Link Petition:
http://freedom-dignity-respect.blogspot.it/2013/08/ethiopia-immediate-release-journalist.html
lunedì 26 agosto 2013
venerdì 23 agosto 2013
Ethiopia - Immediate release Journalist Reeyot Alemu
URGENT
ACTION
Reeyot Alemu has been imprisoned in Ethiopia
for more than a year, branded as a terrorist. She is one of many journalists
who have been arrested, interrogated and threatened in her country. What makes
Alemu exceptional are her commitment to work for independent media when the
prospect of doing so became increasingly dangerous, her refusal to self-censor
in a place where that practice is standard, and her unwillingness to apologize
for truth-telling, even though contrition could win her freedom. In jail, Alemu
was offered clemency if she agreed to testify against journalist colleagues.
She refused and was sent to solitary confinement for 13 days as punishment for
her failure to cooperate. She is currently being kept at Kality prison, which
is known for its filthy conditions. Recently, she has fallen ill; in April of this
year she underwent surgery at nearby hospital to remove a tumor from her
breast, after which she was returned to jail with no recovery time.
“I believe that I must contribute something to
bring a better future,” Alemu said in an earlier interview with the IWMF.
“Since there are a lot of injustices and oppressions in Ethiopia, I must reveal
and oppose them in my articles.” Alemu said one of her “principles” is “to
stand for the truth, whether it is risky or not.”
To work for free media in Ethiopia is indeed a
risk. The country has the second-highest number of imprisoned journalists in
Africa, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, after notoriously
oppressive Eritrea. Late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi publicly
attacked non-state members of the press, calling them “messengers” of terrorist
groups. Increasingly, “terrorist” is a label attached to any entity with an
opinion on politics, social issues or human rights that does conform to
government rhetoric. In the capital city of Addis Ababa, Alemu worked for
numerous, often short-lived independent publications. At least four news
outlets to which she contributed were forced out of business by the Ethiopian
government. Her reporting explored the root causes of poverty, lack of balance
in national politics and gender equality. In 2010, she founded her own
publishing house and a monthly magazine called Change, both of which were
shuttered.
Link
news
Link
Petition
LETTER
Object: Immediate release Journalist Reeyot Alemu
Your Excellency,
I am writing to you at this time to seek your assistance
in the situation of Journalist Reeyot Alemu.
Reeyot Alemu was arrested on June 21, 2011. Alemu worked
for numerous, often short-lived independent publications. At least four news
outlets to which she contributed were forced out of business by the Ethiopian
government. In 2010, she founded her own publishing house and a monthly
magazine called Change, both of which were shuttered.
Alemu taught English classes at an Addis high school.
She gave part of her salary to her students from poor families. Alemu is one in
a number of journalists who have been prosecuted under the vaguely worded and
broad-reaching anti-terrorism laws passed by the Ethiopian legislature in 2009.
Under this law, Alemu was sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined 33,000
birrs. In August 2012, an appeals court subsequently reduced the 14-year prison
sentence to 5 years and dropped most of the terrorism charges against her.
A free journalist allows the change and growth of a
nation. I call on the Ethiopian
government of protect the job of journalists.
I ask the immediate release of Journalist Reeyot Alemu.
Thanking you in advance for your time on this important
and urgent matter.
Sincerely.
(your
name)
Address:
Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn
Salutation:
Your Excellency,
P.O. Box
1031
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Minister of Justice, Getachew Ambaye
Salutation:
Your Excellency,
P.O. Box
1370
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Salutation:
Your Excellency,
PO Box 393
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
LETTER
TO THE EMBASSIES
Object: Ethiopia - Immediate release Journalist Reeyot
Alemu
Dear Ambassador,
I am writing to you at this time to seek your assistance
in the situation of Journalist Reeyot Alemu.
Reeyot Alemu was arrested on June 21, 2011.
Alemu worked for numerous, often short-lived independent
publications. At least four news outlets to which she contributed were forced
out of business by the Ethiopian government. Her reporting explored the root
causes of poverty, lack of balance in national politics and gender equality. In
2010, she founded her own publishing house and a monthly magazine called Change,
both of which were shuttered.
Alemu taught English classes at an Addis high school.
She gave part of her salary to her students from poor families. Her home was
raided by police and a number of her personal documents were seized.
Alemu is one in a number of journalists who have been
prosecuted under the vaguely worded and broad-reaching anti-terrorism laws
passed by the Ethiopian legislature in 2009. Under this law, Alemu was
sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined 33,000 birrs. In August 2012, an
appeals court subsequently reduced the 14-year prison sentence to 5 years and
dropped most of the terrorism charges against her.
I demand of exert the utmost diplomatic pressure for
immediately release of Journalist Reeyot Alemu.
I hope in the name of all the people around the world
who are concerned with human rights for all people, that I will hear from you
about this matter at the earliest possible opportunity.
Yours respectfully,
(your name)
Address:
Embassy of Ethiopia in Rome
Salutation:
Dear Ambassador,
Via Andrea Vesalio 16-18
00161 Roma - Italy
Email: embethrm@rdn.it
Italian Embassy in
Addis Abeba
Salutation: Dear
Ambassador,
Villa Italia – Kebena’ – P. O. Box 1105
Addis Abeba
E-mail: ambasciata.addisabeba@esteri.it
Embassy of Ethiopia in London
Salutation:
Dear Ambassador,
17 Princes
Gate
London SW7
1PZ - United Kingdom
Embassy of Ethiopia in Paris
Salutation: Dear Ambassador,
35 Avenue Charles
Floquet
75007 Paris - France
Embassy of Ethiopia in Brussels
Salutation: Dear Ambassador,
Tervurenlaan 231
1150 Bruxelles - Belgium
Embassy of Ethiopia in Berlin
Salutation: Dear Ambassador,
Boothstrasse 20a
12207 Berlin - Germany
Email: emb.ethiopia@t-online.de
Embassy of Ethiopia in Washington, D.C.
Salutation:
Dear Ambassador,
3506
International Drive NW
Washington,
D.C. 20008 - United States
martedì 20 agosto 2013
Iran - Immediate release for Latif Hassani, Mahmoud Fazli, Shahram Radmehr, Ayat Mehr Ali Bayglu, Behboud Gholi Zade. Letter sent to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran –20/08/2013
Your Excellency,
I wish to appeal to you on behalf of Latif Hassani,
Mahmoud Fazli, Shahram Radmehr, Ayat Mehr Ali Bayglu and Behboud Gholi Zade who
are the subject of my deepest concern.
Latif Hassani, Mahmoud Fazli, Shahram Radmehr, Ayat
Mehr Ali Bayglu and Behboud Gholi Zade belong to a group known as the
Reawakening National Movement for Southern Azerbaijan (Yenigamoh).
Their have started the unlimited hunger strike in
protest to the confirmation of the sentence of 9 years of prison. Were
sentenced to in May 2013 for "formation of an illegal group" and
"propaganda against the regime".
The intelligence of East Azerbaijan province and the
prosecutor of Tabriz have asked for the highest punishment for them.
During their detention these five innocent people
were subjected to physical torture .
I ask the Iranian government immediate medical care
and their immediate release.
I hope to hear from you in the very near future.
Yours respectfully.
Mariacarmela Ribecco
lunedì 19 agosto 2013
Iran - Immediate release for Latif Hassani, Mahmoud Fazli, Shahram Radmehr, Ayat Mehr Ali Bayglu and Behboud Gholi Zade
URGENT ACTION
Latif Hassani
(43), Mahmoud Fazli (45), Shahram Radmehr (38), Ayat Mehr Ali Bayglu (35) and
Behboud Gholi Zade (48) started hunger strike on July 13, 2013 in Tabriz Centre
Prison protesting their unfair trial and mistreatment. The Tabriz Enghelab
Court sentenced the mentioned political activists for nine (9) years
imprisonment on the charge of establishing a group, the New Southern Azerbaijan
National Awakening Movement Party (Yeni GAMOH), and of distributing
anti-government propaganda. In fact,
they were protesting discrimination against Azarbaijani Turks living in Iran
and demanding their language and identity right.
