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	Irene Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Irene Zubaida Khan (born 1956 in Dhaka, Bangladesh) is the seventh and current Secretary General of human rights organization Amnesty International.
		She took up the leadership of AI in its 40th anniversary year as the organisation began a process of change and renewal to address the complex nature of contemporary human rights violations, and confronted the challenging developments in the wake of the attacks of 11 September.
		In her first year in office, Irene reformed AI's response to crisis situations, personally leading high level missions to Pakistan during the bombing of Afghanistan, to Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip, just after the Israeli occupation of Jenin, and to Colombia before the presidential elections in May 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irene_Khan (577 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Irene Khan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Irene Zubaida Khan (born 1956 in Dhaka, Bangladesh) is the seventh and current Secretary General of human rights organisation Amnesty International.
		Irene took up the leadership of Amnesty International in its 40th anniversary year as the organization began a process of change and renewal to address the complex nature of contemporary human rights violations, and confronted the challenging developments in the wake of the attacks of 11 September.
		Irene joined the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1980, and worked in a variety of positions at Headquarters and in field operations to promote the international protection of refugees.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Irene-Khan (1874 words)

	Lateline - 5/3/2002: Amnesty secretary-general speaks out . Australian Broadcasting Corp
		IRENE KHAN: Yes, there is a negative image of refugees among the public today and it has been created by using inflammatory language, by talking about refugees that are queue jumpers, by talking about refugees who have chosen a lifestyle, a "boat lifestyle" to come here.
		IRENE KHAN: So the answer is to deal with the situation in the countries of first asylum, to improve conditions there, to make a genuine effort to find solutions to refugee problems, not to hold refugees responsible for a lack of solution.
		IRENE KHAN: There is a real risk of that happening, because in our business when we raise human rights situations in one part of the world, we are very often told, "Well, look at what so and so is doing".
	www.abc.net.au /lateline/stories/s497379.htm (1082 words)

	Practitioner of Conscience
		Khan says this wider focus reflects the widening interest of today's Amnesty International: The human rights organization is made up of 1 million members from 140 countries.
		Hired in August 2001, Khan is the first person from Asia (she was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh), the first woman, and the first Muslim to head the organization.
		During her first year, Khan and Amnesty International cited "a backlash against human rights" in the name of the war on terrorism and criticized the United States for ignoring abuses at home and abroad.
	www.law.harvard.edu /alumni/bulletin/2002/fall/classnotes_09.html (617 words)

	UN Chronicle \| The Chronicle Interview : Irene Zubaida Khan
		Irene Zubaida Khan joined Amnesty International as its Secretary General in its 40th anniversary year, as it began a process of renewal to address the complex nature of contemporary human rights violations.
		Khan has drawn attention to the plight of asylum seekers in detention, met with victims of massacres and led a campaign to end discrimination against those suffering from mental disabilities.
		Khan served as Senior Executive Officer at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees from 1991 to 1995, having joined in 1980.
	www.un.org /Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue4/0404p22.html (2835 words)

	Irene Zubaida Khan - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Irene Zubaida Khan is secretary general of Amnesty International, in London.
		Khan grew up East Pakistan and in Northern Ireland where she was sent in 1973 by her family to study for her A-levels.
		Khan joined the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1980, and worked in a variety of positions at Headquarters and in field operations to promote the international protection of refugees.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Irene_Zubaida_Khan (590 words)

	openDemocracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Irene Khan: The answer is to move from the law of the jungle to the rule of international law, where international human rights and humanitarian law establishes clear principles about protecting children, women, old people, young people.
		Irene Khan: Government bodies are political, and obviously they have political interests, but in pursuing their interests they have to uphold their mandate.
		Irene Khan: We hope to draw attention to a number of situations that have either slipped off the agenda of the Commission or are ignored by them.
	www.opendemocracy.net /articles/ViewPopUpArticle.jsp?id=6&articleId=1798 (1800 words)

	Irene Khan: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Irene Zubaida Khan (born 1956 in Dhaka Dhaka quick summary:
		She took up the leadership of AI in its 40th anniversary year as the organisation began a process of change and renewal to address the complex nature of contemporary human rights violations, EHandler: no quick summary.
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/ir/irene_khan.htm (1702 words)

	The Dread Pundit Bluto: Amnesty International's Irene Zubaida Khan: "Gitmo is a Gulag"
		Irene Zubaida Khan, who Amnesty International bills as, "...the first woman, the first Asian and the first Muslim..." to head the alleged international human rights organization, likened the US terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to a "gulag".
		But Irene Khan and her crew are quick to turn a blind eye to human rights violations from representatives of the "religion of peace."
		Perhaps Khan's real problem with the war on terror is that it has brought the battleground home to many of the Muslim countries where jihadist terror has been bred, instead of Manhattan.
	dreadpundit.blogspot.com /2005/06/amnesty-internationals-irene-zubaida.html (780 words)

