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Amesty International USA - Africa Human Rights Update - Call for Release of Eritrean Journalists

From: Africa Human Rights Update
Date: 06/01/05 17:18:25
Subject: Call for Release of Eritrean Journalists

Members of Reporters without Borders hold up a sign that reads, "Eritrea: 18 Journalists in Prison" in front of the Eritrean Embassy in Paris. Amnesty International has documented that hundreds of political detainees remain held in secret locations in Eritrea without charge or trial.© AFP
Take Action: Urge Congress to Call for Release of Journalists in Eritrea
Congressmen Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Mark Udall (D-CO) are seeking co-signers on a joint letter from Members of the U.S. House to the President of Eritrea. The letter asks for the release of prisoner of conscience Fessahaye Yohannes and his detained journalist colleagues, and for the release of all prisoners of conscience in Eritrea.
Take Action!Ask your representative to join in signing the letter.» ACT NOW» Read more
Take Action: Send Letters of Support to Human Rights Activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Years of conflict have taken their toll on people's lives and human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but activists across the DRC are trying to make positive changes. They are investigating and denouncing human rights abuses, protecting former child soldiers, providing medical and social care for survivors of rape and torture, visiting detention centres, and preparing prosecutions against the perpetrators of abuses. They are playing a key role in peace-building. The efforts of human rights activists deserve greater recognition internationally and from the DRC authorities. An international show of solidarity would offer much needed encouragement and a first line of protection for activists at risk, as well as for the victims they care for.» ACT NOW
Listen to their Stories
Marie-Dolorose Masika Kafanya is president of Femmes Engagées pour la Promotion de la Santé Intégrale (FEPSI), a women-run independent medical centre. It opened in 2003 and is based in the town of Butembo in the North-Kivu province of eastern DRC.» Listen to the interview
Murhabazi Namegabe is Director of the Bureau pour le Volontariat au service de l'Enfance et de la Santé (BVES), an NGO that protects marginalized children and promotes children's rights.» Listen to the interview
Take Action: Release Religious Prisoners of Conscience in Eritrea
Amnesty International continues to be concerned for religous prisoners of conscience in Eritrea. Amnesty Internationl has learned that Demoze Afewerki, chair of the Gideons Bible International section was arrested at the same time as Kidane Weldu, a pastor of the Mulu Wengel ("Full Gospel") evangelical church in Eritrea's capital, Asmara, on March 13. Both men are held incommunicado in the 2nd police station in Asmara and are at risk of torture.» ACT NOW
Take Action: Call for Investigation into Murder of Khadar Osman Dhabar in Somaliland
Following a peaceful protest up to a hundred Gaboye demonstrators are held incommunicado without charge, either in Hargeisa central prison in the capital of Somaliland or in unauthorized and secret police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) detention centers where they are at risk of torture. They had been protesting at the shooting of Khadar Osman Dhabar by a police officer.» ACT NOW
» MORE ACTIONS ON AFRICA
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Eritrea: Amnesty International appeals for the release of six women prisoners of conscience on the occasion of Eritrean Independence Day
Burundi: Rwandan asylum seekers should have access to fair and satisfactory refugee determination procedures
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