http://www.ushrnetwork.org/sites/default/files/101109%20USA%20UPR%20draft%20report%20primo.pdf
U.N. Human Rights Council Recommends U.S.
"End the unjust incarceration of political prisoners, including
Leonard Peltier and Mumia Abu Jamal"
To "Lead by example," U.S. Must Heed Recommendations, Use "Exisitng"
or Create Other Mechanisms to Release Imprisoned COINTELPRO/Civil
Rights Era Political Activists, Says USHRN Political Prisoner and
State Repression Working Group
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Efia Nwangaza,
November 10, 2010 (864)
901-8627; enjericho@gmail.com
Greenville, SC – The U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) issued a set of
recommendations for the United States to bring its human rights
policies and practices in line with international standards. The
recommendations are the result of the first-ever participation by the
U.S. in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, which involves a
thorough assessment of a nation's human rights record. USHRN
Political Prisoner and State Repression Working Group, which was in
Geneva last week to observe the UPR process, welcomed U.S.
participation as an important step toward establishing human rights at
home and deeply appreciates the call for the release of U.S. political
prisoners.
"The UPR process has provided the Obama administration an opportunity
to identify U.S. human rights violations, develop real solutions and
bring U.S. policies in line with international human rights standards,
as symbolized by its "multi-racial, gendered, and religious" Geneva
delegation. The Obama administration should set a good example by
using its executive authority, clemency powers, and working with
Congress and state and local governments to translate human rights
commitments into domestic laws and policies to complete the unfinished
business of the COINTELPRO/Civil Rights era and release political
activists held longer than Nelson Mandela for the same reasons Mandela
was imprisoned," stated Efia Nwangaza, Group Leader and Director,
African American Institute for Policy Studies & Planning.
The USHRN Political Prisoner and State Repression Working Group calls
on the U.S. government to heed the recommendations of the HRC, and:
That the U.S. Department of Justice review the convictions of all
COINTELPRO/Civil Rights Era activists in federal or state custody for
civil and human rights violations.
President Obama use his clemency power and/or executive authority to
create or establish mechanisms, e.g. Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, to commute the sentences and expedite release of all
COINTELRO/Civil Rights Era political activists currently held as
prisoners in U.S. federal and state custody.
Human Rights Council draft report on U.S. Universal Periodic Review is
available here:
http://www.ushrnetwork.org/sites/default/files/101109%20USA%20UPR%20draft%20report%20primo.pdf
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