Syria: Arrest of prominent human rights defender Mr Khalil Matouk
President Bashar al-Assad, Office of the President, Damascus Syria Mr. President: I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I came to know about the situation from Front Line Defenders. Khalil Matouk is a prominent human rights lawyer who provides legal assistance to victims of human rights abuses in Syria, including to fellow [...]
China: Detention of Shanghai-based human rights defender Ms Mao Hengfeng
President Hu Jintao, The State Council General Office, People’s Republic of China Your Excellency, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I came to know about the situation from Front Line Defenders. On 30 September 2012 Shanghai-based human rights defender Ms Mao Hengfeng was detained while petitioning in Beijing. She was apprehended [...]
Azerbaijan: Sentencing of human rights defender Mr Ilham Amiraslanov to two years imprisonment
President Ilham Aliyev, Office of the President, Azerbaijan Your Excellency, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I am came to know about the situaiton from Front Line Defenders. On 12 September 2012, human rights defender Mr Ilham Amiraslanov was sentenced to two years imprisonment by Sabirabad District Court. Ilham Amiraslanov is [...]
Vietnam: Immediately release of 17 Vietnamese social activists and bloggers and the withdrawal of all charges
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Socialist Republic of Vietnam Re: Vietnam: Immediately release of 17 Vietnamese social activists and bloggers and the withdrawal of all charges Dear Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com. I have been informed by Human Rights watch regarding seventeen Vietnamese social activists, [...]