Link News:
Link Petition:
LETTER
Object: Immediate
release for Latif Hassani, Mahmoud Fazli, Shahram Radmehr, Ayat Mehr Ali Bayglu
and Behboud Gholi Zade
Your Excellency,
I wish to appeal
to you on behalf of Latif Hassani, Mahmoud Fazli, Shahram Radmehr, Ayat Mehr
Ali Bayglu and Behboud Gholi Zade who are the subject of my deepest concern.
Latif Hassani,
Mahmoud Fazli, Shahram Radmehr, Ayat Mehr Ali Bayglu and Behboud Gholi Zade
belong to a group known as the Reawakening National Movement for Southern
Azerbaijan (Yenigamoh).
Their have
started the unlimited hunger strike in protest to the confirmation of the
sentence of 9 years of prison. Were sentenced to in May 2013 for
"formation of an illegal group" and "propaganda against the
regime".
The intelligence
of East Azerbaijan province and the prosecutor of Tabriz have asked for the
highest punishment for them.
During their
detention these five innocent people were subjected to physical torture .
I ask the
Iranian government immediate medical care and their immediate release.
I hope to hear
from you in the very near future.
Yours
respectfully.
(your name)
Address:
Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali
Khamenei
Salutation: Your Excellency
The Office of the Supreme Leader
Islamic Republic Street – End of Shahid
Keshvar Doust Street,
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: info_leader@leader.ir
Twitter: "#Iran Leader
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Salutation: Your Excellency
His Excellency Hassan Rouhani
The Presidency
Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani
Salutation: Your Excellency
[care of] Public relations Office
Number 4, 2 Azizi Street
Vali Asr Ave., above Pasteur Street intersection
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: bia.judi@yahoo.com (subject line: FAO Ayatollah
Sadegh Larijani)
Send letter official website of the office of the
Supreme Leader of Iran
Send letter official website of the President of Iran
http://rouhani.ir/contactus.php 
martedì 6 agosto 2013
Immediate release Mohammed Hassan and Hussain Hubail. Letter sent to His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa–06/08/2013
Your Majesty,
I wish to appeal to you on behalf of blogger Mohammed Hassan and photojournalist
Hussain Hubail who are the subject of my deepest concern.
After his arrest, there is still no confirmed
information on the whereabouts and wellbeing of blogger Mohammed Hassan.
The family of Hassan received a brief phone call
from him in which they were informed that he was transferred to the dry dock
detention center. The prison administration has denied the presence of Hassan.
Hussain Hubail was arrested the 31 July 2013 to
Bahrain International Airport.
His family went to ask about him at the Criminal
Investigation Department but the administration denied having Hubail in their
custody.
As such, Hussain Hubail is now considered subjected
to enforced disappearance.
I ask
the immediate release of blogger Mohammed Hassan and photojournalist Hussain
Hubail.
Thanking you in advance for your time on this
important and urgent matter.
Yours sincerely,
Mariacarmela Ribecco
Immediate release of blogger Raef Badawi. Letter sent to His Majesty King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud–06/08/2013
Your Majesty,
I would like to take the opportunity to call your
attention to the case of blogger Raef Badawi.
A Jeddah court ,on July 29 2013, convicted blogger
Raef Badawi of violating Saudi Arabia’s anti-cybercrime. The blogger was
sentenced to 600 lashes and seven years in prison. The Criminal Court found
Raif Badawi, the founder of the Free Saudi Liberals website, guilty of
insulting Islam through his website and in comments he made on television, and
added three months to his term for “parental disobedience.”
Criminal Court Judge Faris al-Harbi dropped a charge
of apostasy, which carries the death penalty. He has been detained in Jeddah’s
Buraiman prison since his arrest on June 17, 2012.
The freedom of speech is a right. No citizen of
Saudi Arabia should be arrested and sentenced for having expressed its opinion.
