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You Can Make a World of Difference
Amnesty International is an independent worldwide human rights organization of
over 1.4 million members. Through grassroots activism and education, Amnesty
International fights to protect and uphold the basic human rights guaranteed to
every individual. Independent of any political affiliations, Amnesty
International is able to expose and speak out against human rights violations in
every nation impartially.
The strength of Amnesty
International is its worldwide membership; when we speak out on behalf of
others' human rights, we are protecting those rights for everyone, including
ourselves.
Amnesty International Group 15
is the local voice of Amnesty International
USA, and part of
a worldwide campaign movement working to promote the human rights
enshrined in the
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
and other
international standards.
If you share our passion for protecting and
defending human rights around the world, and here at home, Amnesty
International Group 15 offers an effective way to help. We would be pleased
to welcome you to any or all of our activities. Join us at our next meeting,
or check our calendar for all
AI Group 15 upcoming
events and directions.
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Monthly Meetings
Group 15 meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month ○ 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM
(no meeting in July)
Location ○
Greeley Room - 2nd Floor,
First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Road, Concord, MA
For directions or further information contact:
Kathy Taylor, at 781-718-7640 or, by email
kly.taylor@gmail.com
or
Phil Villers, at 978-371-7400 or, by
email
pvillers@igc.or
At our monthly meetings we
write letters on behalf of our own 'adopted' prisoners of conscience
and 'individuals at risk'. We also write letters as a part of
worldwide-coordinated "Urgent Action" cases, which address the
plight of people around the world in immediate danger because of their
ideas, and in some cases their non-violent work on behalf of those ideas. We
work on death penalty cases and campaigns against torture, violence against
women and children; countering terror with justice; GLBT and immigrant
rights. Considering joining us at our next meeting, We, and millions
around the world, need you! !
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International's beginnings
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Amnesty International Group 15 Adopts the
Demand Dignity Campaign
Millions of people are imprisoned in poverty. Thousands die each
day from hunger and preventable disease. Untold numbers go without clean water,
education, and work. But poverty is not "natural"; nor is it intractable. Far
too often, it arises from human rights violations perpetrated by governme nts,
corporations, and international institutions. "It is," as Nelson Mandela said,
"man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings."
Amnesty International is taking a stand beside people around the world who are
asserting their rights to lead lives of dignity. By lending our traditional
strengths of research and activism to the cause of eliminating human rights
violations that are both the cause and result of poverty, we can make a
difference in the lives of millions of people around the world and help realize
the vision of human dignity articulated in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
In coming year, Group 15 will address some of those specific issues at the
intersection of poverty and human rights:
Human Trafficking,
including sex and child slavery, child soldiers
Family Health,
including maternal mortality
Feb. 02, 2010 Swiss Government Approves
Asylum for Two GITMO Uighurs
GENEVA -- The Swiss government on Wednesday approved the
resettlement of two Chinese inmates at Guantanamo as part of its commitment to
help President Barack Obama's administration close the detention center.
Click to read the full story
Relief funds help Guantanamo Uighur move forward
PALAU - A 38-year-old Uighur named Ahmad Abdulahad, was captured
in Afghanistan soon after the American invasion in October 2001. His left leg
was severely injured during an air strike at Qalai Janghi Prison near
Mazar-E-Sharif, where he was being held prior to his transfer to Guantanamo.
Ahmad’s leg was
amputated soon after his arrival in Guantanamo, and a prosthetic device was
supplied by the U.S. military. The prosthesis was never fitted properly. As a
result, Ahmad’s mobility has been very limited and he experiences chronic pain.
Whether he is walking, sitting, or standing, the prosthesis rubs against his
residual limb. This causes blistering, which is aggravated in the hot, humid
climate of Palau.
Click the photo of Ahmad to read the full story
June 2009 - Four Uighurs Freed from GITMO - Resettled in Bermuda
WASHINGTON — Four Chinese Muslims detained at
Guantanamo
Bay
prison were recently freed
and resettled in Bermuda, sparking complaints
from China and Britain even as the Obama administration tried to iron out
details for sending more detainees to the Pacific island of Palau.
The four were among 17 Chinese Muslims,
or Uighurs, picked up in
Afghanistan
and
Pakistan in 2001. They
remained at the military detention center in Cuba even after the U.S. government
had determined they weren't enemy combatants and should be released. Their fate
was in limbo for months while courts and nations debated their future.
read more....
"I went swimming in the ocean for the first time
ever yesterday,
and it was the happiest day of my life,”
Salahidin Abdulahat, 32,
told The New York Times."
View a Slideshow of the Four Released Uighurs
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