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“We need to move somewhere where we can feel safe, where we can live without being in fear…”
Catholic woman Pat McGaughey after being intimidated out of her Ahoghill home

In the last two months within a 15-mile radius in North Antrim Catholics have suffered:

June
19 Two nationalists assaulted by gang of loyalist youths in Ballymena.
27 St Mary’s church, Ahoghill, and St Joseph’s primary school targeted in paint bomb attack.

July
11 Church of Our Lady, Harryville, daubed with sectarian slogans.
11 Catholic woman Kathleen McCaughey forced to flee her Ahoghill home after sustained paint bomb and intimidation campaign.
13 Two hoax devices left outside the home of a Catholic man in Dunclug, Ballymena
16 Petrol bomb attack on Catholic-owned Diamond Bar in Ahoghill.
21 Petrol bomb attack extensively damages Half Way House public house in Broughshane.
24 Catholics in north Antrim warned that their details are in the hands of loyalists.
24 Sectarian slogans daubed on Our Lady’s chapel in Harryville, Ballymena.
25 Paint bomb attack on All Saints chapel and nearby Crebilly chapel, Ballymena.
25 Catholic-owned bar in Rasharkin petrol bombed.
25 Catholic-owned Glensway Tavern in Martinstown extensively damaged in a petrol bomb attack.

August
1 Home of Catholic family in Laurel Park, Ahoghill, petrol bombed
8 Catholic woman Oonagh Donaghy and son forced to flee home in Ahoghill after loyalist arson attack
8 Catholic church in Cullybackey, near Ahoghill, targeted in paint attack
8 Three pipe bomb devices left at three Catholic-owned houses in Cloughmills. Two exploded causing major damage and one declared a hoax device.
9 Fire blankets issued to five Catholic houses in Ahoghill by PSNI after loyalist attack
9 Windows smashed in Catholic homes in Ballymena
10 Paint bomb attack on Our Lady’s chapel in Harryville.
16 Paint bomb attack on Catholic-owned house in the outskirts of Ahoghill.
16 St Mary’s chapel and St Joseph’s primary school attacked with paint bombs in Ahoghill.

BreakingNews.ie

17/08/2005 - 17:30:21

Neo-Nazis have threatened to burn down the home of an outspoken Northern Ireland Assembly member, he claimed tonight.

John Dallat, a nationalist SDLP representative, said the Combat 18 grouping also warned they were plotting to set fire to his offices.

The East Derry MLA believes that the far-right grouping with links to extreme loyalists targeted him because he spoke out about their re-emergence in his constituency.

He said: “They phoned my office and told one of my staff they were going to torch it and my home.”

Mr Dallat already has bullet-proof windows installed at his house after angering terrorists in the past.

But, as police investigated the latest threat, he pledged to stop racist and sectarian thugs gaining a foothold in the area.

He said he attracted their attention after condemning fly-posters plastered over Catholic-owned properties in Garvagh, Co Derry, declaring “Combat 18 is back”.

“Presumably that is the reason why threats have been made to torch my office or home,” he said.

“I’m more concerned about my two staff – they were distraught.

“This practice is deeply distressing to my staff but it won’t deter me from speaking out against hate-mongers and insisting that their racist fly posters are removed from property as soon as they appear.

“Previous campaigns to launch Combat 18 and other racist groups in the Coleraine area failed and I am determined that any future attempt will equally fail.”

A Police Service of Northern Ireland spokesman said the force would not comment on an individual’s personal security.

BreakingNews.ie

17/08/2005 - 15:45:19

Animal rights activists today took their fight to have mink farms shut down to the doors of one of the country’s leading fur retailers.

With the Government refusing to introduce an outright ban, Animal Rights Action Network took to the streets to highlight the trade in animals bred purely for their pelts.

Protesters gathered outside Barnardo’s Furs on Dublin’s Grafton Street handing out pictures of dead skinned foxes and urging shoppers to boycott fur shops.

John Carmody, ARAN spokesman, said the Government should be ashamed to oppose steps to end the fur farming industry.

“We strongly believe that animals have rights. We don’t want them to be slaughtered. We are not looking for better conditions we are looking for the whole industry to be outlawed,” he said.

