Indonesia authorities must take measures to protect the safety and freedom of religion of all religious minorities.

From now until 24 February 2012, do something to urge the Indonesia authorities to immediately guarantee the safety of the Shi’a community in Sampang, East Java.

Got 3 minutes?

Add your name AND copy and paste this link – http://bit.ly/yWxY09 - on Facebook and Twitter to share with your friends – can you challenge yourself to get 10 friends to take action?

Additional information:

One person was arrested for the attack but has since been released.

Many of the children were afraid to go back to their homes and schools. Conditions in the shelter were reported to be inadequate, with limited access to clean water and sanitation. In fact, the community refused to leave the shelter until they received adequate protection from the police and the perpetrators of the attack were brought to justice.

This is not the first time the Shi’a community in Sampang, East Java has faced intimidation and attacks – it happened in 2006 and 2011. They have also reportedly been pressured by anti-Shi’a groups to convert to Sunni Islam.

From now until 29 February 2012, do something to urge the authorities to reveal where they are being held and immediately release them!

Who are the three young men?

Nahir Ahung, Rasbi Kasaran (18 years old), and Yusoph Mohammad (18 years old) were teachers at a madraseh (Islamic school). Rasbi Kasaran and Yusoph Mohammad both live in Cambug village in Al-barka municipality where there is a Moro Islamic Liberation Front camp.

What happened to them?

While the Philippine military routinely denies involvement in any case of enforced disappearance, in previous years, our friends at AI have documented the military's use of enforced disappearance against activists, suspected fighters and supporters of insurgent groups.

According to a local credible source, the three men were taken by military intelligence agents after they flew in to the Manila domestic airport terminal from Zamboanga City on 3 January 2012 and they haven’t been heard or seen since then.

According to a reliable source, the arrest of the three men comes weeks after the Armed Forces of the Philippines filed 300 “John Doe” (unnamed) complaint affidavits against 300 residents of Cambug village. In a “John Doe” complaint affidavit or warrant, the authorities do not give the name of the subject of the complaint or arrest.  Because such documents can be used against anyone, they have led to arbitrary arrest and detention.

Got 3 seconds?

Send letters to the Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff and the Army Human Rights Office Head just by adding your name below! We will mail the letters with your details appearing as below.

Got 3 minutes?

Add your name AND copy and paste this link – http://bit.ly/yf0ekT - on Facebook and Twitter to share with your friends – can you challenge yourself to get 10 friends to take action?

From now until 23 February 2012, do something to urge the Prime Minister of India to immediately release Narayan Reddy and to ensure freedom of expression!

Who is Narayan Reddy?

Abhay Sahoo is the previous leader of the campaign and one of 11 others involved and facing false charges. Narayan Reddy has been leading the campaign since Sahoo's detention on 25 November 2011. ©Amnesty International

Narayan Reddy is the leader of a campaign that has been going on for seven years against the state from acquiring 1,600 hectares of land in five villages (the majority of which are common lands farmed by villagers) for a US$12 billion plant proposed by South Korean steel giant POSCO. He is also a leader of the Communist Party of India in the eastern state of Orissa.

What happened to Narayan Reddy?

On 23 December 2011, Reddy was detained after being charged with murder at a clash on 15 December 2011 between steel plant workers and local protesters against the steel plant – but we hear from our friends at AI that Reddy was not directly involved in this! In fact, AI believes that the charges are an attempt to silence Reddy’s ongoing campaign.

Got 3 seconds?

Send a letter to the Prime Minister just by adding your name below! We will deliver all the letters to Prime Minister Singh directly using this website.

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Add your name AND copy and paste this link – http://bit.ly/xI4mpN - on Facebook and Twitter to share with your friends – can you challenge yourself to get 10 friends to take action?

Additional information:

Narayan Reddy is now in Samagol prison in Orissa state and his petition for release on bail has just been refused by the local courts but he will probably make further applications for bail again.

The planned steel plant is the biggest foreign direct investment project in India. However, for the last seven years, campaigners have blockaded the area, preventing the authorities and representatives of POSCO from gaining access to the area.

