Salamander

العربي في اسفل الصفحة 

 

Despite the failures of the United Nations in stopping many of the grievances of people all over the world, yet there are many tools and procedures that individuals can resort to to at least make their voice heard

The Special Procedures with regards to Human Rights are the procedures that have allowed for Special Rapporteurs to come visit our countries and write reports that have shamed governments.

Now these procedures are under threat. Act for Special Procedures by signing a petition concerted by several international organisations. have your voice heard and help others to have their voices heard.

On March 1, 2007, Tunisian human rights lawyer and activist Mohamed Abbou will complete his second year in prison. Abbou's supporters around the world have declared an international day of protest to call for his release from prison.  He is held in harsh conditions and has suffered beatings by prison guards and other inmates.

Abbou's wife, Samia Abbou, is being persistently harassed by the security forces as a result of her struggle for the release of her husband. Last December, while on her way to visit her husband with other human rights defenders, she was brutally assaulted and beaten by a group of forty men right in front of several police officers, who looked on without intervening.