The Government voted down a private member’s bill to outlaw fur farming last March. The Green Party, which put forward the bill, claimed 150,000 animals were being killed needlessly each year.

But Caroline Barnardo, owner of Barnardo’s which has traded in Dublin since 1812, defended the industry and insisted animals on farms were well treated.

“It’s not in the farmers’ interest to treat them poorly or let them die. What use are they without good quality furs?” she asked.

Activists claimed thousands of mink are being reared in small, crowded cages with many baby animals dying. They also alleged they are electrocuted or gassed before pelts are ripped off them.

Ministers at the Department of Agriculture have insisted they will keep the situation under review. Inspections by the Department have also indicated that the animals were well cared for and slaughter techniques complied with EU regulations.

Five mink farms, and one farm with mink, silver and arctic fox export 2 million euro (£1.4m) worth of fur each year. Activists are eager to have an outright ban imposed similar to that in Northern Ireland and Britain.

Mr Carmody vowed to continue to expose the bloody side of the fur industry at cities around the country during the rest of the year. Events are to be held in Belfast, Cork, Galway and Limerick.

BreakingNews.ie

17/08/2005 - 15:25:28

Two men were arrested in Belfast today for questioning about separate murders linked to the bitter loyalist feud.

A 31-year-old was detained for questioning about the murder of Craig McCausland, 20, who was shot at his girlfriend’s house in north Belfast last month. He died later in hospital.

Another man was arrested for questioning about the murder of Stephen Paul, 28, who was gunned down later in the month at his home a few streets from that of Mr McCausland.

The loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force is suspected of carrying out both murders as part of its feud with the splinter Loyalist Volunteer Force.

The UVF is thought to have carried out all four murders in the feud - the latest on Monday - in a bid to wipe-out its bitter rivals.

Police chiefs revealed last night that they had drafted in 160 extra officers in a bid to put the lid on the feuding which has also seen nearly 20 attempted murders and bombings in recent weeks.

BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Tributes paid to murdered youth

Thomas’ cortege passes flowers laid in his memory

The funeral has taken place of north Belfast murder victim Thomas Devlin.

The 15-year-old was stabbed five times in the back last week as he walked home after buying sweets from a garage.

Thomas’ schoolfriends followed the cortege from his home on the Somerton Road for Requiem Mass at the Church of the Resurrection on the Cavehill road.

The Bishop of Down and Connor, Dr Patrick Walsh, said thuggery and gangsterism “reign supreme on many of our streets”.

Mourners stopped at the murder scene on their way to the church.

In his homily, Father Sean Emerson spoke of Thomas’ love of music and his sense of fun.

He said the “brutality” of his death had made most people wonder what “was going on, what is wrong in society”.

“Those who murdered Thomas”, he said, “must have a very heavy conscience because they have committed a very evil act”.

‘Normal lad’

Thomas, a student at Belfast Royal Academy, was buried in Armoy, County Antrim.

Earlier, Father Emerson said he had visited the family in the days since the murder and had been remembering good times with Thomas.

“They were basically just talking about Thomas and his life and how they will miss him and they anticipate the grief ahead of them,” he said.

“And just how he was a normal lad and they keep recalling memories and things that they did together as a family.”

Thomas was a talented musician who played the horn at school.

Police investigating his murder made a fresh appeal for information at the weekend.

They said the investigation was ongoing and urged anyone who was in the area of the Fortwilliam service station or Somerton Park on the night of Wednesday 10 August and who has information to contact them.

Two men and a juvenile arrested over the murder have been released.

RTE

17 August 2005 12:04

A report for the Minister for Health has warned that Ireland must take significant measures to prevent a ‘brain drain’ of doctors from the health system.

It also warns against wasting substantial exchequer investment in training people to be doctors.

The report says that medical emigration is high in Ireland, with many doctors more attracted to jobs in Britain, the US and Australia.
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Among the problems cited are career opportunities, long hours and working conditions.

The report proposes paying for a limited number of doctors to train abroad in areas where there is likely to be a shortage here, conditional on them returning to work in Ireland.

