Weekly Human Rights Update
Sponsored by Amnesty International
April 27th, 2011

----------
-United States: Leaked Guantánamo Files Highlight Need for Fair Trials

Over 700 classified military files were released by the anti-secrecy organization
WikiLeaks, confirming that many of the Guantánamo Bay prisoners were detained
for spurious reasons and held without access to the US legal system. On Tuesday,
Amnesty International renewed its call US authorities to release or give fair
trials to the remaining 172 detainees.

Read More: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/leaked-guantánamo-files-highlight-need-fair-trials-and-accountability-2011-04-26

----------
-Thailand: Authorities Silence 'Red Shirt' Community Radios-

The Thai government has shut down community radio stations associated with the
anti-government "Red Shirt" movement, Human Rights Watch said today. The upcoming
elections can hardly be credible if the government closes down opposition radio
stations and websites.

Read more: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/27/thailand-authorities-silence-red-shirt-community-radios

----------
-Middle East: Protests Country by Country

At least several thousand people have been killed and many more have been injured
in the uprising against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's Rule in Libya. More than 350
Syrians have died since protest broke out in the city of Deraa and spread. Find
out more about Middle East protests, country by country, with BBC's easy-to-use,
interactive website.

Read More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12482311

----------
-China: Artist and Advocate Ai Weiwei Detained by Chinese Authorities-

Artist and human rights advocate, Ai Weiwei, was detained by Chinese authorities
as he tried to board a plane for Hong Kong. Rights advocates see his arrest as
a reflection of the Chinese Communist Party's 2011 crackdown on rights lawyers,
bloggers, and dissidents.

Read More: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/ai_weiwei/index.html?inline=nyt-per

----------
-Uzbekistan: Activists Harassed After TV Broadcast-

Uzbekistani human rights activists appeared on a Russian television program, describing
meager pensions and forced psychiatric treatment in Uzbekistan. The next night,
the activists were accosted in their homes for speaking on the Russian program.


Read More: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/27/uzbekistan-activists-harassed-after-tv-broadcast

-----------
About This Blitz:

Care about human rights? Every week, Amnesty International will release a recap
of some of the week's top human rights issues to the student body. With all the
activities Dartmouth students are involved in, Amnesty International knows it
is difficult for the average student to get their hands on a newspaper every day.
Here Amnesty international presents the week's top human rights issues--made easy!

-----------
****For more information, see the "Amnesty @ Dartmouth Daily" newspaper at http://paper.li/DartmouthAi