I ask
the immediate release of blogger Raef Badawi.
In awaiting your reply, be assured of my most
respectful sentiments.
Yours sincerely,
Mariacarmela Ribecco
domenica 4 agosto 2013
Saudi Arabia - Immediate release of blogger Raef Badawi
URGENT ACTION
A Jeddah court on July 29, 2013, convicted a liberal activist of violating Saudi Arabia’s anti-cybercrime law and sentenced him to 600 lashes and seven years in prison. The Criminal Court found Raif Badawi, the founder of the Free Saudi Liberals website, guilty of insulting Islam through his website and in comments he made on television, and added three months to his term for “parental disobedience.”
The charges against Badawi were based solely on his peaceful exercise of his right to free expression, Human Rights Watch said. Badawi established his online platform in 2008, to encourage debate on religious and political matters in Saudi Arabia. He has been detained in Jeddah’s Buraiman prison since his arrest on June 17, 2012. Criminal Court Judge Faris al-Harbi dropped a charge of apostasy, which carries the death penalty, after Badawi assured the court on July 24 that he is a Muslim.
“This incredibly harsh sentence for a peaceful blogger makes a mockery of Saudi Arabia’s claims that it supports reform and religious dialogue,” said Nadim Houry, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “A man who wanted to discuss religion has already been locked up for a year and now faces 600 lashes and seven years in prison.”
Badawi’s lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair, told Human Rights Watch that Judge al-Harbi read the verdict aloud during a trial session on July 29, and that the court will send Abu al-Khair a written notification by August 6, and give him 30 days to appeal.
Abu al-Khair said that the judge sentenced Badawi to five years in prison for insulting Islam and violating provisions of Saudi Arabia’s 2007 anti-cybercrime law through his liberal website, affirming that liberalism is akin to unbelief. The judge ordered the closure of the website and added two years to Badawi’s sentence for insulting both Islam and Saudi Arabia’s Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, or religious police, in comments during television interviews.
Link news
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/30/saudi-arabia-600-lashes-7-years-activist
Link Petitions
- http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/immediate-release-of-saudi-blogger-raef-badawi.html
- http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/free-raif-badawi-saudi-blogger-sentenced-to-seven-years-600-lashes.html
- http://www.change.org/petitions/free-and-safeguard-raif-badawy-a-liberal-saudi-accused-of-apostasy
- http://www.change.org/de/Petitionen/save-saudi-arabia-raif-badawi-live-save-his-life-let-him-free-send-him-out-of-saudi-arabia?share_id=tWPJzBtoed&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition
LETTER
Object: Immediate release of blogger Raef Badawi
Your Majesty,
I would like to take the opportunity to call your attention to the case of blogger Raef Badawi.
A Jeddah court ,on July 29 2013, convicted blogger Raef Badawi of violating Saudi Arabia’s anti-cybercrime. The blogger was sentenced to 600 lashes and seven years in prison. The Criminal Court found Raif Badawi, the founder of the Free Saudi Liberals website, guilty of insulting Islam through his website and in comments he made on television, and added three months to his term for “parental disobedience.”
Criminal Court Judge Faris al-Harbi dropped a charge of apostasy, which carries the death penalty. He has been detained in Jeddah’s Buraiman prison since his arrest on June 17, 2012.
The freedom of speech is a right. No citizen of Saudi Arabia should be arrested and sentenced for having expressed its opinion.
I ask the immediate release of blogger Raef Badawi.
In awaiting your reply, be assured of my most respectful sentiments
Yours sincerely,
(your name)
Address:
King
His Majesty King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Salutation: Your Majesty,
The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques
Office of His Majesty the King
Royal Court, Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Crown Prince and Minister of Defence & Aviation
His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin
Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Salutation: Your Excellency,
Ministry of Defence and Aviation,
Airport Road
Riyadh 11165
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
A Jeddah court on July 29, 2013, convicted a liberal activist of violating Saudi Arabia’s anti-cybercrime law and sentenced him to 600 lashes and seven years in prison. The Criminal Court found Raif Badawi, the founder of the Free Saudi Liberals website, guilty of insulting Islam through his website and in comments he made on television, and added three months to his term for “parental disobedience.”