The unpublished report of the Medical Education and Training Group, chaired by Dr Jane Buttimer, is due to be submitted to the Tánaiste and Minister for Health, Mary Harney, shortly.

It calls for urgent reforms of postgraduate medical education and measures to end medical posts with little training value, many of which are occupied by non-EU citizens.

It says a division should be established at the Department of Health to formulate strategy on medical education, training and workforce issues.

The report says the Health Service Executive must ensure excellence in medical education because a failure in this area may risk the loss of the best graduates to countries perceived as offering a superior environment.

Most of the doctors surveyed for the study said medical school had not prepared them well for their work to date. More than one third of non-Irish doctors said they had experienced discrimination on grounds of nationality.

A recent OECD report found that while the number of doctors has increased in Ireland in recent years, the country has a lower number of doctors per head of population than other European countries.

BBC

Thomas Devlin was murdered in a knife attack

The funeral is taking place of north Belfast murder victim Thomas Devlin.

The 15-year-old was stabbed five times in the back last week as he walked home after buying sweets from a garage.

Thomas’ schoolfriends followed the cortege from his home on the Somerton Road for Requiem Mass at the Church of the Resurrection on the Cavehill road.

Mourners paused for a moment at the spot he was killed. Thomas, a student at Belfast Royal Academy, will be buried later in Armoy, County Antrim.

Father Sean Emerson, who is giving the homily at the service, said that in the days since his murder, the family had been remembering good times with Thomas.

“They were basically just talking about Thomas and his life and how they will miss him and they anticipate the grief ahead of them,” he said.

“And just how he was a normal lad and they keep recalling memories and things that they did together as a family.”

Thomas was a talented musician who played the horn at school.

Police investigating his murder made a fresh appeal for information at the weekend.

They said the investigation was ongoing and urged anyone who was in the area of the Fortwilliam service station or Somerton Park on the night of Wednesday 10 August and who has information to contact them.

Two men and a juvenile arrested over the murder have been released.

BBC

A 16-year-old youth has been remanded in custody charged with the double rape of a 15-year-old girl in west Belfast.

She was attacked along with three boys in the Blacks Road area on 6 August.

The accused, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faces 12 charges including assault, armed robbery, false imprisonment and grievous bodily harm.

He denies the charges. Defence said he told police he had not used the girl’s phone to call or text her mother two hours after the attack took place.

The 16-year-old spoke only to confirm his name during proceedings at Lisburn Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

A detective sergeant told the court that when the charges were put to him, the youth replied: “Not guilty”.

He said he believed he could connect him with all the offences.

A defence solicitor said his client would be “strenuously denying any wrongdoing” and had done so continuously while in police custody.

The solicitor asked the detective to confirm that the 16-year-old and his family had arranged to attend Newry police station voluntarily.

The youth was remanded in custody and is due to re-appear before the court by video link before 30 August.

Another 16-year-old has already been charged with aiding and abetting rape.

BBC

The man was stabbed as he walked his dog in the city

A 61-year-old man has been injured in a stabbing in Derry.

He was walking his dog along a laneway near the Springtown Industrial Estate when he was approached by two men at 2230 BST on Tuesday.

After asking their victim for a cigarette, one of the men lunged at him and stabbed him in the chest.

The injured man was treated in hospital but his injuries are not thought to have been serious. The police are appealing for information.

**Posted by Danielle Ni Dhighe

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

15 August 2005
Irish Republican Socialist Party
irsm.org

Remembering the 1981 Hunger Strikers

A spokesperson for the Irish Republican Socialist Party in Derry urged all those who supported the demands of the hunger strikers in 1981 to turn out in large numbers this Saturday to remember the men who gave
all they had in the 1981 hunger strike.

The prison protest in 1981 was a very harrowing time for republicans as we watched our comrades’ lives ebb away in the H-Blocks. Republicans today are forever in awe of the courage and determination of all those who stood firm in Long Kesh and Armagh Gaol at that time. For it is their example that guides us in 2005 as we strive to build a new society in Ireland, free from British imperialism and free from foreign and native capitalism. A society that respects diversity and difference.

