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Amnesty

            
            
            
             This article talks about how there are critics of the Cuban government that face harassment for the non-violent expression of their political beliefs. Two men by the names of Leornardo Bruzon Avil and Carlos Alberto Dominquez Gonzalez who are "prisoners of conscience" because they were detained in jail for the non-violent exercise of their freedom of right of expression and association. They have both been held since February 23rd with no trial dates set. Amnesty International is upset that these men are being forced to pay for the exercise of their basic rights. Leonard was arrested on the basis of preventing him from taking part in protester activities. His health has recently deteriorated following a hunger strike he did in protest of his detention which caused him to be transferred to a hospital. The motives for arresting Carlos were unclear but it is suspected that it may have something to do with the fact that days before his arrest he attended several Catholic masses on behalf of political prisoners. There have been many other people detained in relation to their involvement in peaceful activities, who have also been jailed for a long time with no trial. There is also a case about a small group of young Cubans who drove a bus on the premises of the Mexican Embassy in Havana in an attempt to leave Cuba, they were also detained in February and are awaiting trial and formal charges.
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             This article talks about how there has been a number of unlawful killings by security forces in the Dominican Republic. There have been efforts to investigate them and bring those responsible to justice, but there have only been results in a few higher profile cases. In 1999, 200 people were killed but members of the National Police from exchanges of gun fire with criminal suspects but the different versions of this event are disputed by different eyewitnesses- so basically no one really knows the basis behind these shootings.


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1. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

... "The Death Penalty- Campaign which works to end executions and to abolish the death penalty globally. Over seventy-five countries have now abolished capital punishment for all crimes after Amnesty International convened an International Conference on the Death Penalty in Stockholm, Sweden in 1977. Before this conference, only sixteen countries had abolished the death penalty. Since 1997, the ... In 2002, sixty-eight UN member states co-sponsored resolutions. As of April 2003, seventy-five UN member states now do. ("Current-) Many other campaigns are form part of Amnesty International's...

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2. Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants

... that illegal immigrants would actually be able to pay taxes? Of course not. They will be collecting welfare and food stamps just like every other person making minimum wage. Giving amnesty to illegal aliens is pointless and accomplishes nothing. Unemployment, already a deep issue in today's society, will be affected tremendously if illegal immigrants are granted their pardon. Statistics now show ... whom 48 percent were immigrants (O"Sullivan). These overwhelming numbers are occurring while legal immigration is restricted and there are at least some legal risks attached to firing illeg...

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3. Amnesty International

... was doing was wrong and wanted to act on it but thought to your yourself, " What can I do, I am just one person?" Well Amnesty International is a program set up to assist you in helping with these social problems that you think are unjust. In this report I will inform you ... interest, or religion to ensure that it is not biased to any groups. It solely depends on the contributions of its worldwide membership and fundraising activities. Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. In AI's perfect world everyone would e...

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4. Amnesty International

... grown to an internationally know organization that fights for the people who have fought for there political and religious beliefs. Amnesty International now has about 1.5 million members in over 150 countries. Amnesty International's mission "Is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and ... expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights." - www.amnesty.org Amnesty has followed this mission statement and face several issu...

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5. Amnesty International as an Interest Group

... the world can do so by becoming a member. To do so is fairly easy, one must first determine if their area of living is a section of the world in which Amnesty International operates. If Amnesty International does operate in the individual's area then all that is needed is the consent of the section and of the International Executive Committee. If by chance ... Amnesty International does not operate in the individual's area an annual subscription fee is determined by the International Executive Committee and then must give consent. Once the individual becomes a member, he ... become re...

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6. Amnesty by Nadine Gordimer

Spoken in the perspective and observations of the protagonist, "Amnesty," written by Nadine Gordimer, shows the crippling effects of a city movement upon the relationship of a poor couple. As a housewife, the narrator dedicates her time towards her family and husband, ... ...

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7. Truth And Reconciliaton Commissions

... to be a resurgence of emotionally charged fighting, rather than reconciliation and healing. Here strategies that combine a search for truth and justice, linked with amnesty and forgiveness are likely to be essential. Some argue against TRC's for throwing salt in old wounds, or digging up a painful past, for really ... important to explain briefly the role TRC's played the post-apartheid nation. South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission has the power to grant amnesty for political crimes, investigate past human rights violations, as well as offer some sort of reparations to the v...

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8. Death Penalty And Mental Retardation

... is interesting as to what might have occurred had this incident taken place in a different state, such as Texas. Texas has a notoriously high percentage of death rates for capital punishment. (Amnesty International: 2000) Had this incident - or one similar in nature - occurred in Texas, it is arguable that the state might have found Goldstein guilty of intentional homicide and sought to ... supposed to do so. Human Rights Watch suggests that "[t]he central purposes of the death penalty, according to its proponents, are retribution, deterrence, and incapacitation." (Human Rights Watch: 2...

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9. How Can Our World Protect The

... have lead to barbaric and totally sickening acts against persons. And the most horrific cases have to be those inflicted against defenceless and fragile women and children. The work of Amnesty International has helped to expose the once hidden atrocities of basic human rights violations in the worlds. Atrocities such as the human rights and gender issues in Afghanistan. The ... are those who recruited or abducted these children and forced them to fight" (4) A child solider Sayo now aged 14 was abducted by the AFRC (Armed Forces Revolutionary Council) he told Amnesty International "When ...

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