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4th June 2009
TO: Special procedure of The United Nations Human Rights Council
Dear Sir
I request the Special Procedure Mandate-Holder of Human Rights Council to remove the key obstacle within the system of UN Human Rights itself in order to aright the direction of my case of serious systematic rights abuse before can conduct a thorough investigation into the serious issue of more than 15 years my arbitrary detention and follow by the arbitrary releasing in Maldives. Otherwise the truth may still being covered up for some more years.
I have gone through following human rights rules.
1- Human Rights Council Complain Procedure
The Working Group on Communication
The Working Group on Situation
2- Code of Conduct for Special Procedure Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council
3- Annex Draft Code of Conduct for Special Procedure Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council
4- International Standards of Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Investigation of individual cases
Three categories of arbitrary detention
Urgent appeals
Deliberation
5- Scope of the Body of Principles
6- Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Therefore I have enough reason and evidences to accuse the involvement of an official from UN Human Rights Commission, Mr. Laurent Meillan, a French National (see photocopy of his name card), in this serious issue of systematic rights abuse of arbitrary detention for more than 15 years and follow by the arbitrary releasing in Maldives.
I believed that there might be some more UN officials have involved with this issue otherwise my issue cannot go more than 15 years with the fact know to international community and international media more than 10 years back.
There was a clear evidence of that the issue of my arbitrary detention in Maldives has come to the knowledge of UN Human Rights Body as early as more than 10 years back (see Amnesty International report 1998 – Maldives) and existing of above listed of International human rights rules.
There was a bigger progress of my issue through the investigation of International Court of Justice since June 2003 but got into pending after a political game of bleeding tragedy took place in Maafushi jail of Maldives in September 2003. With this letter I attached a number of documents to provide information on how the pending of investigation being prolonged and finally tried to change the legal ground of issue to close the court case. How Chinese government from beginning in protecting my rights later changed to willing to compromise with Maldivian government in my issue. How I used to deal with the Maldivian government and Chinese government and how I was visited by international human rights people other than Mr. Laurent during the pending period of UN court investigation.
When a decision made by Amnesty International to conduct a project of research into Maldives since my complain reached to Amnesty International in later March 2009 Mr. Laurent Meillan contact me unofficially through a person from the office of UNDP in Maldives to get my phone number for talking to me. The man said to me that Mr. Laurent would bring up my issue in May 2009 though UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. I refused to give my phone number to Mr. Laurent; I informed him that I could only give my email address to contact me officially in writing.
On 5th May 2009 I did my complain to the Special Procedure of the United Nations Human Rights Council. At the very next day on 6th May 2009 Mr. Laurent called me directly to my phone. He got my number without my consent. Mr. Laurent informed me that I can only get justice through the settlement in Maldivian court which he had discussed with the president of Maldives and the head of Human Rights Commission of Maldives before he called me.
I expressed my view point of that I would go ahead with the settlement of my issue through resuming UN Court investigation from where the case was pending. After that Mr. Laurent only agreed to send me a lawyer which he had promised on 1st May 2008 when he visited me in Maafushi jail of Maldives.
I emailed my two paged letter to Mr. Laurent on 10th May of 2009 (see the copy of letter) for more clearly expressed my stance in the issue, but I did not get a reply from Mr. Laurent.
A UK lawyer Mr. Jude Laing (see his name card) contacted me sometime later and came to meet me in Male’ Maldives five times since 20th May 2009. Mr. Jude did not come to me behalf of UN nor Mr. Laurent or Maldivian government even though he was the personal lawyer work for present president of Maldives Mr. Mohamed Nasheedh since years back before he came into power. Mr. Jude came to me only by personal request from Mr. Laurent
Mr. Jude tried to make me believe that Mr. Laurent wanted to help me and fully support his idea of providing me with L.L.M Degree human rights lawyer and proper living condition by UN funds but later Mr. Jude found difficult to work out the funding through the providence of the Residence Coordinator of UN office in Maldives. I wound where is the budget for my issue international investigation in 2003 which used more than 30 investigators with UN special flights.
During the time Mr. Jude in Male’ tried to work out the funding since 20th May 2009 that I have received several harassments and life threatening in the staircase outside of DPRS (Department of Penitentiary and Rehabilitation Services) office where I used to sleep for past three months. (See the photo).
Human Rights Commission of Maldives, Human rights Ambassador of Maldives, related NGO in Maldives, no one of them wants to help me as discharge their mandate.
There is a NGO in Maldives called Maldivian Detainee Network, established in 2004, works to provide voice, protection and services for detainees and their families in the pursuit of justice. The UK Lawyer Mr. Jude was the lawyer of Maldivian Detainee Network. On 1st May of 2008 when Mr. Laurent visited me in jail, he told me the name of this NGO but never told me anything about what they could help me in my case. In fact the Maldivian Detainee Network never gave me any help even denied to recognize me as a prisoner of conscience to cause me cannot get some international support of financial help in pursuit of justice. This time when I discussed with Mr. Jude regarding Maldivian Detainee Network, he confirmed that I should be recognized as a prisoner of conscience.
In April month 2009 I requested DPRS to provide me monthly phone call including my February and March months phone call which DPRS office people were too busy caused cannot arrange for me on time. I was told by DPRS office people that I was no longer in the jail. So should not provide me with monthly phone call like other prisoners.
I was took to Male for my medication from there I was been subjected to arbitrary releasing therefore. I don’t have any dress other than few jail uniforms. I requested jail office to provide me some more uniforms to relief me from great difficulty in changing and washing the dress. It has been more than a month from my request have been agreed with, But I still could not get any dress. It’s says that all procedure of approving dresses have been passed due to leak of cash in the department. I have to suffer great difficulty of lack of dress to change.
Following a letter from the deputy Home Minister sent to me on 25st May 2009. I was told by the DPRS Office that Home Ministry ordered them not to provide me food effective from 1st of June 2009, saying that I was no longer in prison. So, Prison department do not need to provide me food. In fact it is only the government pressuring me to settle my issue of arbitrary detention and arbitrary releasing in court of Maldives. I request Human Rights Council to take serious consideration on such inhumane acts done by the Government of Maldives on the basis of arbitrary releasing and to take swift action to stop such misconduct and human rights abuse.
It is clear that my issue has been stuck like this for so long while all kind of system for dealing with such kind of human rights violation were existed in UN. It only because some people within UN Human Rights System acted as an obstacle instead of promoting and protecting the human rights in my issue. Mr. Laurent is the one who showed up in his misconduct, maybe there are some more others that have been influenced by Maldivian government to do wrong in my issue.
I request a firm action to be taken to prove the aims and principles of UN Human Right are totally different from those like Mr. Laurent was doing.
I expect that an urgent action to secure my legal position and life safety, to relief me from great suffering from inhumane living condition as the price of seeking proper justice through UN Human Rights System.
Thank you
Yours sincerely
Richard Wu Mei De
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