Userboxes Wikipedia This user has autopatrolled rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user has written or expanded 29 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This editor is a WikiGnome.

"They also serve who only sit and proofread."

Though lately I haven't been really living up to my motto, as I've also been creating and expanding articles on figures that Amnesty International considers to be prisoners of conscience: folks like Su Su Nway, Azimzhan Askarov, Nilar Thein, Bertrand Teyou, and Filep Karma. It's occasionally tricky to keep these articles NPOV in cases like Askarov's, where the English-language media openly derides his trial and conviction and provides few counterarguments from the Kyrgyz government. I thus try to keep things as tightly-sourced as possible, but I'm always glad to get help with this, especially if you speak a language like Burmese or Kyrgyz; I respect groups like Amnesty International tremendously, but their POV is one of many, and I want the articles on their chosen cases to reflect that.

My goal for the near future is to keep slugging away at the list of prisoners of conscience and turning red links to blue, as almost all of these people seem to meet the notability guidelines by their very inclusion in human rights reports. Once I'm done with those, I'm hoping to turn my attention to winners of the Homo Homini Award and CPJ International Press Freedom Awards. In keeping with these goals, I've signed on to WikiProject Countering systemic bias and WikiProject Human rights.

Also, I also make a lot of redirects for non-English language names that can be variously transliterated; it seems too common for an Arabic or Belarusian name to not be as linked up as it could.

Here're some articles I've created or significantly re-written and am trying to help keep an eye on. It's here to give you a sense of my editing patterns, and me a quick index.

88 Generation Students Group - Acid (hip-hop) - Ali Salem - Alisher Karamatov - Angkhana Neelaphaijit - Annakurban Amanklychev - Azam Farmonov - Azimzhan Askarov - Bertrand Teyou - Charles Ntakirutinka - Charm Tong - Chernovik - Dandeniya Gamage Jayanthi‎ - Daisy Li Yuet-Wah - Dhondup Wangchen - Ebrima Manneh - Filep Karma - For Di People - Generation Wave - Giles Muhame - Godeliève Mukasarasi‎ - Gwangju Prize for Human Rights - Htay Kywe - Irom Chanu Sharmila - İnan Süver - Jabbar Savalan - Jean-Claude Kavumbagu - Jigme Gyatso - Kartam Joga - Khin Ohmar - Khun Bedu - Khun Htun Oo - Ko Aye Aung - Korean Association of Bereaved Families for Democracy - Le Potentiel - Mie Mie - Modeste Mutinga - Mudawi Ibrahim Adam - Muhammad Al-Saqr - Muhammadu Buhari - Myo Min Zaw - Nadira Isayeva - Nilar Thein - Norma Cruz - Ohn Than - Omar Belhouchet - Paul Kamara - Prisoner of conscience - Sapardurdy Khadzhiev - Siamak Pourzand - Su Su Nway - Tatyana Mitkova - Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission - U Gambira - Walid Yunis Ahmad - Wipas Raksakulthai - Yan Yan Chan - Zaw Htet Ko Ko - Zayar Thaw

I've also made four templates:

(From articles I created, co-created, or expanded x5)

• ... that adivasi activist Kartam Joga has been accused of joining the deadliest Naxalite attack in India's history?
• ... that the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission is named for the only Holocaust survivor (pictured) ever to serve in the United States Congress?
• ... that the European Parliament issued a resolution condemning the drug arrest of Azerbaijani activist Jabbar Savalan?
• ... that Burmese democracy activist Ohn Than is serving a life sentence for holding up a poster in front of the US Embassy in Yangon?
• ... that in 2010, Wipas Raksakulthai became the first Thai man arrested for committing lèse majesté on Facebook?
• ... that Women's League of Burma activist Khin Ohmar evaded arrest during Burma's pro-democracy 8888 Uprising when a Japanese diplomat allowed her and other students to hide from police in his home?
• ... that Ugandan Rolling Stone editor Giles Muhame alleged that a gay rights group conspired with Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab in the July 2010 Kampala suicide bombings?
• ... that Khun Htun Oo, a former head of Burma's Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, is now serving a 93-year sentence for treason?
• ... that Zaw Htet Ko Ko, a photographer for the pro-democracy 88 Generation Students Group, is serving an 11-year prison sentence for his involvement in Burma's "Saffron Revolution"?
• ... that in 2008, Burmese 88 Generation democracy activist Mie Mie was sentenced to 65 years imprisonment for "illegally using electronic media" and "forming an illegal organization"?
• ... that Yan Yan Chan, whose band Acid released Burma's first hip hop album, spent nine months in prison for involvement in the pro-democracy group Generation Wave?
• ... that the journalism of Siamak Pourzand ranged from film criticism for Cahiers du cinéma to coverage of the "Chain Murders" of Iranian dissidents?
• ... that imprisoned Burmese singer Zayar Thaw's group Generation Wave distributed anti-government hip-hop and copies of banned movies, including Rambo IV?
• ... that Khun Bedu was sentenced to 37 years in prison for offenses including organizing Loikaw youth to release balloons and rafts in protest of the 2008 Burmese constitutional referendum?
• ... that in 2005, lobbyists attributed George W. Bush's increased "outspokenness" on Burmese human rights to a 50-minute meeting with Shan activist Charm Tong?
• ... that Bono personally lobbied for Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to investigate the treatment of imprisoned conscientious objector İnan Süver?
• ... that Sudanese human rights activist Mudawi Ibrahim Adam has been imprisoned four times for his work in Darfur?
• ... that Burmese democracy activist Aye Aung is serving a 59-year prison sentence for distributing leaflets and organizing protests in Yangon?
• ... that Gwangju Prize for Human Rights winner Angkhana Neelaphaijit has been investigating the forced disappearance of her husband for more than seven years?
• ... that Bertrand Teyou is serving two years in jail for attempting to read publicly from his book about Chantal Biya, the first lady of Cameroon?
• ... that democracy activist Htay Kywe was described as Burma's "most-wanted man" following his leadership role in the 2007 anti-government protests?
• ... that Buddhist monk U Gambira was sentenced to sixty-three years in prison for his leadership role in Burma's Saffron Revolution?
• ... that after the Rwandan Genocide, social worker and survivor Godeliève Mukasarasi founded a group to help widows and orphans further their socio-economic rights?
• ... that in 2007, the foundation headed by Guatemalan human rights activist Norma Cruz helped to convict over 30 individuals accused of murdering women?
• ... that US actor Martin Sheen has advocated on behalf of imprisoned Kyrgyzstani activist and journalist Azimzhan Askarov?
• ... that Burmese prisoner of conscience Nilar Thein once evaded police capture by rickshaw taxi?
• ... that Burundian Internet journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested and charged with treason after writing a blog post criticizing his country's security forces?
• ... that Filep Karma is serving a 15-year jail sentence for raising the flag of West Papua in Jayapura, Indonesia?

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		To User:Khazar for his work on human rights. AshLin (talk) 03:05, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

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