ChildRhythm in Combination --
This year's tours
HR in the community
AI concert tabling updates
Child Soldiers--Burma/Myanmar, 2008 Child Soliders Global Report
Said Abdulkadir, Yosuf Mohamed Ali, and Medhanie Haile --Eritrea, independent journalists held w/o charge or trail since September 2001, reportedly died in prison, February 2008
Thet Naung Soe --Burma/Myanmar, student sentenced to 14 years in jail for staging a solo protest outside Rangoon's City Hall in 2002, released per The West Australia, 16 November 2007
Troy Davis--Death Row GA, USA, After considering the request from the attorneys representing inmate Troy Anthony Davis, the GA State Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to grant a stay not to exceed 90 days, for the purpose of evaluating and analyzing the evidence provided during the Board appointment, July 16, 2007
Child Soldiers--Burma/Myanmar, The Burmese government has agreed to appoint a high level "focal point" from the Ministry of Social Welfare to engage with the UN Country Team, especially the UNICEF, on all issues related to children and armed conflict (use of child soldiers). However, much will depend on Burma's follow up to this meeting, 29 June 2007
Scott Panetti--DeathRow TX, USA, The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the execution of a Mr. Panetti whose lawyers argued that he should not be put to death because he is mentally ill, 28 June 2007
Mohamed el Gharani--Guantanamo Bay, Cuba/USA, received a letter signed by Rear Admiral, US Navy, Commander of Joint Task Force, from Department of Defense, Headquarters Joint Task Force, US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Letter states prisoners at Guantanamo are held as enemy combatants, not criminals. Thus, they are not being held as a form of punishment. Mohamed tried to commit suicide twice in 2006. He as been in custody since he was 15 (now over 18) and was one of the first transferred to Guantanamo Bay, April 2007
Scott Panetti--Death Row, TX, USA, Scott's case is heard before the USA Supreme Court. April 2007
Colonel Avdo Palic--Bosnia, The Republika Srpska has not fulfilled its promise to carry out the exhumation. See new action. December 2006
Night Commuters--Uganda, Ceasefire agreement extended and UNICEF reported 3,664 night commuters per night in Gulu District during August 2006, down from 22,000 per night at the height of the conflict. More information at: BBC 18 December 2006 and USAID Uganda report 15 September 2006
Darfur, Sudan-- United Nations Security Council 5519th Meeting passed Resolution S/RES/1706 authorizing a UN peace keeping operation in Darfur, 31 August 2006
Helen Berhane--Eritrea, gospel singer and member of a minority Christian church, released late October 2006
Thet Win Aung--Burma/Myanmar, 34-year old student leader, died in Mandalay prison, 16 October 2006
Colonel Avdo Palic--Bosnia, report received details the fate and reveals the location of the mortal remains. No further action is needed at this time, 21 April 2006
Father Amha-Yesus Gebre-Yohannes--Ethiopia
Colonel Avdo Palic--Bosnia, the Commission for Human Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed on 7 September 2005 that Mrs Palic's appeal to re-examine the enforcement of the 2001 Human Rights Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina decision to investigate her husband's disappearance was justified and that the Chamber's decision had not been implemented.
Yury Bandazhevsky--academic, Belarus, outspoken critic of the authorities' response to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, released conditionally 05 August 2005
Lotfi Ferhati--Tunisia, arrested for allegedly having ties to an unauthorized Islamic group, released 22 July 2005.
Ma Than Htay and Ma Tin Tin Oo--Burma/Myanmar, Buddhist nuns, released 06 July 2005
U Sein Hla Oo-- Burma/Myanmar, journalist, released 06 July 2005
STOP TORTURE/War on Terror prisons--US, 05 May 2005 received letter form The White House Acting Director of Presidential Correspondence stating, among other things, "The President has repeatedly affirmed that he does not condone torture in any circumstances, and he has also directed our military personnel to treat all detainees in their custody humanely." We continue to use the Stop Torture action.
Rebiya Kadeer--China, business woman, released 17 February 2005
Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche--Tibet, Buddhist monk, death sentence commuted to life in prison 26 January 2005; write for a new and fair trial.
Zaw Thet Htwe--Burma/Myanmar, editor, released 03 January 2005
Min Ko Naing--Burma/Myanmar, student democracy leader, sentence expired 1999, was released 19 November 2004
Leyal Zana--Turkey, parliment member, released conditionally 09 June 2004
Rebiya Kadeer--China, sentence reduced 12 months; new release date of August 2006. (From BBC News 03 March 2004, Director of Dui Hua Foundation)
Phuntsog Nyidron--Tibet, Buddhist nun, released 24 February 2004; one year early
Scott Panetti--TX USA, received an 11th hour STAY of EXECUTION; execution date was 05 February 2004.
Dr. Salai Tun Than--Burma/Myanmar, retired acedemic who petitioned for multiparty eletcions in Burma, released 04 May 2003
Grigory Pakso--Russia, released 23 January 2003, received 24,000 letters for 89 different countries
Ngawang Sangdrol--Tibet, Buddhist nun, released 17 October 2002. Her scheduled release date was 03 November 2011
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, voted 12-7 to be moved out of committee, 30 July 2002.
US Ratification of the Optional Protocol on the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (will abolish the use of child soldiers around the world)--US senate by unanimous consent voted to support ratification, 12 June 2002. The US offically signed this Optional Protocol on The Rights of the Child 23 December 2002
Dr. Taye Wolde-Semayat--Ethiopia, teacher, released 14 May 2002
Brig. Gen. Jose Francisco Gallardo Rodriguez--Mexico, released 07 February 2002
Colonel Avdo Palic--Bosnia, received more information in February 2002; continue to feature his case
Rodolfo Montiel Flores & Teodoro Cabrera Garcia--Mexico, farmers/environmentalists, released November 2001
Aant Bgwe Kyaw--Burma/Myanmar, released fall 2001
Phuntsog Nyidron--Tibetan nun, sentence reduced 18 months; release date now 2006.
Nizar Nayyuf--Syria, released 6 May 2001
