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EmpfängerIn:: Chinesische Botschaft in Österreich

Betreff:: Release Mao Hengfeng now!

Sehr geehrter Herr Botschafter,

ich schicke Ihnen dieses Schreiben zu Ihrer Information und würde Sie bitten, das Anliegen an den chinesischen Premierminister, den Justizminister und den Direktor des Büros für Öffentliche Sicherheit in Schanghai weiterzuleiten.

Herzlichen Dank.

Dear Minister of Justice,

I am writing to you concerning the case of MAO HENGFENG, who has been repeatedly detained for her work defending women’s reproductive rights and victims of forced evictions, and her support of human rights defenders. She has been repeatedly tortured. She was given 18 months Re-education Through Labour punishment on 4 March 2010 for "disturbing public order," in front of the Beijing municipal intermediate court on 25 December 2009 and has since been detained in the Shanghai Yangpu district police station. 

Because she is a prisoner of conscience, I urge you to release Mao Hengfeng immediately and unconditionally.

I also urge you to order a full and impartial investigation into the torture and other ill-treatment that Mao Hengfeng has suffered in custody in the past, and bring those responsible to justice.

Finally, I ask you to guarantee that Mao Hengfeng and other human rights defenders will be free to carry out their peaceful and legitimate activities without fear of arbitrary detention or harassment.

I thank you for your attention.

Yours sincerely,

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EmpfängerIn:: Ivan Slezák, Bürgermeister von Plavecký Štvrtok
Slowakische Botschaft in Österreich (Kopie)

Betreff:: Stop the forced eviction of Roma from Plavecký Štvrtok!

Dear Mayor, 

I am deeply concerned about the planned forced evictions by the municipality of Plavecký Štvrtok, which are bound to render homeless the 600 people, including families with children, living at the Romani settlement in the village. 

I urge you to immediately stop the process to forcibly evict the Roma from the settlement in Plavecký Štvrtok. 

I would like to remind you that forced evictions, carried out without legal and other protections, are prohibited under international law as a gross violation of a range of human rights; in particular, the right to adequate housing. 

In addition I urge you to ensure genuine consultation with the Romani community about the planned eviction, identify all feasible alternatives to eviction, and develop a comprehensive relocation and compensation plan.

In particular, I urge you to explore all alternatives to the demolitions, and consequent evictions, including possibilities for granting ex post legalization of the homes of these Romani families.

Yours sincerely,

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EmpfängerIn:: - Haris Kastanidis, Minister für Justiz, Transparenz und Menschenrechte
- Panayotis Zografos, griech. Botschafter in Österreich (Kopie)

Betreff:: Justice for Konstantina Kuneva!

Dear Minister,

I write to you in reference to the case of KONSTANTINA KUNEVA, a Bulgarian migrant worker and a trade union leader, who was severely wounded after a man threw sulphuric acid in her face when she was returning home from work. The attack took place in Athens on December 28, 2008. As a result of the attack Konstantina Kuneva lost her sight in one eye and has limited vision in the other and her vocal chords and trachea were seriously damaged. More than a year later, she still needs medical treatment and several operations.

Konstantina Kuneva, a historian by profession, moved to Greece in 2001 to earn money that should cover the medical treatment of her son. As a result of her trade union activities and her position as Secretary of the Attica Union of Cleaners and Domestic Workers, she faced pressure to quit, was given unfavourable shift hours and began receiving anonymous phone threats.

The police launched an official investigation into the attack. However, the investigation placed emphasis on Konstantina Kuneva’s private life and failed to consider her activities as a union representative. The re-opened investigation was concluded at the end of January 2010 because in the view of the investigative judge assigned to the case, no useful new evidence had been found. The file of the case is currently in the hands of the Public Prosecutor of the First Instance Court of Athens.

I call on you to ensure that the investigation is continued and remains impartial and independent, effectively leading to the perpetrators being brought to justice.

I also urge you to protect the rights of migrant workers by fully implementing existing legislation and to ensure that trade union members and other human rights defenders are protected from similar attacks. 

I trust that you will deal in a prompt and effective manner with the above requests.

Yours sincerely,

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EmpfängerIn:: Haris Hrle, Botschafter in Österreich

Betreff:: Justice for Tomislav Matanović!

Sehr geehrter Herr Botschafter,

ich schicke Ihnen dieses Schreiben zu Ihrer Information und mit der Bitte um Weiterleitung an Herrn Amor Bukić, Generalstaatsanwalt der Republika Srpska.

Herzlichen Dank.

Dear Chief Prosecutor,

I am writing to you with reference to the case of father TOMISLAV MATANOVIĆ and his parents JOSIP and BOŽENA MATANOVIĆ, who were subjected to enforced disappearance on 19 September 1995. The remains of their bodies were found in September 2001 and the evidence suggests that the perpetrators of these extra-judicial executions were police officers.

As the persons responsible for this crime have still not been brought to justice after fifteen years, I call on you to promptly conclude the investigations in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior and to bring the perpetrators to trial at long last. I also urge you to provide me with information on what has been achieved in investigating the murders since the start of the investigation 6 years ago.

In this connection I would like to remind you of Article 6 of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which states that an investigation should be “conducted for as long as the fate of the victim of enforced disappearance remains unclarified”.

Under Article 14 of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, “any person alleged to have perpetrated an act of enforced disappearance in a particular State shall .... be brought before the competent civil authorities of that State for the purpose of prosecution”.  The UN Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions, too, insist that all suspected cases of extrajudicial killings should be subject to a thorough, prompt and impartial investigation.

In the best interest of justice I urge you to do everything in your power to ensure that those responsible for the enforced disappearance and killing of Tomislav, Josip and Božena Matanović are held responsible before a court.

Yours faithfully,

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EmpfängerIn:: Chiba Keiko, Justizminister
Akio Tanaka, japanischer Botschafter in Österreich (Kopie)

Betreff:: Prevent the execution of Okunishi Masaru!

Dear Minister,

I am writing out of concern for OKUNISHI MASARU, aged 84, who has spent 48 years in custody and over 38 years on death row, knowing that he could be executed at any time. He is facing execution for poisoning five women in 1961, although he was forced to confess and although he retracted his confession during his first trial. The decision whether to grant him a retrial now lies with the Supreme Court. 

I am deeply concerned that Okunishi Masaru was convicted on the basis of a confession extracted under duress.

Dear Minister of Justice, I call on you to ensure that Okunishi Masaru is not executed and to introduce a moratorium on executions in Japan.

I also urge all authorities to improve prison conditions for those on death row, in accordance with recommendations of the UN Human Rights Committee, including an end to solitary confinement.

I trust that you will take prompt and effective actions on the above requests.

Yours sincerely,

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EmpfängerIn:: Mihalis Chrysohoidis, Minister für Innere Sicherheit
Yiannis Ragousis, Minister für Inneres, Dezentralisierung und E-Governance
Mariliza Xenoyiannakopoulou, Ministerin für Gesundheit und Soziales
S.E. Panagiotis Zografos, griechischer Botschafter in Wien

Betreff:: Establish a comprehensive national asylum system!

Dear Minister,

I write you to express my deep concerns about the situation of asylum-seekers in your country according the amnesty report “The Dublin II Trap”.

In your position as the Minister of Citizens’ Protection I urge you to make sure, that no individual is refouled to their country of origin or any other country in respect to which they claim would be at risk of persecution. All those returned under the Dublin Regulation to Greece must be given access to a fair and effective refugee status determination procedure. 
Asylum-seekers and refugees should reside in adequate accommodation consistent with international and regional, including the EU, standards on reception.
The detention of Dublin II returnees should only occur in exceptional circumstances, on grounds of international law and in compliance with the principles of necessity and proportionality.

Furthermore I appeal to you and your government, to take into account the following points as part of the Asylum reform taking place in Greece:
o	All asylum-seekers whose first instance decisions are rejected are given the right to substantive appeal with suspensive effect.
o	Establish a monitoring procedure in partnership with organizations that assist refugees and UNHCR, in order to monitor the access of persons who may be in need of protection to the territory of the country and to asylum procedure.
o	The Ministry should make sure that all relevant state officials dealing with asylum-seekers and refugees are fully trained in order to ensure that decisions are in line with Greece’s international obligations.

Sincerely yours,

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EmpfängerIn:: Mustafa Mujezinović Premierminister der Föderation Bosnien Herzegowina
Haris HRLE Botschafter von Bosnien und Herzegowina in Österreich

Betreff:: Women Still Waiting for Justice

Dear Prime Minister,
with this letter i remind you of Amnesty Internationals report “Whose Justice? Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Women Still Waiting” (AI Index: EUR 63/006/2009) analyzing the failure of the respective governments of BiH to provide survivors of war crimes of sexual violence with access to justice and reparation, including, restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition;
State that under international law the authorities of BiH have an obligation to provide all survivors of sexual violence, with access to justice and reparation for the human rights abuses they have experienced.

I ask you if you are whether cooperating with the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees on the development of new state policies and laws, in particular:
- On the draft of a State Law on the Rights of Victims of Torture and Civilian Victims of War, which should ensure that all civilian victims of war in the country have equal access to social benefits and other measures of social support irrespectively to where they live.

On the State Strategy on Transitional Justice, that is being developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and the UNDP. The Strategy on Transitional Justice should respond to the needs and rights of survivors of war crimes of sexual violence, including access to reparation programme.

What steps were taken by the entity authorities in the Federation of BiH to comply with the following recommendations by Amnesty International:
- Provide all survivors with access to health insurance and free health services, as well as with adequate subsidized or free of charge medicines;
- Develop a system to provide survivors of war crimes of sexual violence who live in remote areas of the entity with access to psychological and physical health;
- Remove discrimination in the level of social benefits available to survivors of war crimes of sexual violence, who were granted the status of civilian victim of war, in comparison with war veterans in the FBiH;
- Implement in full the law on the civilian victims of war in the area of employment by organizing
vocational training programmes for the survivors of sexual violence or by providing them with other measures of re-integration with the labour market;
- Make sure that the process of applying for the status of the civilian victim of war is transparent and independent and that the institutions conducting it, including NGOs are well equipped to conduct interviews with the survivors. This should include setting certain standards such as assistance of a psychologist in the process and other professional staff and adequate facilities guaranteeing privacy,
- Make sure that the decisions on the status of the civilian victim of war are not temporary;
- Establish centers for mental health in municipalities where they are needed, including, as a matter of urgency in Jajce municipality.

Sincerely yours,

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EmpfängerIn:: Milorad Dodik Premierminister der Republik Srpska
Haris HRLE Botschafter von Bosnien und Herzegowina in Österreich

Betreff:: Women Still Waiting for Justice

Dear Prime Minister,
with this letter I will remind you of the Amnesty International report “Whose Justice? Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Women Still Waiting” (AI Index: EUR 63/006/2009) analyzing the failure of the respective governments of BiH to provide survivors of war crimes of sexual violence with access to justice and reparation, including, restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition.

State that under international law the authorities of BiH have an obligation to provide all survivors of sexual violence, with access to justice and reparation for the human rights abuses they have experienced.
Therefore I ask you whether you are cooperating with the BiH State Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees on the development of new state policies and laws, in particular:
- On the draft of a State Law on the Rights of Victims of Torture and Civilian Victims of War, which should ensure that all civilian victims of war in the country have equal access to social benefits and other measures of social support irrespectively to where they live.
On the State Strategy on Transitional Justice, that is being developed in cooperation with the
Ministry of Justice and the UNDP. The Strategy on Transitional Justice should respond to the
needs and rights of survivors of war crimes of sexual violence, including access to reparation
programme.

I ask you what steps have been taken by the entity authorities in Republika Srpska to comply with the following recommendations by Amnesty International:
- Provide all survivors with access to health insurance and free health services, as well as with adequate subsidized or free of charge medicines;
- Develop a system to provide survivors of war crimes of sexual violence who live in remote areas of the entity with access to psychological and physical health;
- Remove discrimination in the level of social benefits available to survivors of war crimes of sexual violence, who were granted the status of civilian victim of war, in comparison with war veterans in Republika Srpska;
- Amend the Republika Srpska law on the civilian victims of war by creating survivors of war crimes of sexual violence as a separate category which does not have to prove the criteria of 60 per cent 13 AI Index: EUR 63/001/2010 Action Reference: CAPA 33/9 Update 1 bodily damage and to include trauma and other psychological effects on the survivors as one of the criteria in the application process;
- Amend the Republika Srpska law on the civilian victims of war by removing discriminatory deadline for application for the status of the civilian victim of war and to re-open to procedure for applying;
- Abolish the use of the military rulebook in the assessment of bodily damage of the applicants for the status of civilian victims of war;
- Establish centers for mental health in municipalities where they are needed, including, as a
matter of urgency in Bratunac and Srebrenica.

Sincerely yours,

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EmpfängerIn:: Dragan Djilas Bürgermeister von Belgrad
Mr Milutin Mrkonjić Minister für Infrastruktur
Milovan Bozinovic Botschafter der Republik Serbien in Österreich

Betreff:: Stop the Forced Evictions of Roma Settlements

Dear Mayor,

I would like to draw your attention to Amnesty Internationals report: “Serbia: Stop the Forced Evictions of Roma Settlements” (Index: EUR70/003/2010), launched on 10 June 2010, documenting the violations of the right to adequate housing of Roma in Serbia, focussing in particular on forced evictions of Roma from informal settlements in Belgrade.

I am concerned that the authorities of City of Belgrade have followed the most shameful practices in Europe, by failing to ensure the rights of Roma people. Refer to the forced evictions of Roma people from settlements in Blok 67 and from under the Gazela Bridge that were carried out by the city authorities in 2009, to make way for new construction projects.
I am also concerned that the city authorities have initiated more evictions of Roma settlements, in particular in Belvil and Vidikovac.

As much as I welcome the dynamic development of the country’s capital, the authorities must not violate the human rights of its inhabitants in order to achieve this.

Amnesty International considers that in the case of communities evicted from Gazela and Blok 67 the authorities have violated international human rights standards, by failing to conduct meaningful consultations with every affected individual, provide each individual with an adequate notification of eviction, and provide compensation for property destroyed during the forced evictions.
I am concerned that the evicted were not provided with access to adequate housing after the eviction and now live in overcrowded and leaking containers on the outskirts of the city, which fail to meet international standards for adequacy of housing.
The right to adequate housing, which includes protection from forced eviction, is guaranteed in several international and regional human rights treaties that Serbia is a party of: the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the European Convention on Human Rights and the Revised European Social Charter.

I urge you to:
o	Provide adequate alternative housing to all those who were forcibly evicted from Gazela bridge and compensation for losses to any property and possessions or for damage in the process;
o	Prevent future forced evictions and ensure that the announced evictions of the Roma community in Belvil and other future forced evictions of Roma settlements in the city are carried out after meaningful and genuine consultation with the community, and in line with all international standards on the right to adequate housing.

o	Ensure that evictions are only carried out as a last resort after all other feasible alternatives to eviction have been explored in consultation with the affected population, and that procedural protections required under international human rights law are in place, in particular the requirements on consultation, procedural safeguards on how evictions are carried out and adequate alternative housing.
o	Develop a comprehensive relocation and compensation plan for all communities that have already been and are threatened to be forcibly evicted.

Sincerely yours,

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EmpfängerIn:: Boris Tadic Präsident der Republik Serbien
Milovan BOZINOVIC Botschafter der Republik Serbien in Österreich

Betreff:: Stop the Forced Evictions of Roma Settlements

Your Excellency,

I would like to draw attention to Amnesty Internationals report: “Serbia: Stop the Forced Evictions of Roma Settlements” (Index: EUR 70/003/2010), launched on 10 June 2010, documenting the violations of the right to adequate housing of Roma in Serbia, focussing in particular on forced evictions of Roma from informal settlements in Belgrade, including forced evictions carried out in 2009 in Blok 67 and under the Gazela Bridge; and those foreseen in 2010, including in Belvil that is on the way of access roads that will lead to the future Sava bridge.

I am concerned that Serbia has been following the most shameful practices in the Europe, by failing to ensure the rights of the Roma people by putting them at risk of forced evictions.

I would like to express my concerns that systematic evictions of Roma settlements have already taken place in Belgrade, and are anticipated to continue, have violated international human rights standards. Say that as much as the dynamic development of the country’s capital is welcomed, the authorities must not allow human rights violations as a result;

The right to adequate housing, which includes the right to be protected from forced eviction, is guaranteed in several international and regional human rights treaties that Serbia is a party of: the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Convention on the Rights of the Child; International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; The European Convention on Human Rights and the Revised European Social Charter.

I urge you to take meaningful steps to use your powers to ensure that:
o	Forced evictions are prevented in the future
o	The Serbian authorities introduce new legislation on evictions, providing safeguards and remedies in accordance with international standards;
o	Municipal authorities respect international human rights standards and state policies that forbid forced evictions.

Sincerely yours,

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EmpfängerIn:: Prefetto Giuseppe Pecoraro, Sonder-Kommissar
Massimo Spinetti, italienischer Botschafter in Wien

Betreff:: The wrong answer – Italy´s “Nomad Plan” violates the housing rights of roma

Dear Extraordinary Commissioner,

I am writing to you to express my deep concern that, if the Nomad Plan is implemented, it will result in the Roma people experiencing a wide range of human rights violations.

The plan contains several discriminatory provisions and is poorly conceived. It will neither resolve the social problems that prompted it, nor increase the enjoyment of the right to housing by most of the Roma affected.

I therefore urge you to postpone implementation of the Nomad Plan and revise it on the basis of proper consultation with those who are affected by it, ensuring that the revised plan respects the right to adequate housing.

I also urge you to ensure that evictions are carried out only as last resort and in full compliance with the guarantees required under regional and international human rights standards.

Sincerely yours,

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