Narayan Reddy has been leading the campaign against the acquisition of the lands after Abhay Sahoo’s detention on 25 November 2011. Abhay Sahoo is also a leading member of the Communist Party of India in Orissa. The state has filed false charges against him and 10 other activists.

This is not the first case of human rights violations linked to land rights in Orissa or POSCO’s proposed steel plant:

• Tell the Chief Minister of Orissa to Stop Farmers from Being Kicked Out of Their Homes!
• Take Action NOW to Protect the Rights of Indigenous People in Orissa, India!

On 12 October 2011, Burma released more than 6,000 prisoners but only about 200 of those released were political prisoners or prisoners of conscience (people being held for peacefully exercising their human rights). All prisoners of conscience must be released immediately!

Why should YOU(th) take action?

Zarganar, a popular comedian who was imprisoned in 2008 for his humanitarian efforts in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, was one of the 120 political prisoners released on 12 October 2011 ©AAPPB

There are around 1,800 political prisoners still behind bars in Burma who are being held in awful conditions, some are being tortured and subject to unfair trials too. This has to stop!

Last year, the first elections in 20 years were held and political reform was promised. After this initial release of prisoners, our expectations are high BUT there are still thousands of people being held unfairly. Let’s urge Burma to do more and release the rest of its political prisoners.

Got 3 seconds?

Add your name to the letter below and ask the Chairman of the newly-established Myanmar National Human Rights Commission to press the authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience. Your letters will appear with your details as below and delivered via our friends at AI to the Burma embassy in an ASEAN country on the first anniversary of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest. You have from NOW until 1 November 2011 to add your name!

Got 3 minutes?

Send this link to 30 friends and ask them to do the same.

Want to do more?
Join the APYN Burma Youth Campaign Team! Click here to apply. 

What are others saying about this?

All Burma Federation of Student Unions-Foreign Affairs Committee, The Nationalities Youth Forum and The Student and Youth Congress of Burma
Joint Statement on the 8^th World Youth Day for Democracy

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
Update on the October 12 prisoner release
Prisoners Release Lacks Sincerity

The Irrawaddy
Burma Amnesty Welcomed, but Calls Grow for Release of All Political Prisoners

More About Burma

Click here to to sign the petition on Facebook NOW! Don't forget to share it with your friends!

Since 1962, Burma has been under military rule. In 1990, there were the first elections, following the 1988 uprisings, where the National League of Democracy (Ann Sang Suu Kai’s Party) won, but the results were not accepted by the military junta who remained in power and refused to step down.

In 2010, the first elections in 20 years took place in which the Union Solidarity and Development Party won (a military backed party). The National League of Democracy was banned from participating and they urged people to boycott the elections which they said were unfair and undemocratic.

Thousands have been arrested over the years for peacefully expressing their views and challenging the government’s total control of the country and its people. There are still laws that criminalise peaceful expression of political dissent and people are frequently arrested without warrant and held. Judicial proceedings against political detainees do not meet international standards for fair trial, and torture is common, especially during interrogation.

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What’s WRAP all about?

This is the most widespread, yet hidden, human rights abuse of our time. 写真キャプション：女性に対する暴力は私たちの時代においてどこにでも存在しながらも隠された人権侵害です。

WRAP stands for ‘White Ribbon Asia Pacific’, a growing movement of men and boys from throughout the Asia Pacific who pledge to never commit, excuse, or remain silent about violence against women (click here to read more about this). And we want YOU(th) to join us!

So what can YOU(th) do?

25 November is the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In 1991 a group of Canadian men – who were outraged at the 1989 shooting rampage targeting women at École Polytechnique – started a tradition of wearing a white ribbon at this time of year to show their opposition to violence against women. In the last twenty years, the white ribbon movement has spread throughout the world.

Join us by signing the White Ribbon Asia Pacific pledge below!

1. Sign the pledge!
2. Share the pledge – http://bit.ly/addyourname – with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.
3. Mention White Ribbon (and what it’s about!) in your online profile picture and status in the week leading up to 25 November
4. DO MORE!!! Perhaps you’ve got video making skills or translating skills? Maybe you want to send photos of your friends signing the pledge? Or, you are interested in long-term campaigning for WRAP? Sign up below!

