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USA/PAK: Dr. Afia's health is in serious condition and two of her children remain missing | Acciones - Actions , Pakistan , U.S.A. |
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME
Urgent Appeal Update: AHRC-UAU-049-2008
8 August 2008
[RE: AHRC-UAC-167-2008: PAKISTAN/USA: A lady doctor remains missing with her three children five years after her arrest]
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PAKISTAN/USA: Dr. Afia's health is in serious condition and two of her children remain missing
ISSUES: Disappearance; rape; violence against women; torture; right to liberty and security; arbitrary arrest and detention; right to health
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Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that due to a bullet wound and removal of one kidney, Dr. Afia Siddiqui health is in a serious condition, but no medical assistance has been provided to her whilst she has been in American custody in New York.
ICAED Campana por la Convencion Internacional por la proteccion de todas las personas contra desapariciones forzadas. | Acciones - Actions |
El 30 de agosto de 2008 se cumple el 25 aniversario del Día Internacional del Desaparecido. Este dia conmemoramos los desaparecidos y le pedimos a apoyar nuestra lucha por la ratificación universal de la Convención Internacional por la protección de todas las personas contra desapariciones forzadas.
Nosotros, familiares de desaparecidos y organizaciones de derechos humanos de todo el mundo se unieron para establecer la Coalición Internacional contra Desapariciones Forzadas (ICAED) en 2007. Unido hacemos una campana por la convención.
La Convencion proporciona muchos elementos para prevenir, investigar y sancionar el crimen de desaparición forzada. Sin embargo, para realizar el nivel de protección que ofrece la Convención necesitamos muchas ratificaciones más. Actualmente tenemos cuatro ratificaciones (Albania, Argentina, Honduras y México).
Por lo tanto pedimos a personalidades y ONGs para apoyar nuestra campana con la firma de la ‘carta de llamada’, que esta adjuntado a este mensaje. Con la carta llamamos a gobiernos a que firmen, ratifiquen e implementen la Convención (carta tambien disponible a www.icaed.org en ingles, francés, español, árabe y ruso). La carta será enviado a todos los Jefes de Estado del mundo.
Personalidades (judicial, político, cultural, etc.), para firmar envíenos su NOMBRE, PAIS Y OCUPACION
ONGs, para firmar envíenos la NOMBRE DE LA ORGANIZACIÓN, PAIS, PUESTO DEL FIRMANTE
Le rogamos que envíen sus firmas a d.hardy@aimforhumanrights.nl antes de augusto 28.
August 30 2008 marks the 25th anniversary of the International Day of the Disappeared. On this special day we commemorate the disappeared and ask you to support our struggle for the universal ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances.
We, family members of the disappeared and concerned human rights organizations from all over the world, joined hands to establish the International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED) in 2007. Together we campaign for this Convention.
The Convention contains many elements to prevent, investigate and sanction the crime of enforced disappearance. However, many more States need to ratify it than the current four (Albania, Argentina, Mexico and Honduras) for the Convention to realize the full protection it can offer.
We therefore ask personalities and NGOs to endorse our campaign by signing the attached appeal letter, that urges governments to sign, ratify and implement the Convention (appeal letter is also available on www.icaed.org in English, French, Spanish, Arab and Russian). The letter will be sent on August 30 to all Heads of State around the globe.
Personalities (judicial, political, cultural, etc), please sign by e-mailing us your NAME, COUNTRY and OCCUPATION
NGOs, please sign by e-mailing the NAME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION, COUNTRY and FUNCTION OF THE SIGNATORY.
Kindly send the signatures to d.hardy@aimforhumanrights.org before August 28.
Col - DESAPARECIDO CAMPESINO EN LA VEREDA LEJANIAS DEL NORDESTE ANTIOQUEÑO | Acciones - Actions , Colombia |
La Corporación Acción Humanitaria por la Convivencia y la Paz del Nordeste Antioqueño CAHUCOPANA denuncia ante la opinión pública, las autoridades civiles, la Fiscalía, la Defensoría del Pueblo y ante las organizaciones nacionales e internacionales de derechos humanos la desaparición del campesino MANUEL SANCHEZ en la vereda Lejanías del municipio de Remedios Antioquia el día martes 5 de agosto de 2008.
INTERNATIONAL COALITION AGAINST ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES LAUNCHES SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN FOR UN CONVENTION ON DISAPPEARANCES | Acciones - Actions |
The International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED) requests NGOs and personaltities to sign an appeal to Heads of State all around the world to urge them to ratify and implement the Internatational Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances.
“The convention against disappearances contains many elements to prevent, investigate and sanction the crime of enforced disappearance:” said Dave Hardy, the coordinator of the ICAED. “However, many more States need to ratify it than the current four (Albania, Argentina, Mexico and Honduras) for the Convention to realize the full protection it can offer.”
Russian Federation: Abduction and subsequent release of Mr. Zurab Tsetchoev | Acciones - Actions , Russia |
RUS 008 / 0708 / OBS 126
Search / Abduction / Release /
Ill-treatments / Harassment
Russian Federation
July 28, 2008
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in the Russian Federation.
Description of the situation:
The Observatory has been informed by the human rights centre Memorial about the abduction of Mr. Zurab Tsetchoev, a member of the “Mashr” human rights group, which supports relatives of persons who have been subjected to enforced disappearance as well as victims of torture, allegedly by members of unidentified (reportedly federal) security servicemen, in Ingushetia. Mr. Tsetchoev is also an applicant to the European Court for Human Rights where he complained about the ineffective investigation of the abduction of his brother, Mr. Tamerlan Tsetchoev, in March 2004.
Colombia: Hallazgo del cadáver del dirigente sindical Guillermo Rivera Fúquene | Acciones - Actions , Colombia |
LLAMADO URGENTE - EL OBSERVATORIO
Nuevas informaciones
COL 009 / 0408 / OBS 067.1
Aparición de cuerpo sin vida / Tortura
Colombia
29 de julio de 2008
El Observatorio para la Protección de los Defensores de Derechos Humanos, programa conjunto de la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y de la Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), ha recibido nuevas informaciones y solicita su intervención URGENTE ante la siguiente situación en Colombia.
Nueva Información:
El Observatorio ha recibido con profunda preocupación informaciones de varias fuentes, entre ellas la Central Unitaria de los Trabajadores (CUT) y la Corporación REINICIAR, sobre el hallazgo del cadáver del dirigente sindical Guillermo Rivera Fúquene, Presidente del Sindicato de Servidores Públicos de Bogotá (SINSRVPUB) y funcionario de la Contraloría de Bogotá, D.C, quien se encontraba desaparecido desde el 22 de abril de 20081.
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Algeria.
Brief description of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a reliable source and Antenna International, member organisation of OMCT SOS-Torture network, about the forced disappearance of Mr. Mohamed Ben Missoum, resident of El Oued and aged 30 years old, since 12 March 2008.
According to the information received, on 12 March 2008 around 7:00pm, Mr. Mohamed Ben Missoum went to a public telephone following a phone call he had received. As he did not come back, Mr. Mohamed Ben Missoum’s wife tried to call him on his portable but to no avail. On 15 May 2008, she reported his disappearance at the police station of Guemmar, where police officers reportedly responded not to detain Mr. Mohamed Ben Missoum. According to the same information, three of his friends were arrested in Oued R’hiou, wilaya de Relizane, a few days before his disappearance.
Colombia: Presunta desaparición forzada del Sr. Guillermo Rivera Fúquene | Acciones - Actions , Colombia |
LLAMADO URGENTE - EL OBSERVATORIO
COL 009 / 0408 / OBS 067
Presunta desaparición forzada
Colombia
28 de abril de 2008
El Observatorio para la Protección de los Defensores de Derechos Humanos, programa conjunto de la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y de la Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), solicita su intervención URGENTE ante la siguiente situación en Colombia.
Descripción de la situación:
El Observatorio ha recibido con muy grave preocupación informaciones de varias fuentes entre ellas la Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), sobre la presunta desaparición forzada del Sr. Guillermo Rivera Fúquene, Presidente del Sindicato de Servidores Públicos de Bogotá (SINSRVPUB), sindicato afiliado a la Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia (CTC) y funcionario de la Contraloría de Bogotá, D.C., en hechos ocurridos en la ciudad de Bogotá.
Cameroon - Update to Urgent Action on Victims of Forced Disappearances | Acciones - Actions , Cameroon/Camerún |
Case CMR 040408.1_ENG
Follow-up of case CMR 040408
Whereabouts located/ Torture and ill-treatment/ Forced disappearances/ Fear for personal safety
Geneva, 15 April 2008
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has received new information regarding the following situation in Cameroun.
New information
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Movement for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms (Mouvement pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme et des Libertés, MDDHL), a member of OMCT SOS-Torture network, that Mr. Bouba Ousmanou was located and is currently detained at the Gendarmerie Brigade of Maroua (brigade de gendarmerie de Maroua).
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Cameroon.
Brief description of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Movement for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms (Mouvement pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme et des Libertés, MDDHL), a member of OMCT SOS-Torture network, about a series of enforced disappearances in Maroua, in the Extreme North Province, since December 2007, allegedly by members of the antigang of Rapid Intervention Battalion (Bataillon d’Intervention Rapide, BIR).
Arbitrary arrest/ Forced disappearance/ Fear for safety
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in India.
Brief description of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Centre for Organisation Research & Education (CORE), a member of OMCT SOS-Torture network, of the forced disappearance of Mr. Abi Chiru, 18-year-old, resident of Uran Chiru Village, Senapati District, in Manipur since 27 January 2008
