PHM-Exch> Fw: Tanzania – Arrest of sixteen human rights defenders following peaceful protest over government failure to resolve health crisis

[Erick Otieno Owuor]

Dear friends and Comrades,

I would like to share a security incidence faced by human rights defenders from Tanzania.

Erick.

--- On Tue, 2/14/12, Nondo Ebuela <nondo at wgnrr.org> wrote:

From: Nondo Ebuela <nondo at wgnrr.org>
Subject: Tanzania – Arrest of sixteen human rights defenders following peaceful protest over government failure to resolve health crisis
To: "Nondo Ebuela" <africa_officer at wgnrr.org>
Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 1:06 AM



Dear Member/partner/Allie,


As we may know, sixteen Tanzanian human rights
defenders were arrested on 9th, released on bail and have to appear in court
today 14th February 2012. For more information visit: http://protectionline.org/Sixteen-people-Tanzanian-human.html




In protest against the Tanzanian authority's act that goes counter their state
commitment to protect, respect and fulfill human rights, Women's Global Network
for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) has drafted the attached letter urging the Tanzania
authorities to release and drops all charges against these activists. 



We therefore request your support to the sixteen activists by:

1. printing and delivering/posting the letter to the president's office
in Dar-es-salaam if based in Dar-es-salaam or any part of
Tanzania

2. printing and
delivering the letter to the Tanzania embassy/consulate in your country if based outside Tanzania, 

3. adapting the letter and putting it on your
organisation's letter head, signing it and delivering it to the president
office or the representative of Tanzania government in your country.

 

We hope that you will take action in support to the
Tanzanian human rights defenders.

 

Regards,


-- 
Nondo E. Ejano
Africa Program Officer

Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)
Red Mundial de Mujeres por los Derechos Reproductivos (RMDDR)

Réseau Mondial de Femmes pour les Droits Reproductifs (RMFDR)
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Erick Otieno Owuor,Executive Coordinator,Kamukunji Paralegal Trust (KAPLET)
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Polite Notice: Please, do NOT print this message. If you really need to print it, please use both sides of your printing paper. Thank you!
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