June2011Issue - Westminster Academy

Westminster Academy Newsletter Page 4
Trip to Amnesty International headquarters
By Adrian Dardha
Amnesty International is an organisation that tries to help
protect the human rights of many innocent people who
currently have their human rights abused, broken and
ignored . It tries to protect people’s dignity in some cases
and also tries to inform humanity of the bias in the real
world. Amnesty is a united group of people which can easily
point out the wrongs that happen in a certain country or
place, embarrassing the people who have severely broken
the laws of human rights.
Amnesty International has listed several places and countries
where people’s human rights are not protected.
These are a few of the places on their list: Guantanamo
Bay, China, Nigeria, Libya and Palestine. For example, let’s
talk about a serious incident that occurred in China. Liu
Xiaobo, a fifty-four year old scholar and author who won a
prize for his outstanding contribution to human rights, is
currently serving an eleven year sentence on charges of
“inciting subversion of state power” imposed after an unfair
trial. Liu is a prominent government critic who has repeatedly
called for human rights protection, political accountability
and democratisation in China. This short sum-
The WA Amnesty International Club at their Human
Rights Headquarters near Liverpool St.
mary gives us an understanding that
brave people like Liu Xiaobo can stand up
against the mercilessness of a very harsh
communist government which the whole
country must abide. These brave people
and people like you, united together, can
create a world where human rights are
respected and where we can all thrive
together.