This Saturday is the 24th anniversary of the death of the tenth and last man to die on hunger strike, INLA Volunteer Michael Devine from Derry.

The Irish Republican Socialist Movement will be holding a march in Derry on Saturday 20th August.

The march will begin at the Rosemount Factory at 2pm and make its way from there to the graves of the two Derry City men who died during the 1981 protest, Patsy O’Hara and Micky Devine, at the republican socialist plot in the city cemetery.

Speakers will include Martin McMonagle from the IRSP and Margaret McNutt, whose five year old son Michael was seriously injured by joyriders recently in Galliagh. Margaret McNutt will use the platform to call for support for the campaign to rid the scourge of joyriding from the streets of Derry.

Anyone requiring further details should contact the IRSP in Derry on 02871 262999 or email derryirsp@hotmail.com.

BBC

Army bomb disposal experts examined part of the railway line

Police in Lurgan have come under what they have called a sustained attack from youths throwing petrol bombs and other missiles.

Up to 30 petrol bombs were thrown by a crowd of about 20 youths in the Cornakinnegar Road area.

Police were in the area while Army bomb disposal experts examined a device on the railway line. It has been declared a hoax.

Earlier two petrol bombs were thrown at a BBC television crew in the town.

The crew were at the Kilwilkie estate when the devices were thrown at their car. No-one was injured but one device hit their vehicle.

The railway line between Lisburn and Portadown has now reopened.

It had been closed after workmen discovered a suspicious object on Monday close to Malone Bridge on the Lurgan side of Bells Bridge.

Training

SDLP Assembly member Dolores Kelly claimed dissident republicans were training young people to leave devices.

“Local people reported to us seeing young people being almost trained in paramilitary fashion to leave the device and wearing balaclavas,” she said.

“So, it seems as if there is an element of recruitment amongst dissident republicans training young people, or at least corrupting their lives, and disrupting the lives of everybody else around them.”

She said hoax devices were often left as a means of luring security forces into the area, to be attacked.

Ms Kelly also condemned the disruption caused by such incidents to every day life.

“There is not easy transport access outside of Lurgan other than the train and it is widely used,” she said.

BreakingNews.ie

16/08/2005 - 19:32:25

Loyalist paramilitary killers locked in a deadly feud are switching their sights to innocent victims because police have disrupted assassination attempts, a top Belfast officer said tonight.

Assistant Chief Constable Duncan McCausland revealed there have been nearly 20 attempted shootings and bombings in the vicious turf war that has claimed four lives so far.

Faced with a barrage of criticism over police response to the Ulster Volunteer Force’s dispute with the splinter Loyalist Volunteer Force, he also disclosed that more than 160 extra officers have been drafted in to try to halt the violence.

He pledged: “I will do what I have to do to make the streets of Belfast safe. I will put whatever I have to put into this. The money doesn’t count.”

In the latest murder, father-of-three Michael Green was ambushed and shot dead on Monday as he arrived for work at a furniture store in South Belfast.

The UVF, which has carried out all four killings as part of a campaign to wipe out its despised rivals, claimed Mr Green was associated with the LVF.

But Mr McCausland stressed that the victim had no paramilitary connections and had not been identified by police intelligence as a potential target.

Others who may be involved in the feud have been warned about possible attacked in a bid to disrupt further loyalist assassinations, he confirmed.

Mr McCausland said that because of the police strategy against those carrying out the attacks, “they have broadened their catchment.

“It’s a demonstration of the police response and disruption of what’s going on that they have had to target Mr Green.

“They appear to be targeting, in their own small-minded way, people they think reflect the organisation they are attacking.

“But this feud, if you want to call it a feud, is down to criminal paramilitary gangs inflicting murderous attacks on their communities. By having to move away from what the community might feel are the main targets, I can say with confidence, we have saved people’s lives in the last six weeks.”

Since the struggle for control of the drugs and racketeering trade erupted into an all-out shooting war, police have listed 18 planned murder attempts, bombings or shootings. Twelve have been attributed to the UVF and six to the LVF.

“That’s not to minimise the fact that four people have lost their lives,” said Mr McCausland.

