The Situation in Syria

After being occupied for a couple of months with other activities, I've finally got back to continuing my blog with the intention of regularly updating it. If you wish to receive an automatic notification when I update it, please let me know. Please read through the last few posts since I have made alterations to them.

One of the main themes recently has been the events in Syria and unfortunately the situation has barely changed with atrocities happening on a daily basis. Amnesty are urging the Russian Government to take more action through this appeal.

http://action.amnesty.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1194&ea.campaign.id=13500

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Political Asylum in Ecuador

With all the media concentrating on Julian Assange and the role of Ecuador in offering him Political Asylum, you maybe interested to know that Ecuador is involved in a similar case of political asylum but taking a different stance. Aliaksandr Barankov has allegedly revealed evidence of corruption at the highest level but the Belarus authorities are accusing him of fraud which he says are bogus charges. Originally, he was granted political asylum but he has now been arrested and it is very likely that he will be sent back to Belarus where campaigners fear he may be unfairly tried and possibly given the death penalty. Below is a report from the Guardian and a link to the Government of Ecuador should you wish to write something.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/ecuador-belarus-extradite-aliaksandr-barankov

http://www.presidencia.gob.ec/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=2&Itemid=115
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