Dear Members and Friends,
1 ° South and North Kivu, R.D.Congo
– Urgent relief: on 24th July armed men related to Mai-Mai fighters, in collusion with Burundians armed from Kiryama, raided the village of Kitembo in search of Peter Byagolo, activist of our local partner the association ACMEJ. They try to attack the life of this young man to prevent him from continuing his investigation of crimes committed in the region.
On August 8th, after unsuccessfully knocking on other doors, ACMEJ seized us with the urgent demand to protect Peter. The next day, August 9th, we sent $ 500- (CHF 497) allowing him to keep at distance for his protection during a month.
Since its creation Vivere wants to be easily accessible, and quickly reactive, in case of such urgency. In our work contexts a human life can be saved, or lost, for a matter of a few hours more or less, when just a relatively small amount is required.
– Testimony:
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As announced in the previous As a reminder, her Tulizeni center A filmed interview was made. |
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2 °Syria
Liberation of women and girls unjustly imprisoned: our lawyer and friend on the spot obtained the liberation of Ikram on July 23rd after ten long months of procedure.
| Having fled Idlib at the height of the fighting, and despite her high level of education, Ikram had been reduced to become the second wife of a man already married with children. This man told Ikram to change a $ 100 bill into Syrian pounds in order to pay the rent. In fact, and without the knowledge of the victim, the ticket was a forgery which led to the young woman being thrown in prison in November 2017 while her husband, a proven smuggler, fled abroad abandoning her to her sad fate. |
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Since the beginning of our action in this field Vivere-Syria has obtained the release of thirteen women. At present we still have four cases in the course of oral argument, including that of Nadia, who was recently on the verge of being widened but whose husband has just been charged with terrorism, thus obliterating at once all the work previously done to constitute the innocence of the young woman.
Given the commitment and the voluntarism of the two young lawyers who have the courage to collaborate with us, the average cost per case completed is reduced to CHF 126 (€ 110). We once again thank the Sentinelles Foundation for allowing Vivere to pay for these expenses.
When we know the dangers faced by internees in the prisons of the Damascus regime, it seemed to us very early on to be essential to defend the most vulnerable, girls and women unjustly imprisoned. Illustrating this danger is this edifying report from the RTS: “Syria has quietly officialized the deaths of hundreds of detainees”, https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/la-matinale/audio/la-syrie-a -discretement formalizes-the-death-of-hundreds-de prisoners? id = 9766808 & resort = a9e7621504c6959e35c3ecbe7f6bed0446cdf8da
Nutritional supplements for babies: the Vivere-Syria team addresses this narration:
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The story of Ghalia:
“Looking at Ghalia’s eyes is reading Looking at the eyes and hands of her Ghalia, a baby of one and a half The dad has several small jobs: As for the mother, she takes care of Any help for this family helps to |
3 ° Campaign for the abolition of the death penalty and life imprisonment of children
| On 22nd June 2019 at the International School of Lausanne, a contradictory debate was held on the death penalty applicable to minors (at the time of the charges against them), as part of a pedagogical week on human rights. Responsible in Vivere for this action, Bernard was present. Teachers and students shared roles to confront the arguments. The “actors” (teachers and students) made a real effort to search for documentation and arguments to express much more credible analyses than at a saloon bar. The students were not the least virulent in promoting the idea that the notion of sovereignty of a country does not allow in any case to contradict, in the penal practice, the human rights norms and international standards, that these same States have negotiated, adopted, signed and ratified. | 
We remind you of the petition that Vivere promotes on https://www.change.org/p/conseil-des-droits-de-l-homme-des-nations-unies-abolition-de-la-peine-de-mort-applicable-aux-mineurs applicable to minors and we thank you kindly to spread it to a maximum of people among your contacts. |
Iran :
According to the “Iran Human Rights Monitor” (June 27, 2018): “The Iranian justice” proceeded on June 27, in the prison of Qom, with the execution by hanging of Abofazi Chezani Shahari. Pursued for the deadly assault of a young man in September 2014, he was 14 years old at the time of the crime. Despite all the appeals and numerous appeals from child rights organizations, including Amnesty International, he was sentenced to death on the basis of Article 147 of the Islamic Penal Code setting the age of “mental maturity” “at 14 years and six months, (and at the age of 8 years and 6 months for girls…). In view of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Articles 6 and 37), ratified by the Islamic Republic of Iran, this execution is a forfeit (“a crime committed by a public official in the exercise of his function “). Iran will have to comply one day with the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, stipulating (Article 27) that a State “may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for the non-execution of ‘a treaty”.
With our consideration and warm regards,
The Vivere Committee
Vivere 7, av d’Yverdon C.H.1004 Lausanne contact@3u2qayeoj.preview.infomaniak.website www.vivere.ch CCP 17 – 709 738 – 6
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