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LISA JUNG & ANTONIA LANDWEHR
IN THIS BLOG WE’LL REPORT ON RELEVANT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST WEEK AND THEIR RELEVANCE. THIS WEEK’S BLOG CONCERNS THE SPREADING OF THE COVID VACCINE AND THE WRITE FOR RIGHTS ACTION.
WRITE FOR RIGHTS
THE “WRITE FOR RIGHTS” ACTION BY AMNESTY IS COMING UP AND YOU CAN HELP OUT IN MULTIPLE WAYS! YOU CAN PARTICIPATE ONLINE, ON PAPER, PARTICIPATE IN WRITING WITH OTHERS, ORGANISE YOUR OWN WRITING ACTION OR PARTICIPATE IN YOUR SCHOOL. SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT NEED YOUR HELP ARE:
WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST NASSIMA IS IMPRISONED IN SAUDI-ARABIA. SHE SHOULD BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY.
GERMAIN, A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN BURUNDI, IS IMPRISONED IN A VERY SMALL AND CROWDED CELL. HE SHOULD BE RELEASED.
PAING PHYO MIN SATIRICALLY CRITICIZED THE MYANMAR MILITARY. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS IN PRISON.
IDRIS KHATTAK WAS INVESTIGATING FORCED DISAPPEARANCES IN PAKISTAN. THEN HE DISAPPEARED HIMSELF. THE GOVERNMENT MUST REVEAL WHERE HE IS AND RELEASE HIM.
MELIKE AND ÖZGÜR FROM TURKEY ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR LGBT PEOPLE. FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN A PEACEFUL SIT-IN, THEY CAN GET 3 YEARS IN PRISON. THEIR CHARGES SHOULD BE DROPPED.
POPI AND BONGEKA FROM SOUTH AFRICA WERE MURDERED ON A NIGHT OUT. THE PERPETRATOR (S) GO FREE. POPI AND BONGEKA DESERVE JUSTICE.
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST JANI FROM COLOMBIA STANDS UP FOR NATURE AND FARMERS IN THE AMAZON REGION. FOR THIS SHE IS THREATENED WITH DEATH. THE GOVERNMENT MUST PROTECT HER AND OTHER ACTIVISTS.
THREE TEENAGERS FLED THE VIOLENCE IN LIBYA BY SEA. THEY SURVIVED, BUT ARE NOW CHARGED WITH HIJACKING THE SHIP THAT SAVED THEM. STOP THE WRONGFUL CHARGE.
CHILEAN STUDENT GUSTAVO WAS SHOT IN THE FACE BY THE POLICE WITH RUBBER BULLETS DURING A DEMONSTRATION. CONSEQUENTLY, HE IS BLIND NOW. GUSTAVO MUST GET JUSTICE.
ALGERIAN JOURNALIST KHALED WAS CONVICTED FOR REPORTING BRUTAL POLICE ACTION AGAINST PROTESTERS. KHALED IS UNFAIRLY DETAINED AND MUST BE RELEASED.
BY JUST MINOR EFFORT YOU CAN HELP MANY PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON NGO’S LIKE AMNESTY! CLICK THE BUTTON TO PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR.
COVID-19: HEAVY CRITICISM OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF SAFE AND EFFECTIVE VACCINES ACROSS THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
THE PEOPLE`S VACCINE ALLIANCE, A NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, HEAVILY CRITICIZED THE RICHER COUNTRIES FOR BUYING UP MOST OF THE AVAILABLE VACCINES, AND WAY MORE THAN NECESSARY TO VACCINATE THE WHOLE POPULATION, NOT LEAVING ENOUGH FOR THE POORER COUNTRIES. AN ANALYSIS BY THE ALLIANCE REVEALED THAT THE RICHER COUNTRIES HAVE BOUGHT ENOUGH VACCINE TO VACCINATE THE POPULATION THREE TIMES OVER. FURTHER, THE ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT JUST 14% OF THE WORLD`S POPULATION HAS BOUGHT 53% OF THE VACCINES THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE THE SAFEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE. THE ALLIANCE CRITICIZED THAT THE COUNTRY A PERSON LIVES IN SHOULD NOT AFFECT HIS OR HER POSSIBILITY TO RECEIVE A LIFE-SAVING VACCINE. THIS WEEK, IN THE UK, THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY GOT IMMUNIZED WITH THE FIRST APPROVED VACCINE AND IT IS LIKELY TO BE APPROVED IN THE US AND EUROPE SOON AS WELL. HOWEVER, THE ANALYSIS BY THE ALLIANCE REVEALED THAT A CHANGE IN THE WORLD-WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF AVAILABLE VACCINES IS NEEDED SO THAT PEOPLE IN POORER COUNTRIES WILL RECEIVE SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS OF THE VACCINE ANY TIME SOON AS WELL.
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