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EOD
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Posts: 167
Location: Taiwan
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 Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:46 am Post subject: Scott Ezell Deportation Appeal and PARC Petition |
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I know this is a country specific topic but the more people who sign the petition the better the chance of getting this injustice rectified.
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Dear President Chen Shuibian
We the undersigned come together before you to request the immediate repeal of the deportation order issued against Scott Dylan Ezell longtime resident of Taidong, Taiwan .
We the undersigned also request that that Scott Dylan Ezell be allowed to remain in Taiwan and be granted Permanent Alien Residency Certification Status.
On April 12, after performaing at a press confrence organized through the Taidong County Culture Bureau, Scott D. Ezell was informed by officer Peter Chen of the Taidong Foreign Affairs Police that he was under investigation for breach of labor laws in regard to his performance and advocacy of aboriginal music.
Scott Ezell was later misled into signing a legal affidavit admitting his participation in these activities in direct contravention of his human rights.
Due process is a social and political necessity in a functioning democracy, and must be extended to all residents of Taiwan, be they Taiwanese, aboriginal, South-East Asian, Western, or of any other nationality or background.
Scott Ezell's advocacy and activities to promote and ensure the most basic human rights of Taiwan's aboriginal people has been a remarkable contribution to this society.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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Scott Ezell Deportation Appeal and PARC Petition
Please help by signing this petition. It takes 30 seconds and will
really help.
Please follow this link:
http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/649647955 |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 13859
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:00 am Post subject: |
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I'm number 10 - I'd ask others to read and then sign the petition, too.
Thanks,
John |
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Teacher Lindsay
Joined: 31 Mar 2004
Posts: 393
Location: Luxian, Sichuan
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:57 am Post subject: |
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| His deportation .......... is a clear violation of his most basic human rights .... |
I guess I must be naive with regard to international human rights.
I would never have thought that basic human rights includes the right to live in a country which is not one's birth nation and/or nation of citizenship.
If, in fact, it is a basic human right, can we all go and live in the U.S.A.
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| and be granted Permanent Alien Residency Certification Status. |
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EOD
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Location: Taiwan
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/speech/
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Freedom of expression is one of the most fundamental rights that individuals enjoy. It is fundamental to the existence of democracy and the respect of human dignity.
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Scott Ezell was deported for promoting non Chinese aboriginal culture in the Republic of China on Taiwan. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Teacher Lindsay,
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| can we all go and live in the U.S.A. |
Well, we'll take everybody but you - I mean, we DO have to maintain SOME standards.
Regards,
John |
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willy
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Posts: 215
Location: Samarinda,Kalimantan,Indonesia(left TW)
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wow he must have really pist of someone in TW the cops are the lazyest i have ever seen.
after i got cut in a bar ( not my fight) the chef guy told them to tack me home so he took me to the bus stop and told me to take a cab!!!
maybe if i had had a donugh? |
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EOD
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Location: Taiwan
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| Scott was begining to bring about some real changes in Taiwan. That is why he was deported. |
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Ludwig
Joined: 26 Apr 2004
Posts: 1096
Location: 22� 20' N, 114� 11' E
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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| http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/speech: Freedom of expression is one of the most fundamental rights that individuals enjoy. It is fundamental to the existence of democracy and the respect of human dignity. |
'EOD' it does no good to cite lofty ideals; for that is all they are. They should be much more, unfortunately whenever anyone attempts to construct a legal framework into which they could be placed, the US invariably blocks the move.
The US has a somewhat hideous track record in international law in general. Some of this history is perhaps germane to this topic. I have written on this elsewhere but will relate it again.
Consider the record of the US at the United Nations. There are numerous examples worthy of mention. To cite but one, consider the Right to Development portion of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which sought to fully establish "the right of individuals, groups, and peoples to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy continuous economic, social, cultural and political development."
Most would accept the above goals to be desirable and worthy of pursuit. It could be proposed that if the former USSR, - or to make the point more germane and contemporary, Iraq, - had refused to accept the above Right to Development (though, of course, only the 5 permanent members of the security council have such a right), their position would have been made untenable and doubtless would have generated front-page condemnation. As it was, the US was alone in rejecting the above right (and, outside of the Quaker press, the events went largely unreported in the western media).
In fact, not only was the US totally isolated in refusing this right, but also continued to show utter contempt and distaste for its core values and themes for some time. President Reagan's ambassador to the UN, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, referred to the declaration as a "letter to Santa Claus". Others, such as ambassador Morris Abram, went further, concluding that such ideas were a "dangerous incitement" ("A Letter to Santa Claus?", The Times Higher Education Supplement, February 19, 1999, p.23).
Consider further the UN Security Council resolution calling on all states to observe international law, vetoed by the U.S., (with three abstentions). Consider also when the UN voted on a series of disarmament measures. The General Assembly vote was 154 to 1, with no abstentions logged, opposing the build-up of weapons in outer space and it voted 135 to 1 against developing new weapons of mass destruction. In both cases, the United States was alone in opposition. The United States (along with France) also opposed a resolution calling for a comprehensive test ban treaty, and (along with France and Britain) opposed a resolution calling for a halt to all nuclear test explosions. A vote calling "on all countries to co-operate in eradicating terrorism" passed with Israel opposing and the US abstaining, obviously not interested, (despite the [obviously feigned] outcry over terrorism). |
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