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Sam Zarifi is the Regional Director, Asia and Oceania, International Commission of Jurists. From 2008-2012 he was Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Director.

Articles by Sam Zarifi
|Sri Lanka: Confronting the Killing Fields

International community must not ignore Sri Lankan crisis

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Collection of articles where Sam is mentioned


 * Amnesty’s Sam Zarifi responds to Sunday Times latest smear article
 * Sunday Times misrepresents views of Amnesty’s Sam Zarifi

I have been a part of the internal AI debate surrounding the issue of AI’s collaboration with various groups as part of its campaign to close down Guantánamo. My opinions have been heard, considered, and where appropriate, implemented. I do not oppose our current initiative working with Moazzam Begg in the recent European tour seeking to convince European states to receive more of the Guantánamo detainees who cannot be repatriated because of the risk of further human rights abuses.

As I told my programme staff in the internal email leaked to your paper, my concern has been that AI’s campaigning has not been sufficiently clear that when we defend somebody’s right to be free from torture or unlawful detention, we do not necessarily embrace their views totally.

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Chinese Woman Imprisoned for Twitter Message

“Sentencing someone to a year in a labor camp, without trial, for simply repeating another person’s clearly satirical observation on Twitter demonstrates the level of China’s repression of online expression,” Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s director for the Asia-Pacific region, said in a statement on Thursday.

(Video) Amnesty International Director for Asia Pacific Sam Zarifi on the conditions inside North Korea's prison camps.

China detains Ai Weiwei as warning against dissent

“Ai Weiwei was not even involved in any call for ‘Jasmine’ protests. There seems to be no reason whatsoever for his detention, other than that the authorities are trying to broadcast the message that China’s time for open dissent has come to an end,” said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s Director for the Asia-Pacific.

Afghanistan 10 years on: Slow progress and failed promises “Hopes were high in Afghanistan in 2001 following the international intervention but since then human rights gains have been put at risk by corruption, mismanagement and attacks by insurgent groups who have shown systematic contempt for human rights and the laws of war,” said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s Asia Pacific director.

UN must act now on Sri Lanka war crimes report “Almost two years after the end of the conflict, this UN report finally exposes the Sri Lankan government’s whitewash in its efforts to deny justice to the war’s victims,” said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Director.

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