Ismail Thanks for the information. I hope the closest relatives are aware of what these members of westnile are going through. This is a key area that may require WNF intervention and advise of our legal experts in the forum (especially whether they can be allowed to serve the sentences in their home country as a first step).
Apollo O On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:30 AM, banduga ismail <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear WNF, > > I want to believe that we are all aware that some of our brothers and > sisters are serving jail sentences in China, Iran and India. And this > category are serving jail sentences (sentences passed without legal > representation) ranging from 15 years to life imprisonment for the offence > of possessing narcotic drugs. I have some information about the caseload in > China because one of them is my sister and I periodically talk to her and > the embassy. Some are in Beijin city (Doka Zaitun, Driwaru Florence, Norah > Dezu) while others are in Ghounzhou city (Habiba Musa, Bako Lucy, Drani > Charles). I have received some letters from my sister and her friends (all > inmates) that are a little disturbing. All these people are used by drug > dealers who are here in Kampala but have consealed their identities. > > Some few months ago, many of you might have seen, the media houses ran > articles about Ugandans serving jail sentences in china. In the article, > according to the ambassador, there were 54 ugandans in jails in china and 35 > of whom are ladies in their early to mid thirties. > > I thought this is an issue worth sharing on this forum and we see if there > is anything we can do for our brothers and sisters, from a > legal persepcetive or advocacy perspective. I can understand that a crime is > a crime and depending on the territory where it is committed, the > punishments may vary. As we know, china is rather a difficult country and > her human rights rating is worrying. > > Ismail > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > >
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