
imposed or carried out on people with mental or intellectual
disabilities. This applies whether the disability was relevant at
the time of their alleged
commission of the crime or developed after the person was
sentenced to death.
Amnesty International believes that the death penalty is the
ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, and aviolation of
the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. Article 6(6) of the Interna-tionalCovenant on Civil
and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Indonesia is a State Party,
provides that Nothing in this article shall be invoked to delay or
to prevent the aboli-tion of capital punishment by any State Party
to the present Covenant.
The Human Rights Committee, the expert body overseeing the
implementation of the ICCPR, has stated that Article 6refers
generally to abolition [of the death penalty] in terms which
strongly suggest... that abolition is desirable. TheCom-mittee
concludes that all measures of abolition should be considered as
progress in the enjoyment of the right to life.Amnesty
International opposes the death penalty in all cases without
exception and supports calls, included in fiveresolu-tions adopted
by the UN General Assembly since 2007, for the establishment of a
moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death
penalty. As of today, 140 countries have abolished the death
penalty in law or practice; out of 41 countries in the Asia-Pacific
region, 18 have abolished the death penalty for all crimes and a
further 10 are abolitionist in practice.
Action Please write immediately in English or your own
language:
Calling on the authorities to immediately halt plans to carry
out any executions and commute Mary Jane Velosos and Serge Atlaouis
death sentences;
Reminding them that international safeguards clearly state that
no execution may be carried out while appeals are pend-ing;
Urging them to establish a moratorium on all executions with a
view to abolishing the death penalty and to commute all death
sentences to terms of imprisonment;
Pointing out that there is no convincing evidence that the death
penalty deters crime more effectively than other
punishments and that the decision to resume executions
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has set Indonesia against the global trend towards abolition of
the death penalty and the countrys own progress in this area.
Appeals To PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE JUNE12th 2015 TO President
of the Republic of Indonesia H. E. Joko Widodo Istana Merdeka
Jakarta Pusat 10110 Indonesia Fax: 011 62 21 386 4816 /011 62 21
344 2233 Email: [email protected]. Twitter: jokowi_do2 Salutation:
Dear President
Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasona H. Laoly Jl. H.R. Rasuna
Said Kav No. 4-5 Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950, Indonesia Fax:
011 62 215 253095 Email: [email protected] Twitter:
Humas_Kumham
Salutation: Dear Minister
Copies To Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi Jl. Pejambon
No.6. Jakarta Pusat, 10110 Indonesia Fax: 011 62 21 3857316 Email:
[email protected]
H.E. Ambassador Budi Bowoleksono, Embassy of the Republic of
Indonesia 2020 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Fax: 1 202 775 5365
Email: [email protected] or
http://www.embassyofindonesia.org/contactform/contact-form.php
Please let us know if you took action so that we can track our
impact! Send a short email to [email protected] with UA 305/14 in the
subject line, and include in the body of the email the number of
letters and/or emails you sent. Thank you for taking action!
PARAGUAY: Urgent Action - Life Of A Pregnant 10-Year-Old Girl At
Risk10-year-old girl (f)
Paraguay, complaining of stomach ache. On examination, a 21-week
pregnancy was established. The girls pregnancy is the result of
having been raped by her stepfather.
The director of the hospital publicly acknowledged that the
girls pregnancy was of high risk to her, despite the girl being in
stable health condition. A few days later, the Public Minis-try
ordered the girl to be admitted to a different hospital, the Red
Cross Hospital (Hospital de la Cruz Roja), to monitor her
health.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and health profes-sionals
around the world agree that pregnancy poses specific risks to young
girls whose bodies are not fully developed and that the risk to
their lives is greater. Therefore all options re-garding the
pregnancy, including safe abortion services, must be made
available.
The life of a 10-year-old girl who is pregnant after having been
raped by her stepfather is in danger. Despite the high risk this
pregnancy poses and her mothers request, access to safe abortion
has not been yet provided.