Why violence against women? Why men?

Most guys don’t commit violence against women. Indeed, most agree that physical or sexual assault is completely unacceptable. Yet at least one in three of the women in our lives will be a victim of gender-based violence in their lifetime. This could be our sisters, our mothers, our partners, or our daughters. It could be our classmates, colleagues, co-workers, or our friends.

Violence against women and girls in all its forms – including beatings, abuse, sexual assault or unwanted touching, rape, sexual harassment, genital mutilation, murder,  financial or social control and manipulation – is the most widespread, yet hidden, human rights abuse of our time.

Violence against women is not just a women’s issue. Now more and more men and boys throughout the Asia Pacific are recognising the positive and crucial role that they too can play in ending violence against women. Because men very often look to other men as their role models, we need to stand up and speak out against violence and gender inequality. This includes challenging widespread violence-supporting attitudes that allow, and indeed encourage, a minority of men to be violent. When other men make jokes or degrading comments about women, these promote a culture of sexism and inequality which makes violence and violence-supporting attitudes towards women seem normal. Instead, by vocally challenging sexism and violence, we can show others that being a man shouldn’t mean better treatment than the female half of the population. Being a man shouldn’t mean sex on demand. Being a man shouldn’t mean bursting into fits of jealous rage when our partner socialises with other men, or wants to spend time with their family and friends.

Being a man should mean, not only that we won’t COMMIT violence against women, but also that we will not EXCUSE or REMAIN SILENT about violence against women.

Sign the pledge here!

ＷＲＡＰ：今こそ女性に対する暴力を終わらせるとき

ＷＲＡＰとは？

ＷＲＡＰとは、女性に対する暴力を決して行わない、許さない、沈黙しないと誓う、“White Ribbon Asia Pacific”運動に参加するアジア太平洋地域の男性を支持するキャンペーンです（この詳細についてはこちらをクリック）。あなたもその一人として参加してください！

あなたにできること。

11月25日は女性に対する暴力廃絶の国際デーです。1989年にエコール・ポリテクニーク（理工科学校）で起きた女性をねらった狙撃事件に抗議するカナダの男性たちが、1991年から女性に対する暴力反対を示すために白いリボンを身に着けたことが始まりです。20年後の今では世界中にこの運動は広がっています。

宣誓書に署名して私たちの運動に加わりましょう！

1. 署名をしよう！
2. フェイスブック、ツイッタ―で友だちに呼びかけよう。http://bit.ly/addyourname
3. プロフィール写真または書き込みで11月25日に向けてホワイトリボンを広めよう!
4. もっと貢献したい!!! ビデオ編集ができる方、翻訳ができる方、友だちが署名している写真を送りたい方、長期的にキャンペーンに関わりたい方は登録！

なぜ女性に対する暴力と男性なのか？

大半の男性は女性に暴力をふるいません。そして大多数の男性は肉体的・性的暴力は決して容認されるべきではないことに同意します。しかし、3人に1人の女性は一生のうちに性別を理由とした暴力の被害に遭います。それは私たちの姉妹かもしれないし、母親もしくはパートナー、娘かもしれません。そして私たちのクラスメート、同僚、友人かもしれないのです。

殴打、虐待、性的虐待、望まない接触、強かん、セクシャル・ハラスメント、性器割礼、殺人、経済的・社会的管理または束縛、どのような形であれ女性に対する暴力は私たちの時代においてどこにでも存在しながらも隠された人権侵害です。

女性に対する暴力は女性たちに限った問題ではありません。今、アジア太平洋地域の男性たちは自分たちも女性に対する暴力の廃絶に大きな役割を担うことができることを認識し始めています。しばしば男性は他の男性の行動を手本とすることから、私たちは立ちあがり、声に出して女性に対する暴力と不平等に異議を唱えなければいけません。これは一部の男性が暴力を用いることを容認または奨励する態度のまん延に異議を唱えることも含まれます。男性が女性について冗談や下品な発言をすることは性差別主義的な文化と不平等を助長し、暴力とそれを支持する態度が当たり前であるかのようにしてしまいます。それに対して声にだして性差別主義と暴力に反対することは、人びとに男性であることは人口の半分の女性よりも優位であるわけではないことを伝えることができます。男性であることは性的に主導権を握ることではありません。またパートナーが他の男性と話したり、家族や友だち時間を過ごしたりすることに対して嫉妬することでもありません。

男性であることは女性に対する暴力を行わないことだけではなく、それを許したり黙認したりしないことを意味します。

署名しよう！

포장은 무엇입니까?