“But I’m putting significant numbers of police into this. There are over 160 additional police resources deployed specifically and military have been put into five separate districts.”

The police chief revealed the scale of the forces’ operation in response to withering criticisms that not enough had been done to end the killing and intimidation.

Senior Ulster Unionist representative Michael McGimpsey claimed officers were effectively allowing the two factions to sort out their dispute without interference. Previous police command teams would have done more to capture the killers, he said.

Mr McCausland rejected this assessment, pointing to the 90 house searches and 20 arrests – 10 where charges were pressed – as evidence of his officers’ determination.

He added: “The community needs to help us to ensure that no one loses their lives, it’s within their power to come up to the mark. A lot of people have done an awful lot, but people can do more.

“It seems to be easy to blame the police for not doing enough, but we’re doing our full part and will continue to do our full part. It’s up to the political leaders, church representatives and community workers to do their bit.”

British government officials were tonight keeping in close contact with community leaders in loyalist circles in a bid to bring the ongoing violence to an end.

Ministers were also in close contact with the PSNI and security officials.

A Northern Ireland Office spokesman said Secretary of State Peter Hain had made clear from the outset of the current outbreak of violent killing that it was “gangsterism masquerading as loyalism”.

He added: “What is important at this time is bringing an end to this violence and intimidation through effective policing and the PSNI deserve the support of the whole communit, especially in loyalist areas at this time,” he added.

The PSNI had already arrested 20 people and charged 10 of them and conducted over 90 searchers, said the government spokesman.

Anyone with any information about violent attacks and murders should make it known to the police immediately, he said.

“Northern Ireland Office officials continue to be in close contact with community leaders in loyalism to try to bring this ongoing violence to an end. Ministers also remain in close contact with the PSNI and security officials.”

Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

**Posted to republicanarmy by Michele Duarte. Click on the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee site for live links and more information.

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July 30, 2005

Aho my relations,

As I sit here in my solitary confinement cell at USP Terre Haute, and reflect over the past month’s events, I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of love and gratitude for each and every one of you who have so diligently stood by me in this time of crisis. As you already know by now, on June 30, 2005, I was transferred from Leavenworth Facility, to Terre Haute USP. The reason for my transfer, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Administrative staff was that the Leavenworth Facility was downgraded from maximum security level to medium, and therefore I could not remain at Leavenworth due to my illegal sentencing and consequent maximum security rank.

I was transferred without notification to my attorney, Barry Bachrach, and my family. Upon my arrival to Terre Haute I was placed in solitary confinement and was told that I would remain in solitary confinement until my personal file arrived. My personal file arrived, but I remain in solitary confinement allegedly for security reasons. I am confined to a cell that is 8’X 8’, it has a window that is covered from the outside with an elaborate shield that allows me to see 2-3 inches of the sky out of the top and 2-3 inches of the ground. All prisoners are supposed to get at least one hour of sunlight or outdoors and so I am taken from my cell to what is called a Recreation Room (Rec Cage), and the only sun or outdoors that I see is from some windows high up in this large room with a few air holes in them. I am able to walk up and down and this fulfills the one hour of sunlight or outdoors recreation time.

Whatever the system’s logic is, it seems that I won’t stay in Terre Haute for much longer and will be transferred again. I do not know when and where, nor do I know if this cruel game will be over after another transfer. After all, removal and relocation have been used to break our people from the beginning of this country’s history. This keeps my Defense Committee from taking the necessary steps to re-establish an office, but they are doing everything they can to help me in this most precarious and uncertain situation.

Before this situation developed, I asked Russ Redner to be the National/International Executive Director of the LPDC. Russ is a brother from our original Northwest AIM crew, a long time ally, and one of the original founders of the LPDC. I have trusted Russ with my life many times and he’s proven himself at every turn. I want him to be the last person I ever have to ask to guide the LPDC, and as such I have given him full authority to do whatever is necessary to prevent problems that have plagued us in the past from ever surfacing again. He and his wife, Paula, bring a renewed energy to the LPDC. It is essential that Russ, Barry Bachrach, Mike Kuzma, and the new team at the LPDC be supported so they can work most effectively to achieve my freedom and accomplish the things that need to be done for my people. I have confidence that all of you who truly support me will extend your vote of confidence to Russ and my new team.