The charges against Badawi were based solely on his peaceful exercise of his right to free expression, Human Rights Watch said. Badawi established his online platform in 2008, to encourage debate on religious and political matters in Saudi Arabia. He has been detained in Jeddah’s Buraiman prison since his arrest on June 17, 2012. Criminal Court Judge Faris al-Harbi dropped a charge of apostasy, which carries the death penalty, after Badawi assured the court on July 24 that he is a Muslim.
“This incredibly harsh sentence for a peaceful blogger makes a mockery of Saudi Arabia’s claims that it supports reform and religious dialogue,” said Nadim Houry, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “A man who wanted to discuss religion has already been locked up for a year and now faces 600 lashes and seven years in prison.”
Badawi’s lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair, told Human Rights Watch that Judge al-Harbi read the verdict aloud during a trial session on July 29, and that the court will send Abu al-Khair a written notification by August 6, and give him 30 days to appeal.
Abu al-Khair said that the judge sentenced Badawi to five years in prison for insulting Islam and violating provisions of Saudi Arabia’s 2007 anti-cybercrime law through his liberal website, affirming that liberalism is akin to unbelief. The judge ordered the closure of the website and added two years to Badawi’s sentence for insulting both Islam and Saudi Arabia’s Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, or religious police, in comments during television interviews.
Link news
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/30/saudi-arabia-600-lashes-7-years-activist
Link Petitions
- http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/immediate-release-of-saudi-blogger-raef-badawi.html
- http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/free-raif-badawi-saudi-blogger-sentenced-to-seven-years-600-lashes.html
- http://www.change.org/petitions/free-and-safeguard-raif-badawy-a-liberal-saudi-accused-of-apostasy
- http://www.change.org/de/Petitionen/save-saudi-arabia-raif-badawi-live-save-his-life-let-him-free-send-him-out-of-saudi-arabia?share_id=tWPJzBtoed&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition
LETTER
Object: Immediate release of blogger Raef Badawi
Your Majesty,
I would like to take the opportunity to call your attention to the case of blogger Raef Badawi.
A Jeddah court ,on July 29 2013, convicted blogger Raef Badawi of violating Saudi Arabia’s anti-cybercrime. The blogger was sentenced to 600 lashes and seven years in prison. The Criminal Court found Raif Badawi, the founder of the Free Saudi Liberals website, guilty of insulting Islam through his website and in comments he made on television, and added three months to his term for “parental disobedience.”
Criminal Court Judge Faris al-Harbi dropped a charge of apostasy, which carries the death penalty. He has been detained in Jeddah’s Buraiman prison since his arrest on June 17, 2012.
The freedom of speech is a right. No citizen of Saudi Arabia should be arrested and sentenced for having expressed its opinion.
I ask the immediate release of blogger Raef Badawi.
In awaiting your reply, be assured of my most respectful sentiments
Yours sincerely,
(your name)
Address:
King
His Majesty King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Salutation: Your Majesty,
The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques
Office of His Majesty the King
Royal Court, Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Crown Prince and Minister of Defence & Aviation
His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin
Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Salutation: Your Excellency,
Ministry of Defence and Aviation,
Airport Road
Riyadh 11165
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Bahrain - Immediate release of blogger Mohammed Hassan and photojournalist Hussain Hubail
URGENT
ACTION
Update - 1 Aug 2013
More than 45 hours after his arrest, there is still no confirmed
information on the whereabouts and wellbeing of arrested blogger Mohammed
Hassan, who is now considered subjected to enforced disappeared.
Hassan’s family received a brief call yesterday from him in which they
were informed he will be transferred to the dry dock detention center, but when
they went there today, 1 Aug 2013, the prison administration denied having him.
They were not able to get any further information or get access to Mohammed
Hassan. His lawyer has been unable to contact him as well.
