CAMPAÑA EN PRO DE LA DEFENSA DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS

EDITORIAL: Las violaciones de derechos humanos no sólo afectan a aquellos que las sufren de manera directa, sus familiares y amigos sino también a todas las comunidades y sociedades. Al leer una noticia de alguna violación de derechos humanos, además de la sensibilidad y preocupación que nos genera, muchas veces sólo movemos de manera negativa la cabeza, acompañado de un pensamiento de solidaridad con aquellos que son víctimas de tales actos. Pero hay mucho más que se puede hacer. Si quieres colaborar con la campaña que desde "Delito y Violencia" iniciamos, para colaborar de manera activa en el cese de las violaciones de derechos humanos, puedes escribir cartas o correos electrónicos a la embajada del país donde está ocurriendo el hecho y además a las organizaciones de derechos humanos de tu localidad. Cada carta cuenta, cada correo electrónico tiene su peso específico. Muchos granos de arena, hacen una montaña. Juntos podremos: Por todos los derechos para todas las personas.

PUBLISHING HOUSE (EDITORIAL): Violations of human rigths not only affect those who suffer them directly, their families or friends; but also, their communities and societies. When we read any news concerning human right´s violations, besides the sensibility or worry it generates, we only move our heads showing dissapointment and fill our minds with thoughts of solidarity, however, there is a lot more we can do. If you want to contribute with the campaign " Delito y Violencia " to help preventing violations of human rights, you may write letters or e-mails to the ambassy of the country were they take place or any organization of human rights in your community. Every letter or e-mail is important and have an specific weight. Many grains of sand make a mountain. Together we can do it: human rights for all people.


domingo, 17 de agosto de 2008

FBI ADMITS TO IMPROPERLY OBTAINING PRESS PHONE RECORDS

On Friday, August 8, FBI Director Robert Mueller III admitted that, in 2004, the agency improperly obtained phone records of New York Times and Washington Post reporters working in the papers' Indonesia bureaus. The agency obtained the records as part of a terrorism investigation. The breach came to light during a Justice Department investigation into the FBI's use of "exigent" letters, emergency demands not authorized by law and issued to telecommunication companies as a means to collect phone and email records. Reporters' records are protected by the First Amendment, and the ability to acquire the records requires the approval of the deputy attorney general. While the FBI would not disclose the nature of its investigation, the reporters who were targeted were writing pieces on Islamic terrorism in Southeast Asia. Valerie Caproni, FBI General Counsel, stated that the records only listed the phone calls that were made or received and did not detail the content of the calls. FBI spokesman Michael Kortan commented that the records were not used for any investigation and that they have since been removed from the FBI's databases. Mueller apologized to the executive directors of both newspapers. He will testify about the breach before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on September 17.

Source: HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST