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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 15 Oct 92 06:53 PDT
Subject: A Petition for Women's Rights
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700631:000:2606
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Oct 15 06:53:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: A Petition for Women's Rights

From nicarao!cvasconi Wed Oct 14 23:49:19 1992


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/* Escrito  5:59 pm  Oct 14, 1992 por cvasconi en nicarao:dh.mujer */
/* ---------- "Peticion Derechos de la Mujer" ---------- */
LA CONFERENCIA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS
     Y A LA ORGANIZACION DE ESTADOS AMERICANOS


   CAMPA~NA EN PRO DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS DE LA MUJER

La Declaracion Universal de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones
Unidas protege a todos los seres humanos "sin distincion alguna
de raza, color, sexo... o cualquier otra condicion (art. 2). Mas
aun "todo individuo tiene derecho a la vida, a la libertad y a
la seguridad de su persona" (art. 3) y "nadie sera sometido a 
torturas ni a penas o tratos crueles, inhumanos o degradantes"
(art. 5). Por lo tanto, nosotras, las que aqui firmamos,
solicitamos:

1.- Que la Conferencia Mundial de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones
Unidas de 1992 trate en forma comprensiva los derechos humanos de
las mujeres en todos los niveles de sus reuniones y documentacion.

2.- Que la organizacion de los Estados Americanos aprueben la
Convencion para Prevenir, Castigar o Eliminar la Violencia
contra la Mujer.

Exigimos que la violencia de genero, un fenomeno universal que
adopta muchas formas abarcando la cultura, raza y clase, sea
reconocida como uiuna violacion a los derechos humanos que 
requiera accion inmediata.

La primera presentacion del registro de estas firmas a los 
delegados se efectuara en San  Jose, Costa Rica en Noviembre
de 1992 en la Conferencia Preparatoria a la Conferencia
Mundial de Derechos Humanos. Al igual que remitiremos las
mismas a la Organizacion de Estados Americanos O.E.A. para
la aprobacion de la Convencion.

Por favor firmen, copien y circulen la peticion tan 
ampliamente como sea posible. Las firmas o impresiones
digitales deben ser enviadas antes del 25 de noviembre a
la Comision para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos  de
Centroamerica (CODEHUCA), apartado postal 189, Paseo de
los Estudiantes, San Jose Costa Rica o fax: (506) 342935.
Copias seran enviadas al Centro para el Liderazgo Global
de la Mujer


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From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: BRAZIL: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DEC
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:18:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700596:000:2625
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Oct  8 10:18:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: BRAZIL: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DEC

/* Written 12:13 am  Oct  8, 1992 by newsdesk@igc.apc.org in igc:ips.englibrary */
Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: BRAZIL: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DECRIES PRISON MASSACRE


rio de janeiro, oct 5 (ips) -- the massacre of over 100 inmates
in a sao paulo prison was termed ''genocide'' and ''a brazilian
embarrassment'' by the national movement for human rights (nmhr)
on monday.

according to local press sources, the massacre took place
friday, but sao paulo authorities withheld the information until
saturday afternoon, in order to lessen political damage to the
official candidate in municipal elections.

conflicting accounts continue to circulate monday morning,
with government and prison officials, prisoners' family and
church representatives who visited the site, all giving distinct
versions.

the official report states that prisoners staged a riot and
then fought with 340 military police, leaving 110 prisoners dead.
some of the deaths were caused by other prisoners, the report
adds.

according to the official version, 35 police were injured,
although there were no fatalities.

other sources cite over 200 dead, and claim to have seen
dozens of prisoners with their hands bound and bullet holes in
the backs of their heads.

''the best word to describe the police action is massacre,''
said paulo cesar pinheiro, a sociologist studying authoritarian
violence in brazil.

according to pinheiro, the prisoner executions were
''deliberate and systematic'' and at no point were there any
negotiations to end the alleged rebellion.

all versions agree that, on friday, a fight broke out between
opposing prison gangs over a package of cocaine.

the local press has said that, using this fight as pretext,
the police attacked the prisoners and committed the worst
massacre in brazilian prison history.

in a statement released monday in brasilia, nmhr said the
massacre recalled ''the darkest moments in human history.''

the statement added that the massacre ''shows by example how
the death penalty is extrajudicially executed in brazil, with the
active participation and complicity of certain authorities.''
(more/ips)
----


brazil: human rights (2)

although brazil does not officially have the death penalty,
prisoner executions are common.  in addition, police and
paramilitary ''death squads'' often kill suspects in the streets
of major cities, nmhr said. (end/ips/trd/so/gc/cs/eli/92)
----
From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: CHILDREN: UNICEF appeals for warm c
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:28:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700598:000:1976
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Oct  8 10:28:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: CHILDREN: UNICEF appeals for warm c

/* Written 12:26 am  Oct  8, 1992 by newsdesk@igc.apc.org in igc:ips.englibrary */
Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: CHILDREN: UNICEF appeals for warm clothes for Yugoslavia


new york, oct 5 (ips) -- as the winter season begins in battle-
scarred yugoslavia, the u.n. children's fund (unicef) is appealing
for a million pieces of warm clothing to protect thousands of
children suffering the ravages of a brutal war in that country.

unicef executive director james grant says he is seeking the
assistance of citizens of europe to collect the clothes and ship
them to points in yugoslavia for distribution by u.n. agencies and
non-governmental organisations (ngos).

and a unicef spokesperson said monday the appeal is being
confined to europe primarily for logistical reasons.

some of the urgent needs include sweaters, blankets, heavy
coats and shoes, mostly for children up to the age of 12. grant
said the clothes were needed ''to winterise'' children caught up
in the war.

unicef is hoping to distribute the clothes during a proposed
''week of tranquility'' begining nov. 1. all the warring factions
have agreed to create 'a corridor of peace' in yugoslavia when
shooting is expected to stop for seven days to move relief
supplies to women and children.

grant pointed out that when a similar appeal was made in japan
in 1984 for a million blankets for ethiopian children, the
response was overwhelming.

instead of giving old blankets, he said, the japanese went out
and bought new and expensive ones. as a result, unicef received
over 1.7 million blankets for the children of ethiopia.

''we are not asking for money,'' grant said. ''we are trying to
give the people a sense of what they could do to help children in
yugoslavia.'' (end/ips/ip/td/yjc/92)
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 11 Oct 92 07:59 PDT
Subject: BALTIC STATES: AI delegation visit
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700616:000:996
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Oct 11 07:59:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: BALTIC STATES: AI delegation visit

/* Written 10:19 pm  Oct 10, 1992 by aiusala@igc.apc.org in igc:ai.general */
Amnesty International
International Secretariat
1 Easton Street
London WC1X 8DJ
United Kingdom

EXTERNAL 8 October 1992

THE BALTIC STATES: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL VISITS ESTONIA,
LATVIA AND LITHUANIA

     Two Amnesty International delegates will be visiting
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 17 - 31 October 1992.

     This will be the first Amnesty International research
visit to the three newly independent Baltic states.  The
main purposes of the visit are to investigate recent
legislative developments, to hold discussions with
parliamentary representatives, to establish contacts with
local human rights organizations and to collect information
on human rights issues related to the organization's
mandate.

      Amnesty International's main concern in the Baltic
States is the continued application of the death penalty.
From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: MYANMAR: 1600 political prisoners
Date: 11 Oct 92 15:03:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700618:000:2852
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Oct 11 08:03:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: MYANMAR: 1600 political prisoners

/* Written 10:22 pm  Oct 10, 1992 by aiusala@igc.apc.org in igc:ai.general */
Amnesty International
International Secretariat
1 Easton Street
London WC1X 8DJ
United Kingdom

