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

Betreff:: Justice for Konstantina Kuneva!

Dear Minister, Dear Public Prosecutor,

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. She still suffers from serious health problems, especially concerning her oesophagus and her sight, as a consequence of the attack. 

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. In July 2010, the Prosecutor agreed with a proposal by the 13th Interrogator’s Office to move the case file of Konstantina Kuneva to the archive. This means that the case is in danger of closing.

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. Konstantina Kuneva should also be continuously informed about any progress in the investigation. 

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:: Shigeo Iwatani, japanischer Botschafter in Österreich

Betreff:: Prevent the execution of Okunishi Masaru!

Sehr geehrter Herr Botschafter,

ich schicke Ihnen diesen Appellbrief zu Ihrer Information und würde Sie bitten, ihn an Justizminister Ogawa Toshio, den Premierminster Yoshihiko Noda und den Gefängnisdirektor des Nagoya Detention Center, Sato Masato, weiterzuleiten. 

Herzlichen Dank.

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:: Generalstaatsanwalt Amor Bukic
Haris Hrle, Botschafter von Bosnien und Herzegowina in Österreich (Kopie)

Betreff:: Justice for Tomislav Matanović!

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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