WRAP는 White Ribbon Asia Pacific의 약자입니다. 아시아 태평양 전역에서 이루어지고 있는 이 운동은 남성들이 여성에게 절대로 폭력을 가하지 않고, 또 이런 폭력에 대해 침묵하지 않겠다고 맹세하는 운동입니다. 여러분의 도움이 필요합니다! (더 상세한 정보는 여기를 클릭)

여러분이 할 수 있는 일은 무엇이 있을까요?

11월 25일은 UN에서 정한 세계여성폭력반대의 날입니다. 1989년 에콜레 폴리테크니크 (이공계학교) 에서 일어난 여성을 대상으로 한 총살 사건에 분노를 터뜨린 캐나다 남성들이1991년 여성폭력을 반대한다는 의미로 하얀 리본을 착용함으로써 시작되었습니다. 이 때 시작된 하얀 리본 운동은 지난 20년간 꾸준히 전세계로 펴져나갔습니다.

서약서에 서명을 하고 운동에 참여합시다!

• 서약서에 서명하세요!
• 페이스북과 트위터를 통해 친구들에게 퍼뜨려주세요! http://bit.ly/addyourname
• 매년 11월 25일이 포함된 주에 프로필 사진에 하얀 리본이나 관련사진을 올려 널리 퍼뜨려주세요!
• 훨씬 더 많은 일을 할 수 있습니다! 비디오 촬영이나 번역을 하실 줄 아시나요? 여러분의 친구들이 서약하는 모습을 사진에 담아 보내주세요! 또 하얀 리본 캠페인에 계속해서 참여할 의향이 있으신가요? 아래의 정보를 채워주시고 등록하세요!

Teman-teman Indonesia yang Mendukung Kampanye ini

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(按此看中文版)

Ambil Tindakan untuk Minta Pemerintah Indonesia untuk Hapus Peraturan Baru yang Memungkinkan mutilasi kelamin perempuan!

Di Indonesia, peraturan terbaru yang disahkan oleh Menteri Kesehatan memperbolehkan mutilasi kelamin perempuan dengan syarat dilakukan oleh ahli kesehatan, seperti dokter, bidan, dan perawat.  Praktek sunat peremuan ini didefinisikan sebagai” Tindakan menggores kulit yang menutupi kulit bagian depan klitoris, tanpa melukai klitoris.”

Mengapa anak-anak muda seperti anda  harus mengecam keputusan ini?

Mutilasi kelamin perempuan tentu saja bukan sekedar “menggores kulit”- tetapi ini adalah salah satu bentuk kekerasan dan diskriminasi terhadap perempuan.

©Volontaire

Teman-teman di AI memberitahu kita bahwa secara umum, masyarakat memutuskan untuk mutilasi kelamin perempuan mereka karena beberapa alasan, seperti agama, menjamin “kebersihan” perempuan, menghindari penyakit, melanggengkan praktik budaya atau lokal ataupun untuk mengatur dan menekan hasrat kaum perempuan atas “aktivitas seksual” padamasa dewasanya kelak.

Peraturan baru ini juga bertentangan dengan hukum di Indonesia! (Klik di sini untuk detail)

Anda hanya punya waktu 3 detik saja?
Tolong kirimkan permohonan berikut ke pemerintah Indonesia untuk secepatnya mencabut peraturan Menteri Kesehatan tentang sunat perempuan-cantumkan nama anda di bawah ini!  Kami berharap dapat menyampaikan semua surat-surat anda(seperti terlampir di bawah ini) secara langsung sebelum tanggal 8 March 2012, pada Hari Perempuan Internasional.  

Anda punya waktu 3 menit saja?
Kirimkan laman ini http://bit.ly/nofgm ke 30 teman anda dan juga jangan lupa untuk mencantumkan nama mereka di surat berbahasa Indonesia di bawah ini.

