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China - Één maand verlaten om rechten van de mens te verbeteren
Dinsdag, 8 Juli, 2008 Bespreek dit rapport in de forums RINF > Een maand vóór het openen van Olympics Internationale heeft de Amnestie vandaag een open brief naar HU Jintao, President van de Volksrepubliek China verzonden, die hem aanspoort om op de beloften te leveren die worden gemaakt om de rechten van de mens van het land te verbeteren. „Als China duizenden mensen kan mobiliseren om algen op hun stranden op tijd voor Olympics schoon te maken, zeker kan het zijn rechten van de mensverslag ook schoonmaken om een positieve Olympics erfenis te verstrekken aangezien het wanneer toegekend de Spelen beloofde,“ zegt Margaret Taylor, Internationale spokesperson van de Amnestie. „China schijnt droevig nog om de politieke wil niet te hebben om op die beloften te leveren, die is waarom Internationale de Amnestie vandaag HU Jintao om aan de volgende aanbevelingen heeft uitgenodigd te begaan,“ zegt Taylor. Vijf aanbevelingen: De open brief aan HU Jintao komt hieronder voor. –
Open brief aan HU Jintao HU Jintao 8 Juli 2008 Met één maand die tot het veel-voorzien begin van de XXIX Olympiade in Peking blijft, vraag ik u om vijf maatregelen naar de „ontwikkeling van rechten van de mens“ te treffen die door het Olympics van Peking Comité van het Bod in 2001 ertoe verbinden zich. Tijdens vorig jaar Internationale heeft de Amnestie honderdduizenden stemmen van rond de wereld weergalmend deze vraag verzameld. Ik sluit me aan bij hen in het aansporen van u om deze historische kans te baat te nemen te handelen. Internationale de amnestie erkent de inspanningen van de Chinese overheid om sommige al lang bestaande rechten van de menszorgen te richten. Ik word in het bijzonder door de duidelijke vooruitgang aangemoedigd die in het verminderen van het gebruik van de doodssanctie door het Opperste het overzichtsproces van het Hof van Volkeren wordt geboekt. I also appreciate recent statements by a number of Chinese officials, including Chief Justice Xiao Yang, that China is following the global trend towards abolishing the death penalty. Amnesty International also welcomes the news that 1,157 people held in connection with the protests in Tibetan-populated areas of China last March have been released. The official commitment to “full media freedom” and regulations for foreign journalists represents another step towards realising greater freedom of expression for journalists. These developments notwithstanding, the preparation for the Olympics has actually had a negative impact in some areas of human rights. Official persecution of human rights activists continues, particularly those making connections between ongoing human rights violations and China’s hosting of the Olympics, including Ye Guozhu, Hu Jia and Yang Chunlin who are serving prison sentences solely for having expressed their views peacefully. The “clean-up” of Beijing through the extended use of Re-education Through Labour is a worrying development, particularly as it ignores domestic calls for reform of this arbitrary system of detention. Amnesty International calls on you to grasp the opportunity of the Olympic Games to implement the following five recommendations—supported by many inside and outside China—before the Games begin: * Release all prisoners of conscience - including Ye Guozhu, Hu Jia, Yang Chunlin and any others detained in connection with the hosting of the Olympics solely for expressing their views peacefully; * Prevent the police from arbitrarily detaining petitioners, human rights activists and others as part of a pre-Olympics “clean-up”; * Publish full national statistics on the death penalty, commit to a reduction in the number of capital crimes – especially those for non-violent offences – and introduce a moratorium on executions in line with UN General Assembly resolution 62/149 adopted on 18 December 2007; * Allow full access and freedom of reporting for both Chinese and international journalists in all parts of China in line with promises of “complete media freedom” in the run-up to the Games; * Account for all those killed or detained in the wake of the March 2008 protests in Tibet, particularly 116 people officially acknowledged to still be in custody, and ensure that those detained for their involvement in peaceful protests are released and that others receive a fair trial. I believe that delivering on these five points will go a long way towards the Games being remembered not only for positive achievements on the sports field but in the field of human rights as well. Yours sincerely Discuss this report in the RINF forums > Have Your Say: China - One month left to improve human rights One Response to “China - One month left to improve human rights”
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One month to do what? To recognize that the first human right is the right to live?
Each year, 1,710,000 baby girls disappear in China. This major human rights abuse seems to be an accepted travesty as no one speaks of this horrific gendercide (the singling out of baby girls for death).
By the time population growth in China will reach a plateau, 133 million females would have been “missed” since infancy!!!!
For a more comprehensive analysis of infanticide in China, please view my presentation for the U.N. last year, accessed from the left bar on my home page at http://www.TaliaCarner.com
Talia Carner, author, China Doll