On 21 April 21st a 10-year-old girl arrived with her mother at
the Trinidad Maternity and Childrens Hospital (Hospital Materno
Infantil de Trinidad) in Asuncin, the capital of
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On April 28th the girlsmother submitted an administra-tive plea
(carta administrativa) to the hospital requesting an abortion for
the girl. Nothing indicates that the hospital is considering an
abortion to save her life. On the contrary, according to latest
reports, the girl will be sent to a center for young mothers
(centro de nias madres).
In Paraguay, abortion is legal when the life of the woman or
girl is at risk, therefore she is entitled to a lawful abortion.
Ac-cording to the Convention on the Rights of the Child the best
interest of the child has to always be of primary consideration and
states have an obligation under the Convention to ensure access to
abortion in these circumstances.
Action Please write immediately in Spanish or your own
language:
Urging the Paraguayan authorities to save the life of this
10-year-old-girl, pregnant as a result of rape by her stepfather,
by granting her the abortion her mother has requested;
Reminding them that according to UN agencies, a preg-nancy poses
specific risks and potentially long-term conse-quences for the
physical and mental health of girls;
Urging the authorities to carry out an independent and
im-partial investigation into the rape of the girl and to hold
those responsible for the abuse accountable.
Appeals To PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE JUNE 9th 2015 TO: Minister
of Public Health and Welfare Ministro de Salud Pblica y Bienestar
Dr. Antonio Barrios Pettirossi Esq. Brasil Asuncin, Paraguay Fax:
011 595 21 207 328 Email: [email protected] Salutation: Dear
Minister/Estimado Ministro
Attorney General Fiscal General Dr. Javier Diaz Veron Chile c/
Ygatim Asuncin, Paraguay Phone/Fax: 011 595 21 415 6152 Email:
[email protected] Salutation: Dear Attorney
General/Estimado Fiscal General
Copies To CLADEM Paraguay Email: [email protected]
Ambassador Igor Pangrazio Embassy of Paraguay 2400 Massachusetts
Ave. NW
Fax: 1 202 234 4508
Email: [email protected]
Please let us know if you took action so that we can track our
impact! Send a short email to [email protected] with UA 100/15 in the
subject line, and include in the body of the email the number of
letters and/or emails you sent. Thank you for taking action!
Additional Information In Paraguay, abortion is only permitted
when the life of the women or girls is at risk. In any other
circumstances, even if pregnancy is the result of rape, incest or
when the fetus has a severe malformation, abortion is not
permitted. This restric-tive abortion law is in violation of
international law.
In March 2015 the Committee on Economic, Social and Cul-tural
Rights called on Paraguay to review and modify its abor-tion
legislation to ensure its compatibility with other rights such as
health and life.
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According to recent official data published by UNFPA, in
Paraguay 2.13% of maternal deaths correspond to 10-14-year old
girls. Two births a day are from 10 to 14-year-old girls.
Article 3 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child states
that In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by
public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law,
administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best
inter-est of the child shall be a primary consideration. The
Con-vention on the Rights of the Child requires states, including
Paraguay, to ensure girls access to abortion, at a minimum,
when their health and life is in danger and in cases of rape and
incest.
The World Health Organization in its Safe Abortion: technical
and policy guidance for health systems (2012) to States notes that
abortion laws and services should protect the health and human
rights of all women, including adolescents.
They should not create situations that lead women and
ado-lescents to seek clandestine abortions, and they should pay
special attention to the needs of girls, including those who have
suffered rape.
CHINA: Urgent Action - Disclose Whereabouts of Tibetan
WriterDruklo (pen-name Shokjang) (m)
On 19 March 19th, Druklo (pen-name Shokjang) was taken away by
national security police officers from a hotel in Ton-gren County
(Rebkong) in the Huangnan Tibetan Autono-mous Prefecture (Malho),
Qinghai province, in northwest China. He is a prominent Tibetan
writer and blogger known for his critical articles about the
current situation in Tibetan areas. His friend who was taken away
at the same time has since been released, but Druklo remains in
detention.