EXTERNAL 9 October 1992

MYANMAR: AI CONCERNED THAT AT LEAST 1600 POLITICAL
PRISONERS REMAIN DETAINED WITHOUT TRIAL OR AFTER UNFAIR
TRIAL

     Amnesty International is concerned that at least 1600
political prisoners remain imprisoned without trial or after
trials which fell far short of international standards for
fair trial in the Union of Myanmar (Burma), which continues
to be ruled under Martial Law.
      On 26 September 1992, the State Law and Order
Restoration Council (SLORC), the military body which rules
Myanmar, revoked Martial Law Orders Nos. 1/89 and 2/89.
These orders had granted martial law powers to commanders in
three military regions and established military tribunals to
try all martial law offenders.
      Despite the abolition of the military tribunals
established in July 1989 and the release of over 500
political prisoners since April 1992, many hundreds of
political prisoners sentenced by these unfair courts remain
imprisoned and are being denied redress.  Other martial law
orders which have been used to arrest hundreds of political
prisoners remain in force.  These include Order No. 2/88,
which prohibits gatherings of more than five people on the
streets, and Notification 8/88, which prohibits public
criticism of the military.
      Political prisoners still held include the Venerable U
Kaweinda, a Buddhist monk who was active in the 1988 pro-
democracy movement.  He was arrested in June 1989 in
Mandalay and sentenced on unknown charges to seven years'
imprisonment.  Many students who also participated in the
1988 protest against military rule remain in detention.
Aung Din, a prisoner of conscience and student leader, was
arrested in April 1989 and is held at Yangon's Insein Prison
along with hundreds of other political prisoners.  U Hla
Wai, also a prisoner of conscience, was an election
candidate for opposition political party the Democratic
Party for a New Society (DPNS) and was arrested on the eve
of the election in May 1990.
      Civilian courts continue to function alongside
military tribunals, but do not guarantee defendants a fair
trial. The procedures stipulated for use in civilian courts
formally appear to meet international standards for
fairness, but in practice the independence of the civilian
judiciary has been undermined as a result of intimidation by
the military authorities.  Judges and lawyers who have
attempted to exercise their independence have at times been
arrested.  Furthermore, restrictions placed on political
prisoners' access to legal counsel deny them the opportunity
to prepare a proper defence.
From: ifcss@WAM.UMD.EDU (IFCSS HQ)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: HQ NR-4056    Think Ahead
Date: 10 Oct 92 00:07:31 GMT


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IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 4056      October 9, 1992
                    THINK AHEAD
**************************************************************
Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS)
   733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, D.C.20005
         Tel. (202)347-0017  Fax: (202)347-0018
                Email: ifcss@wam.umd.edu

                    Think Ahead
                    ===========


     Upon hearing the good news this morning (Friday), IFCSS HQ
staff Qingsong Zhang and Heping Shi invited to lunch IFCSS legal
advisors Burton Wides, Laura Reiff, and John Mitchell. Another
legal advisor, Elaine Budd, was out of town. Also at the lunch were
Jinghong Li, chairman of IFCSS Council, and Haiqing Zhao, chairman
of IFCSS Student Affairs Committee. 
     
      After warmly congratulating one another, the IFCSS officers
and the lawyers engaged themselves in a serious discussion of what
to do next. It was agreed that no matter who wins the presidential
election, there is still a great deal left to be done. One
possibility is that there will be efforts to promote the president
to certify that students are safe to return. In fact, some related
agency has already started gathering data on students who have
returned to China. Even in the case that the president does not
certify that human rights situation has significantly improved,
there will still be complications regarding the implementation of
the Act. For instance, INS may well come up with a set of
regulations which are not satisfactory from our point of view.
Based on considerations along this line, some tentative strategies
were discussed.
     
     First, IFCSS should monitor closely the human rights situation
in China and systematically collect data on human rights
violations, particularly those involving overseas students and
their family members. The findings shall be put in the form of a
series of reports and sent to the White House and the State
Department. Second, IFCSS should be alert to any effort that might
lead to institution of a screening process. Third, IFCSS should use
its resources to positively influence the implementation of the
Act.

