World News B #9 December 14th, 2007

1. Visit your classmates’ blogs and read what they wrote for last week’s assignment (December 7th). Leave some comments.

I left my comment on Nancy’s blog!

2. Read Mr Sheffner’s answers to last week’s questions.

3. What is Amnesty International? What does it do?

Amnesty International is an international organization for human rights which work to improve people’s lives through campaigning for internationally recognized human rights to be respected and protected for everyone.

4. Here is a recent report from Amnesty International: Torture/health concern/possible prisoner of conscience UZBEKISTAN Ikhtior Khamroev (m), aged 22. Student Ikhtior Khamroev, who has been in jail since September 2006, was reportedly severely beaten on 29 November. Sources inside the prison have told his father that Ikhtior had also received stab wounds to the abdomen, but was locked in a punishment cell rather than taken to hospital. He is believed to have been detained because of the activities of his father, a prominent human rights defender, and may have been beaten to punish his father for his recent anti-government statements.
1. Find one or two news articles about Ikhtio Khamroev (in English or Japanese) and link to them. How many can you find?
I found three.
http://www.amnesty.or.jp/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=1604&sel_lang=english
http://blhrri.org/kokusai/sos/sos_3903.html (in Japanese)
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2007/12/ikhtiyor_hamroe.html

2. Where is Uzbekistan? Find a map and link to it.
Usbekistan on GoogleMap


3. Is the sad story of Ikhtior Khamroev “news” or not?
I think it’s newsworthy.

1. If you think it is news, why is not on TV and in the newspapers?

I have no idea. It is not on TV only in Japan or any other countries? If it’s not on the Japanese media only, maybe it’s far away from here? Or some giant powers prevent it from covering overseas? I don’t know. I want to look into it further.

2. If you think it is not news, why not?

4. How many Japanese versions of this British news story can you find? What are the key points of this story (in Japanese)?
I could only find one article. http://blhrri.org/kokusai/sos/sos_3903.html
イクティオル・カムロブさんに対する、正当な理由のない拘束と暴力行為。また、これが人権活動家である彼の父親に対する制裁行為である疑いがあること。

5. Read Masa’s blog and leave a message. (Do you know the blog of another Japanese person in the US? Tell us about it on your blog).

One of my blog friends, Hanna, has been studying in San Francisco, too! She is now working on her doctoral dissertation. Her blog is mostly written in Japanese. Her eyes are focused on ethnic issues, cultural differences between countries, and often Japanese education issues. She writes about things as a Japanese woman who lives in the US. I enjoy reading all of her entries very much! Please visit her blog “multicultural SF”