WRITE FOR RIGHTS STUFF (if theres any that youd really like us to bring on Monday or that you want to bring yourself just let us know): RAIF BADAWI - serving a 10 year prison sentence in SAudi Arabia for co-founding a website where people could discuss social & political ideas. // MOHAMMED AL-ROKEN - human rights lawyer in the United Arab Emirates imprisoned for doing his job. // YOLANDA OQUELI - Guatemalan activist shot and harassed for protesting about mining developments where she lives. // JOHN HEANETTE SOLSTAD REMO - Transgender Norwegian woman who currently wont be legally recognised as a woman till she undergoes sterilisation. (Also transgender isnt a word on chrome, its coming up with that squiggly red line. poor move, Google) // PRAGEETH EKNALIGODA - Sri Lankan journalist and cartoonist who was abducted 5 years ago after criticising political authorities before an election. His wife has been campaigning for justice ever since. // ALFREDA DISBARRO - Imprisoned in the Philippines on charges of drug dealing. She signed a confession after being tortured. // MOSES AKATUGBA - Arrested at 16 and accused of armed robbery by the Nigerian army. He was tortured in prison and sentenced to death. // ERKIN MUSAEV - A former government official in Uzbekistan accused of spying after working for the UN. Now serving 20 years for treason after a series of unfair trials. // HAKAN YAMAN - A bus driver from Turkey. He was beaten and had his eye gouged out by police officers who believed him to be part of a protest whilst he was on his way home from work. // LIU PING - Prisoner of conscience jailed in China for her links with the New Citizens Movement - a peaceful network promoting government transparency and exposing corruption. // KALPANA CHAKMA - Abducted at 23 for standing up for the rigts of indigenous people in Bangladesh. Still missing and her case isnt being investigated. // CHELSEA MANNING - currently serving a 35 year prison sentence for whistleblowing and revealing human rights abuses commited by the US army. All very sad. Heres some Otis Redding. https://youtube/watch?v=Alo7U0S_VPU
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 22:12:27 +0000