"World news B 2007" December 14

This blog is based on a class of "World news B" in Osaka Shoin Women’s University .


Today’s lesson


1.
Visit your classmates’ blogs and read what they wrote for last week’s assignment (December 7th). Leave some comments.


2.
Read Mr Sheffner’s answers to last week’s questions .


3.
What is Amnesty International? What does it do?

Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization and it does activities to protect Human Rights.


4.
Here is a recent report from Amnesty International: Torture/health concern/possible prisoner of conscience UZBEKISTAN Ikhtior Khamroev (m), aged 22. Student Ikhtior Khamroev, who has been in jail since September 2006, was reportedly severely beaten on 29 November. Sources inside the prison have told his father that Ikhtior had also received stab wounds to the abdomen, but was locked in a punishment cell rather than taken to hospital. He is believed to have been detained because of the activities of his father, a prominent human rights defender, and may have been beaten to punish his father for his recent anti-government statements.



1. Find one or two news articles about Ikhtior Khamroev (in English or Japanese) and link to them. How many can you find?

Click here, Click here, Click here
I could find three articles.


2. Where is Uzbekistan? Find a map and link to it.

The map


3. Is the sad story of Ikhtior Khamroev “news” or not?

1. If you think it is news, why is not on TV and in the newspapers?

The reason is to lose police’s good reputation.

2. If you think it is not news, why not?

It is good thing to become lively nongovernmental activities, but may be lost governmental faith.


4. How many Japanese versions of this British news story can you find? What are the key points of this story (in Japanese)?

非政府組織の父を持つという理由だけで、息子が暴行を受けた。


5. Read Masa’s blog and leave a message. (Do you know the blog of another Japanese person in the US? Tell us about it on your blog).