A month in solitary is beginning to take a toll on me but your letters give me much hope and encouragement. Many of you have written, e-mailed and called USP Terre Haute, and other organizations. This has brought some improvement to my solitary confinement. I am now getting my medications on a daily basis, I can write out, I am receiving my mail, and I am allowed one phone call a month. I am allowed contact visits for those persons authorized on my visiting list. The contact visit is restricted to a two hour period, and is conducted through a glass pane and a phone. I am allowed to visit with my attorney without those restrictions.

At this time I am asking that you continue to call/write/e-mail the contacts below requesting that my security level be downgraded to medium due to my health, age and good behavior and that I be transferred to a medium security institution with all my hard earned prisoner privileges restored. In case I am transferred please add the new facility (keep checking our official website: http://www.leonardpeltier.org) to your contact list and ask them to respect my human rights and prisoner privileges. Again, I thank you for your support and prayers and hope that I may one day soon be among you.

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse,

Leonard Peltier

CONTACT LIST:

U.S. Penitentiary4700 Bureau Road SouthTerre Haute, IN 47802Phone-812-244-4400Fax—-812-244-4789THP/EXECASSISTANT@BOP.GOVFederal Bureau of Prisons320 First Street NWWashington, DC 20534202-307-3198info@bop.gov

Amnesty International
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New York
NY 10001
Phone: 212-807-8400
Fax: 212-463-9193 / 212-627-1451
admin-us@aiusa.org

Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floorNew York, NY 10118-3299 USATel: 1-(212) 290-4700, Fax: 1-(212) 736-1300hrwnyc@hrw.org

Senate Judiciary Committee:

Arlen Specter, Chairman
711 Hart BuildingWashington, DC 20510Tel: 202-224-4254
Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member
433 Russell Senate Office Bldg Washington, DC 20510(202) 224-4242
senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov

Senator Edward Kennedy
317 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510
202/224-4543 FAX: 202/224-2417
Senator Joseph Biden
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Senator Dianne FeinsteinUnited States Senate331 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3841Fax: (202) 228-3954

Senator Richard Durbin332 Dirksen Senate Bldg.Washington, DC 20510Phone: (202) 224-2152Fax: (202) 228-0400

Senator Herb Kohl
330 Hart Senate Office BuildingUnited States SenateWashington, D.C. 20510Phone: (202) 224-5653Fax: (202) 224-9787

Sen. Charles E. Schumer313 Hart Senate BuildingWashington, DC 20510Phone: 202-224-6542Fax: 202-228-3027TDD: 202-224-0420

Congressional Judiciary Committee:

Honorable John Conyers, Jr. 2426 Rayburn Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-5126
John.Conyers@mail.house.gov

Honorable Robert C. Scott 1201 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-8351
Fax: (202) 225-8354
bobby.scott@mail.house.gov

Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee 2435 Rayburn Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-3816

Honorable Maxine Waters2344 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515202-225-2201 phone202-225-7854 fax

Honorable Martin Meehan2229 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515Phone: (202) 225-3411Fax: (202) 226-0771TTY: (202) 225-1904

Honorable Bill Delahunt 2454 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3111
Fax: (202) 225-5658
William.Delahunt@mail.house.gov

Honorable Anthony Weiner 1122 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 (202) 225-6616
weiner@mail.house.gov

United Nations:

Louise Arbour, U.N. High Commissioner for Human RightsUnited Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10SwitzerlandFax: 41-22-917-9022E-mail: tb-petitions@ohchr.org
U.N. Working Group on Indigenous PopulationsUnited Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10SwitzerlandEmail: WGindigenous@ohchr.orgFax: 41-22-917-9008

The Special Rapporteur on human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples: Mr. Rodolfo StavenhagenHis contact person is: Pablo Espiniella, Human Rights Officer: Tel. 41-22-917-9413 Fax 41-22-917-9008; email: indigenous@ohchr.org

U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions
c/o Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
CH-1211, Geneva 10
Switzerland
Fax: 41-22- 917-9006