“The Taliban de facto authorities’ announcement banning Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan is utterly despicable.
It is the latest in a series of steps taken that have eroded the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls – including a ban on girls attending school above the sixth grade, ban on university education for women and girls, restrictions on women’s freedom of movement in public spaces, orders regarding women’s clothing, banning women from working in the administration and commercial enterprises, and banning their employment in NGOs.
Presentan también una denuncia ante las Naciones Unidas sobre los casos penales de los prisioneros de conciencia en Cuba.
Madrid, Feb.23.– El próximo jueves 2 de marzo se reunirán los demandantes para presentar su denuncia a las 10 am en el Salón de Actos del Consejo General de la Abogacía Española.
Participarán Dita Charanzová, Vicepresidenta del Parlamento Europeo; Giulio Terzi Di Sant'Agata, Senador de la República Italiania; Javier Nart, Miembro del Parlamento Europeo; Antonio Ledezma, abogado, escritor y político venezolano; Blas Jesús Imbroda, Presidente de la Subcomisión de Extranjería y Protección Internacional de CGAE; Fernando Almeyda, Coordinador Legal Internacional de Prisoners Defenders; y Javier Larrondo, Presidente de Prisoners defenders; entre otros.
Prisoners Defenders nos envía esta nota que reproducimos a continuación:
Since its introduction five months ago, the Resolve Tibet Act has already received impressive support from Congressional leaders. It represents an important next step by making clear the US government has not forgotten Tibet, and it expects the Chinese to return to the negotiating table. It empowers the Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues to counter Beijing's disinformation campaigns head-on, especially important in the face of the Chinese Communist Party's increasing capacity and willingness to engage in transnational repression.
Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act or Resolve Tibet Act, the bill (H.R. 8365) will:
Pressure China to resume negotiations with the Dalai Lama’s envoys, which have not resumed since 2010;
State that the China-Tibet conflict remains unresolved in violation of international law;
Recognize the Tibetan people’s right to self-determination and fault the Chinese government for violating that right;
Reject as “historically false” China’s claim that Tibet has been part of China since ancient times;
Empower the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues to counter Communist Party propaganda about Tibet and Tibetans, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama;
Make clear that Tibet includes not only the so-called “Tibet Autonomous Region” of China but also Tibetan areas of Gansu, Sichuan, Qinghai and Yunnan provinces.
This legislation [introduced by Jim McGovern (D-Mass) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas)] will position the United States to more forcefully encourage China to address the unresolved issue of Tibet, which is only possible through genuine negotiations with the Dalai Lama and the elected Tibetan leaders in exile,” said Franz Matzner, Director of Government Relations of ICT.
“The Taliban de facto authorities’ announcement banning Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan is utterly despicable.
Since its introduction five months ago, the 