     Finally, the legal advisors suggested, and all the present
IFCSS officers agreed, that letters of thanks be sent to those news
editors who have helped us with favorable commentaries and reports
in the final week and whose assistance will remain essential to our
future operation.


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         IFCSS Headquarters Office    Signature
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From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: Refugee Supplies Stolen
Date: 11 Oct 92 15:07:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700619:000:2885
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Oct 11 08:07:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Refugee Supplies Stolen

/* Written  8:53 pm  Oct 10, 1992 by jnr@igc.apc.org in igc:hunger.general */
RTw  10/09 0854  REFUGEE SUPPLIES STOLEN IN SOMALIA BEFORE UN
TALKS

GENEVA, Oct 9, Reuter - Urgent medical and farm supplies were
stolen in Somalia by bandits just hours after being delivered to
refugees, the United Nations said on Friday. 

The attack, which occurred on Wednesday in the town of Bardere,
came ahead of a U.N. conference opening in Geneva on Monday to
discuss improving food distribution in Somalia. 

About 4.5 million people face starvation in the Horn of Africa
nation due to famine brought on by the worst drought this
century. Nearly 1,000 people die each day in Somalia, according
to a Red Cross estimate. 

United Nations officials have been trying to import 200,000
tonnes of food by year-end, but bandits and clan militias have
been attacking relief convoys and looting supplies. 

On Thursday, foreign relief workers pulled out of Bardere,
fearing followers of former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre were
about to attack. The withdrawal left 211,000 facing starvation. 

A spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) said supplies of medicine, shelter materials,
tools and seeds were safely brought across the Kenyan border the
previous day to Bardere, some 300 km (190 miles) west of
Mogadishu. 

"Unfortunately, a few hours after we made distribution, the town
was attacked," Sylvana Foa told a news briefing. "We have reason
to believe all the supplies brought in were stolen." 

But UNHCR staff, based in Kenya, would try on Friday to deliver
plastic sheeting for housing, as well as health kits and water
pumps to Bardere, according to the spokeswoman. 

The $12 million UNHCR operation, which was to have begun on
October 1 but was delayed for security reasons until this week,
aims to help 500,000 refugees in two border zones. 

Meanwhile, at least 60 countries have accepted a U.N. invitation
to attend a two-day humanitarian conference on Somalia, another
U.N. spokesman told the same news briefing. 

A 100-day plan of action to accelerate and intensify relief
efforts is to be discussed at the conference, which will be
presided over by Mohamed Sahnoun, U.N. special envoy to Somalia. 

But no representative is coming from Somalia, where anarchy has
reigned since rebels overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in
January 1991. Two rival warlords are fighting for control. 

The American delegation will be headed by Ronald Rosken,
administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. 

Other high-level representatives attending are: Bernard Kouchner,
French minister for health and humanitarian action; Helmut
Schaefer, German state minister for foreign affairs, and Baroness
Lynda Chalker, U.K. minister for overseas development.   REUTER
SMN CAB JMM
From: hnaylor@igc.apc.org (Hilary Naylor)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: Amnesty International Concert
Date: 11 Oct 92 05:48:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700609:000:2819
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hnaylor    Oct 10 22:48:00 1992


From: Hilary Naylor <hnaylor>
Subject: Amnesty International Concert

/* Written 10:46 pm  Oct 10, 1992 by hnaylor in cdp:alt.activism */
/* ---------- "Amnesty International Concert" ---------- */
                        AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA

                         HUMAN RIGHTS IN HARMONY

          Eclectic, world-class mix of music to benefit Amnesty
                   International locally and worldwide

                        Sunday October 18 7:00 pm
      Flint Center for the Performing Arts De Anza College Cupertino

Amnesty International today announced a special benefit concert
featuring an eclectic mix of some of the Bay Area's finest
musical talent.  Appearing on behalf of the Nobel Peace Prize
winning organization will be The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir,
Kitka, and Linda Tillery and her band.

