Human Rights Action Update Sept. 14-18

Miriam, human rights defender, 1947-2012

The blog is a day early this week because of the Succot holiday. We wish you all a happy holiday, moadim lesimcha.

CHINA
Human rights activists in China are in danger of torture. Please act.

VENEZUELA 
Activist tortured by police, please act. Luis Rafael Escobar Ugas, a Venezuelan human rights activist has been in detention since March for participating in a protest. He has been tortured and threatened. He is ill and is not receiving the urgent medical care he needs.

AFGHANISTAN
The highest ranking policewoman in Afghanistan has been assassinated.

Lieutenant Negar, 38, died on Monday morning in hospital after two unidentified gunmen on a motorbike shot her in the neck on Sunday near police headquarters in Lashkar Gah.

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No action is called for other than circulating this report on your social networks. The cause of human rights and the status of women in Afghanistan has taken a major blow.