	AM - Amnesty urges Australia to raise Guantanamo human rights concerns with US
		Irene Khan says the Howard Government's recent decision to raise concerns with the Bush administration about the US military commission process is encouraging and better late than never.
		IRENE KHAN: Well, Amnesty International has been deeply concerned about the lack of basic guarantees for fair trial in this military commission in Guantanamo Bay, and we've been talking about it ever since the decree was first made in November 2002.
		IRENE KHAN: Well, what has come out as a result of all these investigations into Abu Ghraib have been instructions where the Americans are using what they call stress and duress, so very often it's a question of how you define torture.
	www.abc.net.au /am/content/2004/s1194487.htm (527 words)

	Irene Khan - Wikipedia
		In dem von Armut und Bürgerkrieg geprägten Bangladesch wuchs Khan in einer relativ reichen Familie auf.
		Da Khan bevorzugt, direkt mit Menschen zusammenzuarbeiten und so deren Leben zu verändern, beteiligte sie sich an der Gründung der Entwicklungsorganisation Concern Universal im Jahre 1977 und begann im Jahre 1979 ihre Arbeit als Menschenrechtlerin in der International Commission of Jurists.
		Drei Jahre später leitete Khan die Zentrale der UNHCR für Forschung und Dokumentation (engl.: UNHCR Centre for Research and Documentation).
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irene_Khan (398 words)

	AIDS pandemic is human rights crisis: Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The AIDS pandemic is a human rights crisis, declared Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan, during the closing plenary of the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
		Referring to an urgent appeal launched by Amnesty International two days ago, Irene Khan called on conference delegates to demand that the Chinese authorities immediately release four HIV positive people who were detained in Henan province after protesting at inadequate healthcare and other services.
		Irene Khan will deliver an address at the closing plenary of the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok at 8:30 am on Friday 15 July 2004.
	www2.amnesty.se /aidoc/press.nsf/thisweekpr/80256DD400782B8480256ED3002F60E9?opendocument (732 words)

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		Irene Khan se ha reunido hoy en Tel Aviv con familiares de israelíes muertos por ataques de comandos suicidas y otras operaciones de grupos armados palestinos y les ha transmitido su honda preocupación por el sufrimiento causado a los civiles de todos los bandos.
		Irene Khan ha visitado también el Centro Médico Shiva Tel Hashomar, donde se ha reunido con víctimas de atentados suicidas, entre otras, con una mujer de 25 años de edad paralítica a consecuencia de un ataque suicida llevado a cabo el 27 de marzo en el Hotel Park.
		Irene Khan se ha mostrado sumamente consternada por el homicidio de cuatro colonos judíos, entre los que había una niña de cinco años, perpetrado el sábado, y ha condenado los hechos.
	www.es.amnesty.org /com/2002/com_29abr02c.shtm (463 words)

	Irene Khan - On Line Opinion Author
		Irene Khan took up the leadership of Amnesty International in its 40th anniversary year as the organisation began a process of change and renewal to address the complex nature of contemporary human rights violations, and confronted the challenging developments in the wake of the attacks of 11 September.
		Prior to joining Amnesty International, Irene worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for 21 years, serving in many different parts of the world, including as Deputy Director in the Department of International Protection, Chief of Mission in India, Senior Legal Advisor for Asia and Senior Executive Officer to the High Commissioner.
		Irene, a Bangladesh national, is a graduate of Harvard Law School, USA and the University of Manchester, UK.
	www.onlineopinion.com.au /author.asp?id=2819 (178 words)

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		in August 2001, Irene Khan has repeatedly used her influence as the head of the world's preeminent human rights watchdog to attack the U.S.-led war on terrorism.
		In Khan's estimation, the most pressing threat to the cause of global human rights is posed not by terrorists and the nations that sponsor them, but by the United States and Europe.
		Consistent with the aforementioned axioms, Khan deems unjust the American-led liberations of Afghanistan and Iraq.
	www.discoverthenetwork.org /individualProfile.asp?indid=922 (565 words)

	Roger L. Simon: Something Amnesty International will not comment about...
		Khan, she is no Jihadi.She has dedicated her life to fighting for the cause of women; as I'm sure you'd agree, women's rights are not exactly high on the Islamist list of things to do.
		Here is a BBC interview with Irene Khan that centers around her faith and how she reconciles its tenets and tradition with her life and politics.
		In Khan's case, her damning attack on the US on behalf of detained non-uniformed Muslim terrorists and suspects who have declared jihad against the US begs strong examination in light of who she is. And she is not simply a transnationalist, but a feminist, Bangladeshi and Muslim, as well.
	www.rogerlsimon.com /mt-archives/2005/06/something_amnes.php (7928 words)