The concert will take place on Sunday, October 18 at 7:00 pm at
the Flint Center for the Performing Arts, located on the campus
of DeAnza College in Cupertino.

Under the direction of Terrence Kelly, The Oakland Interfaith
Gospel Choir is a multiracial, interdenominational group of 55
vocalists united in their love of gospel and their message of
hope, joy and justice.  The choir, which has sung with such stars
as Linda Ronstadt, was the recent recipient of a Gospel Academy
Award for its outstanding performances (described as "heavenly"
by the Oakland Tribune).

Kitka is an appealing "a capella" chorus of ten young women
specializing in the fascinating and varied music of the Balkan
region.  Their hypnotic music has been called "exotic and
exhilarating" by National Public Radio.

Linda Tillery, whose dynamic voice is equally comfortable
performing jazz, pop or soul, will be performing rhythm and blues
with her band in a style that has won praise from critics across
the nation.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit the local and global work
of Amnesty International, an independent worldwide movement
working impartially for the release of all prisoners of
conscience, fair and prompt trials for political prisoners, and
an end to torture and executions.  The human rights organization
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977.

In the Bay Area, Amnesty International has a total of 89 groups
(16 local chapters, 12 university chapters and 61 high school
groups), working year-round to halt human rights abuses around
the world.

Tickets for the concert ($18 in advance, $20 at the door) can be
purchased at the Flint Center box office or through any BASS
ticket outlet.  Tickets at group rates of $15 for a group of 10-
20, and $12 for groups over 20, can be purchased only from Terry
Heinz at (408) 374-0256.
________________________________________________________________
Discount tickets will be available during the final week before
the concert.  Call Terry Heinz.
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human,alt.society.civil-liberty
From: brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder)
Subject: Re: Civil Rights are Absolute.  was: Re: Legalizi
Organization: Quake Public Access
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 22:33:06 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.001100.19690@yang.earlham.edu> allens@yang.earlham.edu (Allen Smith) writes:
>	I'd disagree. The power of the individual is higher than one 
>thinks. Individuals can have a great deal of destructive power- power to 
>bring down a government, for instance. Look at assasinations (remember the 
>start of WWII) and terrorism. And opinions can certainly matter, even if 
>nobody agrees. For one thing, other opinions are molded even by 
>disagreeing ones. Individuals also can have a great deal of construcive 
>power. As an instance, take the sciences. Yes, they are a collective 
>activity. 

Why do you think that individual activity is destructive and collective
activity is constructive?  Most important scientific advances have been
made by individual scientitst.  On the other hand, wars, oppression,
and genocide are all done by large groups.  If you think about it, any
intellectual work has to be done by individual people.  100 idiots can't
think as well as one genius.  100 thugs are much more effective than one
policeman.

--Brian
From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: PLO/LEBANON: Death sentences
Date: 11 Oct 92 14:57:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1476700613:000:1120
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!hrcoord    Oct 11 07:57:00 1992


From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: PLO/LEBANON: Death sentences

/* Written 10:14 pm  Oct 10, 1992 by aiusala@igc.apc.org in igc:ai.general */
Amnesty International
International Secretariat
1 Easton Street
London WC1X 8DJ
United Kingdom

DATE: 30 SEPTEMBER 1992

PLO/LEBANON: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL APPEALS
AGAINST DEATH SENTENCES

     Amnesty International has appealed to Yasser Arafat,
Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), to
exercise clemency and not ratify the death sentences of
three Palestinians in Lebanon.

      It was reported on 24 September 1992 that the three
men, Ayman Hammud, Munir al-Haj and Ihab Rifa'i, were
sentenced to death by a PLO military tribunal at 'Ain al-
Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon.  They apparently belong to
the Fatah Revolutionary Council of Abu Nidal and had been
found guilty of murder.  Ayman Hammud and Munir al-Haj are
believed to be in custody; Ihab Rifa'i was tried in
absentia.

      Amnesty International has also appealed to the
Lebanese authorities to intervene to prevent these
executions from being carried out on their territory.