傑克希利人權救援小組來台關心陳水扁總統健康與人權
新聞報導 - 自由論壇
作者 陳水扁總統辦公室
2012-09-07
陳水扁總統辦公室
代發 美國華盛頓的人權行動中心新聞稿
News Release.
An international and independent human rights team to review the case of President Chen Shui-Bian
An independent human rights team will arrive in Taipei the week of September 15th to review the human rights case of former President Chen Shui-bian and the conditions of his imprisonment.
Team leader, Jack Healey is the director of Washington DC based Human Right Action Center (HRAC), and team members include, Hans Wahl, a human right activist and educator based in Paris, and Harreld Dinkins, a human rights advocate based in Washington, DC and New York. The team will undertake many fact-finding missions including visiting President Chen in the prison and meeting with AIT officials, DPP leaders, government officials, medical and legal teams of Chen, and grassroots human rights activists in Taiwan. Mr. Healey wrote an open letter to President Ma on July 20, 2012 to express concerns regarding Chen’s imprisonment and health conditions. In the letter, he pointed out “universal human rights standards should remain constant, even for those who are incarcerated. “ Healey decided to follow up with his open letter by leading this independent human rights team to visit Taiwan as there is a grave concern of Chen’s death while in custody.
Jack Healey founded Washington DC based Human Right Action Center (HRAC) in 1994. HRAC rebuilt a factory in Bosnia for war widows and raised funds for many human rights missions, in particular the support for Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, through albums, concerts, and videos, in collaboration with many famous artists, including Pavoratti, Jim Carrey, Rhino, U-2, Clapton, etc. Mr. Healey was the executive director of Amnesty International USA from 1981 to 1994. Under his leadership, the membership of AI USA grew from 30,000 to 400,000 and the budget grew from $3 million to $26 million. Mr. Healey has received seven honorary doctorates for his life long human rights work. He is also a recipient of several awards including Dr. ML King Jr. Award and Bill Graham Award. He was called “Mr. Human Rights” by US News and World Report and featured as “Person of the Week” of ABC by Peter Jennings, the famed News anchor. Mr. Healey is a spokesperson for human rights and he appeared on almost all national TV and radio shows in the US and travelled on numerous missions for non-governmental organizations, including Haiti, Swiss, Mexico, Guatemala, Thailand, to name a few.
Hans Wahl is Austrian-American and holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University. Currently, Mr. Wahl is the director of INSEAD Business School’s Social Entrepreneurship Program in Fontainebleau, France. He has more than 35 years of experience in education, management, and economic and political development in over 40 countries. He recently designed and led a series of programs to prepare teams of paralegals to work in post-conflict countries in Africa; developed a training program for prison officials in Bangladesh. He also promoted innovative teaching methods at a government academy in the Ukraine, and a high-impact staff development program for the Prison Department in Sudan. Previously, Mr. Wahl led UNESCO's Poverty and Human Rights Program and held senior staff positions at Amnesty International.
Mr. Dinkins has researched, consulted, and written for dozens of human rights groups and nongovernmental organizations. He has a considerable portfolio of experience with the diverse peoples and ecosystems of East and Southeast Asia where prisoner rights are one of his many longtime concerns. He has recently established a new NGO (Initiatives For Asia www.facebook.com/initiativesforasia) which works on protecting rivers and the communities they support. Mr. Dinkins spent several years living in southwest China studying (primarily in Kunming, Yunnan) and southeast Asia (mostly doing outreach work with refugees).
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新聞稿
傑克希利人權救援小組來台關心陳水扁總統健康與人權
九月十五日，一個獨立國際人權工作小組將來台關心陳水扁總統的人權及其監禁狀況。這個國際人權小組是由美國華盛頓的人權行動中心http://www.humanrightsactioncenter.org/dyr/主任傑克希利(Jack G. Healey)發起。成員包括漢斯華爾(Hans Wahl)，一位駐法國巴黎的人權與教育人士；以及哈瑞丁勤時 ( Harreld Dinkins)，一位駐華盛頓與紐約人權熱心人士。這個國際人權小組來台探求真相，將訪問獄中的陳水扁總統、美國在台協會官員、民進黨高層、台灣政府當局、陳總統民間醫療小組與律師團，以及台灣的草根人權運動團體。
希利先生在今年七月二十日曾對馬英九先生發表一封公開信，關切陳水扁總統的監禁與健康狀況。在信中，他指出〝人權是普世價值恆久不變，即使是被監禁的犯人，他們的人權也不容被剝奪。〞希利得知陳總統很可能在獄中喪生後，決定親自來台推動他公開信的後續動作。
傑克希利在1994年創立駐華盛頓的人權行動中心 (Human Rights Action Center, HRAC)。HRAC在全世界進行各項人權救援，較著名的包括在波希尼亞重建工廠安頓戰後遺孤以及製作演唱會、唱片、影片來募款聲援翁山蘇姬。與他合作的藝人包括男高音Pavorrati, 影星Jim Carrey, 歌星Rhino，U-2，與 Clapton。希利在1981-1994年間擔任美國國際特赦組織的執行主任，在他的領導下特赦組織美國分部會員人數從三萬暴增到四十萬人，預算從三百萬美元增加到二千六百萬美元。希利終生從事人權運動，他的傑出貢獻舉世推崇。他獲贈七個榮譽博士學位以及數項獎座包括馬丁路德金恩博士獎(Dr. ML King Jr. Award) 以及比爾葛瑞佈道家獎(Bill Graham Award)，美國權威雜誌 〝美國新聞與世界報導〞(US News & World Report)稱他為〝人權先生〞。美國ABC電視台著名的新聞主播彼得‧詹寧斯(Peter Jennings)封他為〝星期人物〞。希利是人權運動的重要代言人，美國各大電視、廣播電台都曾報導他的人權救援工作。他參與非政府人權任務足跡遍及全世界，包括海地、瑞士、墨西哥、瓜地馬拉、泰國等等。
漢斯華爾先生是奧地利/美籍人權工作者，他擁有哥倫比亞大學國際事務碩士學位，目前擔任設在法國巴黎INSTEAD學院的社會創業科學系主任。過去三十五年，他幫助四十餘個國家發展教育、管理、經濟與政治制度。最近工作包括規劃課程訓練法律專業助理，服務困在戰爭衝突的非洲國家。幫助孟加拉訓練監獄管理人員，推動烏克蘭國立學院創新教學方法，以及建立蘇丹矯正署的人員培訓計劃。華爾曾任聯合國教育科學文化組織UNESCO領導人以及國際特赦組織資深幹員。
丁勤時先生提供人權與非政府組織諮詢、研究與撰述服務。他擁有獨特與豐富經驗支持東南亞少數民族及其生態系統。他長期關注這個地區的受刑人權。最近他創立一個新的組織專門從事河川與水流文化的保育工作。丁勤時在中國昆明、雲南以及東南亞居住多年，擔任難民營救援工作。
source: 陳水扁總統辦公室
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