According to Druklos close friend, Golog Jigme Gyatso, a
Ti-betan monk currently living in Switzerland and who was for-merly
imprisoned in China for being the assistant filmmaker of Leaving
Fear Behind -- a documentary which interviewed Tibetans about their
opinions of the Dalai Lama, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic
Games -- the authorities have not given Druklos friends and
relatives the reason for his deten-tion or the charges for which he
is detained. The monk told Amnesty International that Drulko is
believed to be held in a detention center in Tongren County, and
that friends and relatives in Druklos hometown have not been able
to confirm his whereabouts.
On March 16th, Druklo had written an article on his blog around
the time of the 56th anniversary of the failed Ti-betan uprising
against Chinese rule in 1959, describing the increased police
patrols on the streets of Tongren County. Druklo was also
previously detained in 2010 when he was studying at Chinas
Northwest University for Nationalities in Lanzhou, Qinghai
province, for writing about the Tibetan protests of 2008.
Druklo (pen-name Shokjang), a young Tibetan writer and blogger
is believed to be arbitrarily detained with no access to a lawyer,
and to be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. This happened
after he wrote an article describing the in-creased presence of
Chinese security officers ahead of a politi-cally sensitive Tibetan
anniversary.
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Action Please write immediately in Chinese, English or your own
language:
Demanding that the authorities immediately disclose the
whereabouts and legal status of Druklo;
Urging the authorities to provide immediate guarantees for his
safety and to give assurances that he is not tortured or otherwise
ill-treated in detention;
Calling on the authorities to ensure without delay that he has
regular, unrestricted access to a lawyer and his family;
Urging the authorities to release him immediately and
unconditionally unless he is charged with an internationally
recognizable criminal offense.
Appeals To PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE JUNE 1st, 2015 TO: Head of
Tongren County Public Security Bureau Ma Yajun Tongren County
Public Security Bureau 22 Xiaqiong Middle Road Tongren County
Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Qinghai Province 811300
Peoples Republic of China
Secretary of Tongren County Party Committee Jiang Shunian
Tongren County Peoples Government Dehelong Middle Road LongWuzhen,
Tongren County Huangnan Tibetan Autono-mous Prefecture Qinghai
Province 811300 Peoples Republic of China Fax: + 86 0973 8722440
Salutation: Dear Secretary
Copies To Director Li Dongping Qinghai Provincial State Security
Department 48 Gonghe South Road Xining 810007 Peoples Republic of
China
Ambassador Cui Tiankai Embassy of the Peoples Republic of China
3505 International Place NW Washington, DC 20008 Fax: 202 495 2138
Phone: 202 495 2266 Email: [email protected]
Additional Information Ethnic Tibetans in China face
discrimination and restrictions on their rights to freedom of
religious belief, expression, asso-ciation and assembly. Druklo was
born in Xiahe (Labrang) in Gansu province, in the Tibetan area of
Amdo. He is popular among Tibetans for his critical writings,
including his books written in Tibetan language: For freedom I have
no regret and The courage of Rangdrol, as well as articles posted
on the Internet such as Conflict and Resolution: A Response to Liu
Junning, which is a rumination of Chinas ethnic policies, and
Tonight, I am in the Grasslands of my Hometown, which is a critique
of the Chinese governments resettlement of Tibetan nomads.
This is the second time Druklo has been targeted by the Chi-nese
authorities. On April 6th, 2010, while he was still attend-ing the
Northwest University for Nationalities in Lanzhou, Druklo was
detained with a fellow student Teurang, for co-editing the banned
literary magazine The Shar Dungri (East-ern Snow Mountain) in which
articles touching on the 2008 protests in Tibetan areas of China
had been published. The authorities accused him at the time of
having been in contact with the Tibetan Youth Congress, a Tibetan
exile organization. He was eventually released on May 8th,
2010.
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AIUSA group 48 Newsletter May 2015 Pg 10
AIUSA group 48 Newsletter May 2015
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WriterSUDAN: Urgent Action - Detained Human Rights Activist Risks
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electionsINDONESIA: Urgent Action - Two Still At Risk Of Imminent
ExecutionPARAGUAY: Urgent Action - Life Of A Pregnant 10-Year-Old
Girl At RiskTIBET: Urgent Action - Disclose Whereabouts of Tibetan
WriterGroup 48 Membership