Anda memiliki waktu luang?
Hubungi kami di apynaction@gmail.com untuk terlibat lebih jauh.

Apa hukum Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Nomor 1636/MENKES/PER/XI/2010 tentang “Sunat Perempuan” melanggar?

• UU No. 7/1984 mengenai ratifikasi Konvensi Internasional Penghapusan Segala Bentuk Diskriminasi terhadap Wanita(CEDAW)
• UU No. 5/1998 mengenai ratifikasi Konvensi Menentang Penyiksaan(CAT)
• UU No. 39/1999 mengenai Hak Asasi Manusia
• UU No. 23/2002 mengenai Perlindungan Anak
• UU No. 23/2004 mengenai Penghapusan Kekerasan dalam Rumah Tangga
• UU No. 23/2009 mengenai Kesehatan

Keputusan ini juga berlawanan dengan surat edaran pemerintah tahun 2006 No. HK.00.07.1.3. 1047a, ditandatangani Dirjen Bina Kesehatan Masyarakat, yang secara khusus memperingatkan dampak negatif kesehatan mutilasi kelamin pada perempuan.

AMBIL TINDAKAN SEKARANG

Anda tidak sendiri dalam perjuangan ini-beberapa organisasi lain!

Take Action to Ask the Indonesian Authorities to Remove the New Regulation that Allows Female Genital Mutilation!

In Indonesia, a new regulation by the Ministry of Health allows female genital mutilation (FGM) by certain medical professionals, like doctors, midwives and nurses. It defines the practice as “the act of scratching the skin covering the front of the clitoris, without hurting the clitoris”.

Why should YOU(th) take action?

Female genital mutilation is definitely NOT just “a scratch on the skin” – it is a discriminatory and painful form of violence against women!

Our friends in AI tell us that some of the reasons people chose female genital mutilation for their baby girls are for religious reasons, to ensure the girl’s “cleanliness”, to avoid diseases, to perpetuate cultural or local practices or to regulate or suppress the girls’ urge towards “sexual activity” during adulthood.

This new regulation also violates a whole list of Indonesian laws! (Scroll down for the entire list)

Got 3 seconds?
Please ask the Indonesian authorities to immediately repeal the 2010 Regulation of the Minister of Health on “female circumcision” (“sunat perempuan”) by sending a letter to them – just add your name below! We hope to deliver all the letters by hand (appearing with your details like below) on or before 8 March 2012 – International Women’s Day.

Got 3 minutes?
Send this link - http://bit.ly/nofgm - to 30 of your friends and ask them to add their name to the letter in Indonesian.

Got more time?
Contact us at apynaction@gmail.com about getting further involved.

What laws do the Regulation of the Minister of Health No. 1636/MENKES/PER/XI/2010 on “female circumcision” (“sunat perempuan”) violate?

• Law No. 7/1984 on the ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Law No. 5/1998 on the ratification of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
• Law No. 39/1999 on Human Rights
• Law No. 23/2002 on Child Protection
• Law No. 23/2004 on the Elimination of Domestic Violence
• Law No. 23/2009 on Health

It also contradicts a 2006 government circular, No. HK.00.07.1.3. 1047a, signed by the Director of Community Health, which specifically warned about the negative health effects of female genital mutilation on women.

YOU(th) are not alone in this battle – many organizations are in on this too!

請即行動！要求印尼當局廢除允許切割女性生殖器新條例！

印尼衛生部公告了一項新條例，允許由專業醫療人員，如醫生、助產士及護士切割女性生殖器 ，並定義為 「刮掉覆蓋陰蒂前面的皮膚, 而不傷及陰蒂」。

為什麼你要採取行動？

切割女性生殖器是痛苦及針對婦女的暴力行為，而並非「在皮膚上的划痕」。

AI的朋友告訴我們，有些人切割自己初生女兒的生殖器 ，是出於宗教原因，確保女孩的「潔淨」、避免疾病、延續本土文化或風俗、或控制或抑制少女在成年其間的性慾。

這項新條例，也違反了印尼多項法律條文 ！（如看條文, 請向下捲動頁面）

三秒鐘行動

請去信要求印尼當局立即廢除2010年衛生部有關切割女性生殖器的條例。

你只需於以下信件中加上你的名字！我們希望於2012年3月8日（國際婦女節日）或之前，親手提交所有信件。

信件將會顯示你的姓名、年齡、性別、及國家，以印尼文發出。

三分鐘行動

呼籲更多人一起行動！請傳送連結 http://bit.ly/nofgm 給最少三十位朋友。

想進一步參與行動?

請電郵致apynaction@gmail.com與我們聯絡。

衛生部有關切割女性生殖器的條例(條例編號:1636/MENKES/PER/XI/2010)違反了哪些法律條文？

• 《消除對婦女一切形式歧視國際公約》第7/1984條
• 《禁止酷刑和其他殘忍，不人道或有辱人格的待遇或處罰公約》第5 /1998條
• 人權法第39/1999條
• 兒童保護法第23/2002條
• 消除家庭暴力法第 23/2004條
• 衛生法第23/2009條

這也違反2006年由社區衞生署署長簽署之政府通告第HK.00.07.1.3.1047a條，當中特別提出女性割禮對女性健康所帶來的負面影響。

你並不是單獨行動！許多組織都參與反對切割女性生殖器！

Food, water, work, health, education (and many more) are all basic rights that allow us to live in dignity.

We may not be able to feed everyone tomorrow, but as young people in Asia Pacific, YOU(th) can show the region that hunger & poverty are one of today’s biggest human rights violations and World Food Day (October 16)/International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17) is your chance to do it!

More Human Rights = Less Poverty It may seem weird to put the two together but poverty is actually the largest human rights violation today! Food, water, work, health, education (and many more) are all basic rights that allow us to live in dignity. What’s worst is that people living in poverty are usually stripped of rights to freedom of expression and political participation so they are left voiceless. More Human Rights will empower them to break through barriers and escape poverty!

DO SOMETHING

We want the world to know how serious hunger & poverty is in Asia Pacific by putting together a report by YOU(th) called Under US$2.0 Recipes – YOU(th) on Hunger & Poverty in Asia Pacific and we’re asking all of YOU(th) to contribute!!!

Since YOUth (especially in Asia Pacific!) are super creative, this report is going to be in the form of a cook book or a cooking show! Send your recipes now!

Got 3 seconds? Add to our cook book!

If you only have 3 seconds, then just share the ingredients that can be bought for, or under US$2.0 and the cooking instructions. Please send us a photo of the final dish if you can!

If you facilitate at least 5 friends to each submit a recipe (and photo if possible), then you will receive a certificate for facilitating World Food Day/International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with APYN as long as you provide their names and emails for verification!

Got 30 minutes? Add to our cooking show!

If you’re feeling very creative, then put on your chef’s hat and take a video of yourself cooking! Your video will be featured on the APYN Cooking Show on YouTube!

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感謝採取行動！你的信件已于2011年10月11日寄出。

台灣人邱和順因遭遇法院不公平審訊而被判處死刑，其重審特別上訴亦被最高法院檢察總長駁回，刑期隨時執行。亞太青年網絡呼籲台灣當局禁止執行判刑 – 廣集信件寄往台灣當局！

你何須行動?

死刑是殘酷和非人道，並違反生存權利

邱是在酷刑之下供認罪行，故判刑是基於法庭不公審判。另一原因是，死刑是殘酷和非人道，並違反生存權利。

請於本年十月十日之前致函台灣總統馬英九，要求立即禁止處決邱和順，並以廢除死刑為目標。你的信件將包括下列內容 ，副本亦會轉寄至邱在台北的看守所。

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在以下表格填上你的資料，並傳送這條連結 http://bit.ly/qJe0aB 于最少十位朋友，和呼籲他們採取相同行動。

邱和順案

一九八八年，邱和順與另外十一人，因綁架陸正和殺害柯洪玉蘭而被當局逮捕審訊。他們聲稱，於拘留期間的頭四個月，與外界全無通訊，更被當局虐待，並在逼供下認罪。

奇怪的是，當其他被告的刑罰皆為監禁，只有邱一人被判處死刑。當年負責處理該案的兩名檢控官和十名警員，亦在一九九四年，因向疑犯逼供而被判罪成。後來在二零零三年，警察稱有另一名死囚在生前曾承認殺害死者，但此消息一直被當局隱藏。可是，邱當時被逼承認的證供卻仍被法庭視為合法證據，警方亦未有就當日死囚的供認展開調查。

現今，另外十一名被告的刑期皆已服滿 (除有一名死於獄中)，而邱案卻仍纏訟於高等法院和最高法院之間達十一次，至今未解。

Thank you for taking action! We mailed your letters on 11 October 2011.

