Amnesty International declared her a
prisoner of conscience and quickly launched a global appeal demanding her release.
Human rights supporters in Canada celebrate recent prisoner releases
"Ahmed Qatamesh is a
prisoner of conscience who is being detained solely for expressing non-violent political beliefs," said Amnesty International's Ann Harrison, Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Program, in a statement AI issued on April 25 after the military court had sentenced Qatamesh for four months in administrative detention, his sixth since his arrest.
Administrative Detention of 62-Year-Old University Lecturer Upheld
I WAS horrified to read '
Prisoner of Conscience' by Herbert Grimes, (GDN, May 29).
Grim reading
The projects which contributed to the award included Burma Wall - a representation of political prisoners in the country, and Burma Path - made up of 2,155 bricks, each representing a
prisoner of conscience held in a Burmese jail.
Human rights project
They said the accused was claiming to be a
prisoner of conscience, while in fact he was a terrorist.
Saudi academic with Al-Qaeda links may appear in court today
On 1 June 2011, Haleh Sahabi, a prominent women's rights activist, dissident and
prisoner of conscience, died of beatings she received during her fathers funeral while on a furlough to care for him.
Ahmadi-nejad comes to town, don't let him off the hook!
He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in October, but on January 11, 2011, the Israeli court increased his jail sentence to 16 months after the prosecution argued that his initial sentence was "too lenient." The human rights body Amnesty International has labeled Abu Rahma a '
prisoner of conscience'.
EU criticizes Israeli court decision to increase sentence of Palestinian peace activist
The death of
prisoner of conscience Orlando Zapata Tamayo after a 75-day hunger strike, as well as the attacks of government-backed mobs on peaceful demonstrations by wives and mothers of political prisoners, earned global condemnation and set back Spain's efforts to relax the European Union's policy linking economic aid with human rights progress.
U.S. editorial excerpts -2-
Summary: A human rights activist and former
prisoner of conscience has been denied permission to leave Tunisia for the seventh time since his release from prison in July 2007.
Human rights activist banned from leaving Tunisia
Amnesty is clear that the detention of any
prisoner of conscience violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and campaigns against such action by government.
Colours of the rainbow offer a ray of hope to prisoners abroad; Schools report
"Her experience as a
prisoner of conscience grows more fanciful with each telling," he wrote to the Irish Times this week.
A SIGN OF THE TIMES
No one can be safe in a country where a mayor who refuses to issue a gay pride proclamation, or a publisher who reproduces a cartoon that some Muslims find offensive, could end up in jail as a
prisoner of conscience.
Canada's thought police
Amnesty International has called the priest, in detention since July 21, a
prisoner of conscience.
Jailed priest loses faculties
A former Amnesty International
prisoner of conscience, Rizal, 50, is also demanding involvement of the U.N.
Bhutan rights leader begins hunger strike in Nepal
So countries that make concessions or release a
prisoner of conscience do not lose face and are more willing to cooperate with the committee.
Don't underestimate UNESCO--or the power of women