Throughout China’s labour camps and police stations, practitioners of Falun Gong have been subjected to torture and humiliation. It has been particularly bad for women and both male and female police performing acts of the most horrendous torture and sexual abuse.
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The Dalai Lama, 75 today, has been exiled from Tibet for over 50-years and yet continues to teach peace and love to the world. In contrast to so many world leaders, and indeed many religious leaders as well, he sets an example of non-violence and compassion. His peaceful resistance to his detractors is a lesson to us all. Emergency personnel are scrambling to rescue people trapped under rubble, sadly, it is expected that many more dead will be found. Reuters is reporting a strong earthquake of 6.0 magnitude in the eastern Turkish village of Okcular in Elazig. Today is World Aids Day. In Thailand there are thought to be almost 5-million people living with HIV. The Thais have tackled the problem with education and access to anti-retroviral drugs. In a controversial article published in my newspaper of choice, UK’s The Independent, Robert Fisk reveals that secret talks between the Gulf states, Russia, China, Japan and France are ongoing to secure a way for these powerful nations to dump the almighty US dollar. This poem was left as a comment by Anick Roschi on July 09 and I thought rather a shame that it was hidden away in the comment section. I decided to give it more prominence. While Amnesty applauds the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ condemnation of the verdict in Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial, the 10-nation ASEAN bloc must ratchet up pressure for the release of Suu Kyi and thousands of other political prisoners in Myanmar. U2 has announced that Aung San Suu Kyi has been given Amnesty International’s highest honour – The Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2009. Women have raped and beaten, men and women tortured even children haven’t been spared. More than 1,000 have died in police custody over the last eight years. Few investigations are undertaken and no one brought to justice. In the run-up to the August anniversary of the end of World War II, Amnesty International is calling for justice for former ‘comfort women’ in Japan. During the war, up to 200,000 women and girls were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military. These women and girls were kept in ‘comfort stations’ in China, Taiwan, Borneo, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), Indonesia and many of the Pacific Islands. |
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