To Light A Candle Amnesty International And The Prisoner Of Conscience Summary

Americas Watch. 1991. El Salvador’s Decade of Terror: Human Rights since the Assassination of Archbishop Romero. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.

The Advocates for Human rights’ reputation as a prominent champion for global human rights remains unmatched. Established as an independent non-profit organization, the Advocates for Human rights aims at implementing all-inclusive change through comprehensive strategies.

Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a number is a melancholy novel that expresses Argentina’s terrorist state. Jacob Timerman, a well respected man of Argentina, an editor of a well know Argentinian paper, La Opinion, tells the audience his story of the terrorist state of Argentina from 1967-1978. His gripping novel both describes his personal experience being kidnapped by terrorist, while he tells us about the condition of the terrorist state of Argentina. His book is important because it tells a first hand account of the fear, the distrust, and the mere insanity of conditions in the country of Argentina during its darkest time.

What I hope to do in this paper is to show that many of the philosophies Enrique Dussel writes about in his book Twenty Theses on Politics, have a direct correlation to what has become to be known as Argentina’s ‘Dirty War,’ with a particular interest on the struggle of the people, the ignorance towards them and the idea that they did not exist to their capturers’ except as ‘things at the disposal of the powerful.’ (TTP pg. 79). Their reaction to this type of oppression, after years of detention, torture and death, touches upon Dussel’s idea of the irruption of the collective conscious of a community that breaks the hold of the oppressor and ignites into a collective dissent.

The Unredeemed Captive- A Family Story From Early America, John Demos, Vintage Books, April 1995, New York

Imagine for a moment what it would be like if the entire population of Sonoma County, California was killed, and twenty years later not many people knew a great deal about it. When over 500,000 people, primarily Tutsis, were killed in the Rwandan genocide in 1994, it was a great tragedy. However, no one rushed to the country’s aid. Now it is vital that the horrors of the instance that violated the human rights of so many, is not forgotten. Human rights are the universal actions and objects that all people are entitled to because they are human. Human rights have been violated in numerous ways over time, typically as a result of a person in power having their own best interests in mind rather than the peoples´. Various groups, such as Amnesty

“ I shall never forgive the acts of the hungarian police” in which Elie spoke after witnessing the burned Jewish children in the ditch.

In the name of national security, our country infringes on the personal liberties of its citizens. Americans nationwide are being violated, as the government is not respecting their fourth, sixth, and eighth amendment rights. The founding fathers ensured that Americans were granted certain inalienable rights, but these liberties are dwindling exponentially, as we slide down a Constitutional slippery slope. The “War on Terror” has seriously compromised many personal liberties. From the Patriot Act’s comprehensive definition of domestic terrorism, to the unlawful treatment of inmates at Guantanamo Bay, the principles of due process, privacy, and equal protection under the law have been drastically undermined by a prying and intrusive government.

Death squads and disappearances caused mental anguish to so many citizens of countries plagued with war all over Latin America, just like Lupe and her family. Gabriel Garcia Marquez poses the question, “why could social justice not be a goal for Latin America?” Countries in Latin America like Nicaragua, Guatemala, EL Salvador, Argentina, and Chile were striving for social justice. Some even had democratic elections and were on the right path but the fear of communism that plagued the United States since the beginning of the Cold War halted any of the progress Latin American countries could have even made. Any sort of progress, whether it was farmers and peasants like José forming unions and organizations fighting for human rights, or democratically elected presidents like Arbenz or Allende that fought for agrarian reform and nationalization of resources was completely shut down either directly or indirectly by the United States. Social justice was definitely a goal for Latin America. The region is not filled with savages that can’t grasp democracy; even Marquez “rejected the idea that ‘violence and pain’ was the natural condition of the region.” The United States halted and set aside any progress for social justice in Latin America because it feared losing its powerful influence in the

For example, victims of these restrictions are activists for human rights. That living in fear makes the face of justice in Vietnam is getting worse because the freedom of expression is limited. Social media (television, radio, publication, composition, etc.) are strictly watched by the communists. While the government does not allow the truth be revealed to the national media, many bloggers use the internet to express their opinions; and this activity draws the government’s focus on the bloggers. Every year, several individuals are imprisoned or expelled from the country because of their public voices for justice. The Amnesty International calls them the “prisoners of conscience.” Annually, the Secretary General of the Amnesty International writes the letter to the president of Vietnam to call for the release of these prisoners. There are 82 of them on the call of September 2016. The clouds of fear are overshadowing somehow.

Does the policy of strip searching impede on the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of individuals as outlined in the United States Constitution? In Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholder of County of Burlington et al this question arises when the petitioner was stopped at a traffic stop, and upon a database search it was discovered he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest to due to failure to pay a fine. The petitioner was sent to Burlington County Correctional Facility and Essex County Correctional Facility, both of which he was strip searched upon arrival. Petitioner submits that detainees held for minor offenses should not be subject to humiliating strip searches. Summary Judgement was

Within this paper I will be explain the what the term “prisoner rights” mean and which rights are allowed and denied for prisoners. I will also be giving a brief history on and explaining how prisoner rights have changed from the early days till today. I will also try to give my own views on if those changes have been beneficial for the prisoners and how their rights may develop in the future.

This is the first paragraph of an unprecedented and historic report, USA: Rights for All, issued by Amnesty International (AI) on October 6, 1998. Simultaneously, the organization announced the theme of its U.S. education campaign: "Human rights aren't just a foreign affair."

In the amnesty process in the TRC, as previously stated to reach reconciliation, the perpetrators were to confront the committee and the victims and discuss, in detail, their crimes. In a strange way, these testimonies, “humanized,” the perpetrators, “For those who watched the amnesty proceedings and for those who participated, the testimony humanized and particularized the perpetrator. As perpetrators gave testimony, they divulged their crimes, but they also revealed themselves as flawed and

Nevertheless, the government is the sole authority that can guarantee the protection of human rights and freedoms. It is responsible for putting in place the necessary laws and policies to protect and safeguard the rightful enjoyment of human rights among its citizens. In this case, the government, therefore, act as the custodians of human rights, and they are responsible for any acts that are committed against the enjoyment of a person’s freedom. Thus, the state is the guarantor and protector of human rights. However, at times the government itself may carry itself in an irresponsible manner by being the violators of human rights in occurrences such as genocides.