	Berria.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Irene Khan, Amnesty International's Secretary General, said yesterday: "There are numerous complaints of torture, and they are not all of them false.
		This was Irene Khan's response to Juan Fernando Lopez-Aguilar, the Spanish Justice Minister.
		Khan is holding meetings with high level authorities in both Spain and the Basque Country to review the human rights situation.
	www.berria.info /english/ikusi.php?id=568 (212 words)

	Anti-Ahmadiyya move 'very worrying': Irene - The Daily Star, Bangladesh
		Irene, in Mumbai for the World Social Forum, noted that the government had at the same time effectively ensured the security of an Ahmadiyya mosque that was under threat.
		Irene said there were “two Bangladeshes”: one that has witnessed “a growth in abuse without accountability,” including attacks on the Hindu minority, and another with dedicated groups committed to women’s rights, children’s rights and other issues.
		She said the problems in Bangladesh, which is deeply polarised between its two major parties, did not originate with the election of Khaleda Zia in 2001.
	www.thepersecution.org /world/bangladesh/2004/ds040119fp.html (259 words)

	Stop Terrorkrigen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Irene Khan mødtes i Tel Aviv med familier til de israelere, der blev dræbt af selvmordsbomber og andre angreb fra væbnede palæstinensiske grupper.
		Efter at have været vidne til ødelæggelserne i flygtningelejren i Jenin, siger Irene Khan, at hun var meget bekymret for indbyggerne i Hebrons sikkerhed, og hun udtrykte frygt for en gentagelse af ødelæggelserne i Jenin.
		Irene Khan var også på hospitalet i Shiva Tel Hashomar, hvor hun mødte ofre for selvmordsangreb, samtidig med at hun fordømte lørdagens drab på fire jødiske bosættere.
	www.stopterrorkrigen.dk /emner/fredsindlaeg/020430_amnesty_hebron.htm (241 words)

	- Amnesty International
		Irene Zubaida Khan joined Amnesty International as the organization’s seventh Secretary General in August 2001.
		Interested in working directly with people to change their lives, Irene helped to found the development organization, Concern Universal, in 1977, and began her work as a human rights activist with the International Commission of Jurists in 1979.
		Irene studied law at the University of Manchester and Harvard Law School, specialising in public international law and human rights.
	news.amnesty.org /pages/Irene (472 words)

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		To this end, Khan equates the toughened security measures enacted by liberal democracies with the human rights abuses perpetrated by some of the world’s most oppressive dictatorial regimes.
		Said Khan, “The U.S. administration has shown a consistent disregard for the Geneva Conventions and basic principles of law, human rights, and decency.
		Khan’s belief that the war on terrorism has been an enormous setback to the cause of human rights was expressed by Amnesty International’s 339-page report published in 2003.
	www.discoverthenetwork.org /printindividualProfile.asp?indid=922 (565 words)

	Irene Khan: «Los ciudadanos turcos merecen algo mejor»
		Irene Khan: «Los ciudadanos turcos merecen algo mejor»
		La señora Khan dijo también que en las reuniones con miembros del gobierno la delegación de Amnistía Internacional oyó comentarios muy constructivos y positivos sobre el papel de los grupos de derechos humanos y de la sociedad civil tanto dentro como fuera de Turquía.
		Una delegación de Amnistía Internacional encabezada por la secretaria general de la organización, Irene Khan, visitó Turquía del 8 al 13 de febrero y se reunió con representantes de la sociedad civil y del gobierno.
	www.lainsignia.org /2004/febrero/der_025.htm (992 words)

	Report 2005: A dangerous new agenda - news.amnesty - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Speaking at the launch of the Amnesty International Report 2005, the organization's Secretary General Irene Khan said that governments had failed to show principled leadership and must be held to account.
		The US administration’s attempts to dilute the absolute ban on torture through new policies and quasi-management speak such as "environmental manipulation", "stress positions" and "sensory manipulation", was one of the most damaging assaults on global values.
		The challenge for the human rights movement is to harness the power of civil society and push governments to deliver on their human rights promises," said Irene Khan.
	news.amnesty.org /index/ENGPOL100062005 (756 words)

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		Miss Khan, who is on a five-day visit to Australia, said the government should educate people about refugees instead of creating a climate of suspicion by suggesting that they represented a threat.
		Amnesty has been increasingly critical of the Howard government's policy of mandatory detention for all asylum seekers who arrive in the country illegally while their application is assessed.
		Miss Khan has said she hoped to visit the detention centre at Woomera, where mainly Afghan asylum seekers staged a hunger strike - some sewing their lips together.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/1856141.stm (438 words)

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