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By G. Odgarav   
Friday, 08 December 2006
Amnesty International will give the opportunity to all citizens of Mongolia whose rights have been violated to write down accounts of his or her opinion and will submit them to the relevant authorities to mark International Human Rights Day this Sunday.

Amnesty International officials said anyone can write about woman’s rights violations, food and medicine safety and other issues on December 10, the day for human rights which this year has a slogan of, “Being a human and respecting human beings.”

“Anyone can express his or her opinion on this day. We will write a letter about human rights violations to the related authorities. If people agree after reading it, they will sign. In particular, we wrote a letter and call to action to L. Gundalai, the Minister of Health. Of course everyone who agrees with this slogan will sign,” said B. Altantuya the director of Amnesty International’s Mongolia office.

“Our letter is mostly about food and medicine safety. We are launching it so everyone will write a letter to protect his or her own rights,” said Altantuya.

The human rights organizations organize this campaign each year on International Human Rights Day. 438 people wrote about their rights on this campaign and 315 of them were delivered to the related authorities and organizations and solved last year, according to the officials.

“Our organization widely participates in issues about kidnapping, the death sentence and torture. About 100 people appeal to us to solve their problems and complaints every year. Thus we pass it to the President, Parliament and the Ministers of our country,” said the organization officers.

According to their speech, this organization did research about human rights protectors and woman’s right during 2006. Journalists, prosecutors, judges, and defense lawyer’s rights are the most violated according to the research.