In addition to the concern of Mohammed Hassan’s enforced disappearance,
an award winning photojournalist and close friend of Hassan’s, Hussain Hubail
(21), was arrested last night, 31 July 2013, from Bahrain International Airport
while on his way to Dubai, UAE. His family went to ask about him at the
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) but the administration denied having
Hubail in their custody. As such, Hussain Hubail is now also considered
subjected to enforced disappearance as there is still no information on his
whereabouts and wellbeing. Hubail won 1st place in a photography contest run by
Alwasat newspaper in May 2013 for a photograph of protesters amid clouds of
tear gas. BCHR has information that a photo in which Hussain appeared covering
one of the opposition societies rallies, was shown to detainees in the past
months at the CID and the interrogators were trying to find the identity of the
photographer in that photo. The Bahrain Center for Human Rights believes that
Hussain Hubail has been targeted because of his work as a photojournalist.
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights calls on the international community
to apply real pressure on the Government of Bahrain to demand the immediate
release of blogger Mohammed Hassan and photojournalist Hussain Hubail. To add
to that, the BCHR calls for an end of the Government of Bahrain’s systematic
targeting of online users and news providers who are exercising their right to
freedom of expression in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
Link
news
http://bahrainrights.hopto.org/en/node/6271#.UfrWlbdOPaA.twitter
Link
Petition
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/free-bahraini-blogger-mohammed-hassan-and-photo-journalist-hussain-hubail.html
LETTER
Object: Immediate release of blogger Mohammed Hassan and photojournalist Hussain
Hubail
Your
Majesty,
I wish
to appeal to you on behalf of blogger
Mohammed Hassan and photojournalist Hussain Hubail who are the subject of my
deepest concern.
After
his arrest, there is still no confirmed information on the whereabouts and
wellbeing of blogger Mohammed Hassan.
The
family of Hassan received a brief phone call from him in which they were
informed that he was transferred to the dry dock detention center. The prison
administration has denied the presence of Hassan.
Hussain
Hubail was arrested the 31 July 2013 to
Bahrain International Airport.
His
family went to ask about him at the Criminal Investigation Department but the
administration denied having Hubail in their custody.
As such,
Hussain Hubail is now considered subjected to enforced disappearance.
I ask
the immediate release of blogger Mohammed Hassan and photojournalist Hussain
Hubail. Thanking you in advance for your time on this important and urgent
matter.
Yours
sincerely,
(your
name)
Address:
His
Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa
King of
Bahrain
Salutation:
Your Majesty,
Office of His Majesty the King
P.O.Box 555
Rifa’a Palace
Kingdom of Bahrain
The Minister
of Foreign Affairs
Sheikh Khalid
bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifah
Salutation:
Your Excellency,
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs Kingdom of Bahrain
P.O. Box
547
Government
Road
Manama,
Kingdom of Bahrain
Ministry of Interior of Bahrain
General
Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa
Salutation:
Your Excellency,
P.O Box 13,
Manama
Kingdom of Bahrain
Email: info@interior.gov.bh
Italy Embassy in Manama
Salutation:
Dear Ambassador,
P.O. Box
347
Villa
1554, Road 5647, Block 356
Manama
Kingdom of
Bahrain
The Embassy of The Kingdom of
Bahrain – London
Salutation:
Dear Ambassador,
30
Belgrave Square
London,
SW1X 8QB
United
Kingdom
venerdì 2 agosto 2013
A massacre of asylum seekers in detention center Hums east of Tripoli
Dear Mrs Ribecco,
Thank you for your message. We would like to apologize for the delay.
We hereby confirm that your message has been forwarded to the relevant services of the European External Action Service for information purposes.
So far the EU did not receive confirmation about the facts mentioned in the petition. In this regard it would be useful to know the exact date of the abuses you describe which allegedly took place in the detention center of Hums (Tripoli).
We share the concerns regarding the worrying situation of migrants in Libyan detention centres. The EU frequently raises this matter with the Libyan government; the last time was on 27 May when Prime Minister Ali Zeidan visited Brussels and met Presidents Barroso and Van Rompuy. Mr Zeidan underlined the importance that his government attaches to the respect and compliance with Human Rights and said that Ministries of Justice and Interior are working hard to address HR violations which undermine the principles of the 17 February Revolution.
