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Assorted Human Rights News
"We were only following orders!"
That was the cry of the William Herbert, representative of the guards union at the Restricted Housing Unit in Pennsylvania, where political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal is being held. 42 of almost 400 guards are under investigation for brutality against prisoners. The guards have been videotaped pushing and shoving prisoners as they were being transferred, and there are allegations that they beat prisoners while in their cells.
* 11 prisoners, including 3 Aborigines, have died so far this year in Western Australia. Human rights groups are calling for immediate reforms including an increase in resources to ensure that adequate medical, psychiatric and drug rehabilitation services are available to all prisoners.
* Latin American Human Rights Groups want the OAS to establish consultative status for NGOs. The NGOs have also asked the OAS to strengthen the Inter-American system of human rights and to make a serious statement about the fact that threats, harassment, and killings of human rights activists continue to take place in some countries.