Chiou Ho-shun is a Taiwanese man who was sentenced to death after an unfair trial and may be executed anytime after the Prosecutor General rejected an extraordinary appeal for retrial. Asia Pacific YOUth need to ask the Taiwanese authorities to not execute Chiou – let’s flood the Taiwanese authorities with letters!

Why should YOU(th) take action?

The death penalty is cruel, inhumane, and violates the right to life

Chiou’s sentence was based on his confession that was extracted under torture which led to an unfair trial! Another reason is that the death penalty is cruel, inhumane, and violates the right to life!

Send a letter to President of Taiwan  before 10 October 2011 – ask him to NOT execute Chiou Ho-shun and call for an immediate moratorium on executions with a view to abolish the death penalty. Your letters will be sent in Chinese (see the English translation below) and we will mail it by post with your details as shown below and copies will also be sent to the Taipei Detention Center for Chiou.

Got 3 seconds?
Add your name to the letter below!

Got 3 minutes?
Add your name to the letter below AND share this link - http://bit.ly/mTJRdy - with at least 10 of your friends ask them to do the same.

What’s his story?

In 1988, Chiou Ho-shun and 11 others were detained and tried for the kidnapping and killing of Lu Cheng and for murdering Ko Hung Yu-Lan. They say that during the first four months of their detention, they had no contact with the outsiders and were tortured to make them confess.

What’s really strange is that Chiou was sentenced to death while the others were all sentenced to prison terms!

In 1994, two public prosecutors and 10 police officers who handled the kidnapping and killing of Lu Cheng were convicted for using torture to extract confessions. In 2003, the police even said that another death row inmate had confessed to killing Lu Cheng just before his execution but they chose to cover it up. However, Chiou’s confession, which was extracted under torture, still counts as evidence in the courts and they have not investigated the death row inmate’s confession.

The 11 who were sentenced to prison have already completed their terms (except for one who died in prison) while Chiou’s case has bounced back and forth between the High Court and Supreme Court 11 times.

A villager standing on land he once owned, beneath an unfinished conveyor belt designed to transport bauxite ore from the Niyamgiri hills to the Vedanta Alumina plant, Lanjigarh, Orissa, India, June 2008. © Sanjit Das

For years, the state-owned Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) and and Sterlite Industries India (Sterlite), a subsidiary of UK-based Vedanta Resources (Vedanta) have been proposing plans for a bauxite mine in Niyamgiri Hills.

In 2009, the Indian Minister of Environment and Forests (MoEF) gave clearance for their proposal – which led to protests among Dongria Kondh.

The Dongria Kondh living in the Niyamgiri Hills in the eastern state of Orissa, India, consider their home as sacred and depend on it for water, food, and cultural values.  The proposed project would violate their rights as an indigenous community to water, food, health, work, and their cultural values and identity – not to mention that the Indian authorities didn’t ask the community for their consent or give them any information on the project!

Luckily, in 2010, the Indian MoEF rejected the proposal after finding out that the project would violate the rights of Dongria Kondh on the hills. BUT in April 2011, OMC filed a petition before the Indian Supreme Court, challenging the MoEF decision!

The Supreme Court is supposed to make a decision soon so we have a little time to do something to protect the rights of Dongria Kondh!

Got 3 seconds?

Send a letter to the Indian MoEF to take action to protect Dongria Kondh by adding your name below! We will add your names to AI’s petition and they will send the letters to the Minister.

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Add your name AND copy and paste this link – http://bit.ly/rojwY1 - on Facebook and Twitter to share with your friends – can you challenge yourself to get 10 friends to take action?