A positive development is that several detention centres previously under the control of militias passed under the authority of the Ministry of Interior. The EU funded programme implemented by IOM is working with the Ministry of Interior to train its staff on Human Rights and to revise the law 19 on illegal migration.
The EU and IOM are monitoring closely the situation and are meeting regularly the NGOs defending the rights of migrants like Habeisha Centre, the International Federation of Human rights or Amnesty International.
The civilian border mission that deployed in May 2013 will train, mentor and advise Libyans in integrated border management. Human rights training is already programmed to be part of this capacity delivery, both as a prerequisite of EU support and at the specific request of the Libyan authorities.
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Date: Saturday, 25/08/2012 01:00:14
From: "Mariacarmela Ribecco" <mariacarmelaribecco@libero.it>
Subject: [Case_ID: 512808 / 8774080] A massacre of asylum seekers in detention center Hums east of Tripoli
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His Excellency,
A massacre of asylum seekers in detention center Hums east of Tripoli.The situation of refugees Sub-Saharan Africans in Libya is proving more and more hell. Increased to three people killed by Libyan soldiers. It all started yesterday morning and throughout the day there was a high tenziono between refugees and military until that late in the evening, the military said in the supervision of the detention center for asylum seekers to Hums east of Tripoli, where they are detained hundreds of asylum seekers and political refugees, already recognized by UNHCR in Sudan, pacificamnte protesting against the appalling conditions of detention, ill-treatment and can even killings, as happened last night. Opposite to the demands and hunger strike deployed by desperate women by living conditions, lack of respect for their human dignity, women who are pregnant need of medical supervision and assistance that does not receive anything, the response of the Libyan military and was to beat up a guy like carpio offering, and then shoot him for no reason. The soldiers also shot against women screaming in front of the killing of one of their companions, the soldiers beat and shot against women to reduce them to silence.The latest updates from Tripoli which increased to three died under the blows of the Libyan military, this is a crime against humanity, and in total violation of human rights and international conventions protecting the rights of refugees. European pressure to close the doors of Europe is costing the lives of many refugees.I appeal to the European Parliament to act decisively on the government in Tripoli, the references to respect for human rights and the rights of asylum seekers. Free all refugees be handed over into the hands of UNHCR.
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Date: Saturday, 25/08/2012 01:00:14
From: "Mariacarmela Ribecco" <mariacarmelaribecco@libero.it>
Subject: [Case_ID: 512808 / 8774080] A massacre of asylum seekers in detention center Hums east of Tripoli
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His Excellency,
A massacre of asylum seekers in detention center Hums east of Tripoli.The situation of refugees Sub-Saharan Africans in Libya is proving more and more hell. Increased to three people killed by Libyan soldiers. It all started yesterday morning and throughout the day there was a high tenziono between refugees and military until that late in the evening, the military said in the supervision of the detention center for asylum seekers to Hums east of Tripoli, where they are detained hundreds of asylum seekers and political refugees, already recognized by UNHCR in Sudan, pacificamnte protesting against the appalling conditions of detention, ill-treatment and can even killings, as happened last night. Opposite to the demands and hunger strike deployed by desperate women by living conditions, lack of respect for their human dignity, women who are pregnant need of medical supervision and assistance that does not receive anything, the response of the Libyan military and was to beat up a guy like carpio offering, and then shoot him for no reason. The soldiers also shot against women screaming in front of the killing of one of their companions, the soldiers beat and shot against women to reduce them to silence.The latest updates from Tripoli which increased to three died under the blows of the Libyan military, this is a crime against humanity, and in total violation of human rights and international conventions protecting the rights of refugees. European pressure to close the doors of Europe is costing the lives of many refugees.I appeal to the European Parliament to act decisively on the government in Tripoli, the references to respect for human rights and the rights of asylum seekers. Free all refugees be handed over into the hands of UNHCR.
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