Tag Archives: rights of the child

@FL_Corrections: Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. Even children.

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Susan Chandler

A few of us who receive Harold Hempstead’s sworn affidavits about Florida prison conditions have a great deal of difficulty dealing with their content. This particular affidavit has shaken me since I received it in November … our public … Continue reading →

Posted in #CagedCrusader, #ColorOfLaw, #IncarcerationNation, Uncategorized | Tagged #CagedCrusader, #ColorOfLaw, #FailureToKeepFromHarm, #MiamiHarold, ACLU of Florida, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Florida Department of Corrections, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Jeff Sessions, Julie Jones, Miami Herald, Richard Swearingen, Rick Scott, rights of the child, Sexual Predators, United Nations | 4 Comments

Congress: Don’t obstruct closure of Guantánamo

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Susan Chandler

Obama’s remarks on plan to close Guantánamo prison Let us do what is right for America. Let us go ahead and close this chapter, and do it right, do it carefully, do it in a way that makes sure we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in #ColorOfLaw, #CovertOps, #Guantánamo, #MaliciousProsecution, #MilitaryIndustrialComplex, #Rendition, #torture, Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, cruel and unusual punishment, David Cameron, detain without charge or trial, Diego Garcia, disappear, force feeding, forcible cell extraction, George W. Bush, Guantánamo, rendition, rights of the child, Tony Blair, torture, UN | Leave a comment

@POTUS ignores Saudi Arabia’s dastardly mass executions

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Susan Chandler

The U.S. picks and sticks with bedfellows that believe that human rights are for men only, not women or children … and not even all men, at that. This used to be all about the oil. Now perhaps it’s somewhat … Continue reading →

Posted in #CovertOps, #EndlessWar, #ExtrajudicialKillings, #MilitaryIndustrialComplex, Barack Obama, Uncategorized | Tagged Ali al-Ribh, Barack Obama, Equal Rights, Free Speech, human rights, mass executions, Mohammad Shioukh, Mohammad Suweimal, Reprieve, Right to Peaceful Protest, rights of the child, Saudi Arabia, Sharia Law, Sheikh Nimr, UN | 2 Comments

Reprieve: Secret bid clouds UK involvement in planned Saudi executions

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8140 For immediate release: Wed Oct 14, 2015 Fresh questions for Government over secret Saudi deals The Government is facing renewed questions over its agreements with Saudi Arabia, after the cancellation of a Ministry of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ali al-Nimr, David Cameron, Dawoud al-Marhoon, execution, Home Office, HRC, Michael Gove, MOU, Reprieve, rights of the child, Saudi Arabia, torture, UK, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment

Reprieve: Pakistan to execute another man arrested as a juvenile

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve Update 9/29/15: The Pakistani authorities have this morning executed a man who was almost certainly a juvenile at the time of the alleged offence. Ansar Iqbal was arrested in 1994 on murder charges – which he denied – and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ansar Iqbal, death penalty, execution, Pakistan, Reprieve, rights of the child, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment

Reprieve: Shafqat Hussain executed

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve +44 (0) 207 553 8140 For immediate release: Tue Aug 4, 2015 Pakistan executes Shafqat Hussain, sentenced to death as a juvenile Shafqat hussain was this morning executed in Pakistan, despite widespread calls both within and outside the country … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #FewLivesMatter, coerced confession, execution, Pakistan, Reprieve, rights of the child, Shafqat Hussain, torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment