tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42910185453806848092024-03-05T16:50:42.877-05:00Amnesty International-Amherst, MAList Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-35627793253230084032010-11-06T20:03:00.003-04:002010-11-08T17:50:27.567-05:00Amnesty Chant<a href="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs564.ash2/148653_453994327413_562872413_5938695_5201979_s.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 153px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 124px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs564.ash2/148653_453994327413_562872413_5938695_5201979_s.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />A cheerfull artistic way to motivate people to stand by our information table @ the Amherst Farmers Market<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Amnesty Chant</span></strong><br />by </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Yosra & Kassandra<br /></span></strong>Holyoke High School, MA<br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Sign-up @ the Amnesty desk (clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)<br />And if you do we will handle the rest (clap x5)<br />Free some prisoners because it's right (clap x5)<br />And if you do it will make their lives (clap x5)</span></div>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-91479077419915172762010-09-22T13:55:00.005-04:002010-09-22T15:26:16.837-04:00Another Successful Event...!<a href="http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/5446:368329260311/jpeg/BG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 291px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 207px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/5446:368329260311/jpeg/BG" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Thanks to all who made the Fundraiser Tag Sale a successful event that netted us over $500 in 5 hours!</div><div><br /><br />This is a good net revenue especially in this difficult economic time...<br />Again like in last year's Tag Sale, books sold very good (thanks for the good titles our dear member Nigel and others picked @ the Amherst Book Recycling Ctr). </div><div> </div><div>The low price strategy attracted more students, major customers at any Tag sale in the begining of the school year.... </div><div> </div><div>Petitions/information table was another success and donation put in the Stamps jar was over $3... We forgot this year to have Greeting Cards available on the table to write and mail to our POC, <a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/individuals-at-risk/priority-cases/egypt-karim-amer/page.do?id=1361068"><strong>Karim Amer</strong> </a>(sorry Karim, we hope to send you one when you are free, soon Inshalla!).<br /></div><div>Thanks to our elected State legislators, <a href="http://www.malegislature.gov/People/PeopleBio/182"><strong>Rep Ellen Story</strong> </a>and <a href="http://www.malegislature.gov/People/PeopleBio/160"><strong>Senator Stan Rosenberg</strong> </a>for continuing to </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>show their commitment to human rights and support to Amnesty International. Both legislators gave powerful speech and saluted Amnesty International on its 50th Anniversary, and the 32 anniversary of the local chapter </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>A brief video of their talk will be posted here later.</div><br /><a href="http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/5231:968329260311/jpeg/BG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 272px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 199px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/5231:968329260311/jpeg/BG" /></a><br />We also want to remind our members and other human rights activists in the area that the <div>2010 Northeast Regional Conference will be held on Boston University Campus on Sat Nov 13th. We are hoping many will be able to attend this important event.<br />The Conference will be divided into workshops and of them will be focusing on auung Sun Su Kyi, one of our adopted POC cases.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Conference registration</span></strong> : </div><div>$40 Regular</div><div>$30 Students, seniors, Limited Income</div><div>Registration Deadline is Mon, Nove 1, 2010<br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-75787096149038951042010-09-03T13:02:00.002-04:002010-09-03T13:15:42.060-04:00Our Annual Fundraise Tag Sale<a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/images/AIUSA_logo2_over.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 420px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 87px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.amnestyusa.org/images/AIUSA_logo2_over.gif" /></a><br />For Immediate Release---<br />AMHERST MA, AUGUST 27, 2010.<br /><br />THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL TAG SALE ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 9 AM TO 2 PM, ON THE AMHERST TOWN COMMON.<br /><br />Starting at 11 am during the tag sale on the Common, the Amherst area chapter, called Group 128-AIUSA, will pause for a short interval to anticipate and acclaim the approaching Amnesty anniversaries, the 50th of Amnesty International and the 20th of Group 128, both occurring in early 2011. <strong>State Senator Stan Rosenberg and state Representative Ellen Story will join us and say a few words to commemorate the occasion.</strong> US Representative John Olver, and the Chairman of the Amherst Human Rights Commission, Winslow Reynolds, have also been invited.<br />The anniversary in 2011 of Group 128 actually can be regarded its 33rd because its forerunner existed since spring of 1978 as a handful of townspeople and students assembled to bring public awareness to human rights abuses and prisoners of conscience. The group grew, was then assisted by Amnesty's New England coordinator, and officially became an AIUSA affiliate in 1991, with many of the original 1978 participants as charter members.<br />The current coordinator of Group 128, Mohamed Elgadi, now a US citizen and resident of Amherst, was himself a prisoner in Sudan where he endured torture at the hands of that repressive regime, which is still in power. He attests to the effectiveness of Amnesty's actions, remarking that it was after AI brought attention to his and others' situation in Sudan in 1992 that there was amelioration of their ordeal, and he suggests that their eventual release may in large part be due to AI.<br />The Amnesty International website (www.amnestyusa.org) likewise reports that the work of AI had the effect of moderating severe treatment, and even bringing about a just resolution, in a number of cases.<br />Every other Saturday from May to November, Group 128-AIUSA has a table on Amherst Common to collect signatures on petitions opposing human rights abuses, death penalties, state terrorism tactics, and supporting prisoners of conscience--among a long list: Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, Karim Amer of Egypt, Birtukan Mideksa of Ethiopia--and to ask for letters to be composed and sent as encouragement to these prisoners seeking justice. When a passerby comments occasionally that these petitions have no effect, Group 128 volunteers often point to the specific experience of Mohamed Elgadi. The next Saturday table days are September 4 and 18, 11 am to 1 pm.<br />Anyone wishing to donate items for the sale, or to learn about the work of Group 128-AIUSA, can<br />contact coordinator, Mohamed Elgadi, at <a href="mailto:mohamedelgadi@yahoo.com">mohamedelgadi@yahoo.com</a>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-46365079366952784632010-08-21T20:51:00.003-04:002010-08-21T21:29:25.866-04:00Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Chile<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwvIrZaNWyTgMnuthxANVBSBtJQCqMf1iwno6f1lrUsV0WygeqXDA3jtfIzLlF2zQs3GF9ywmTOr1BEgqgDLB_5cFFT4uCdeQLmrkk5ehb4e3KXfQs50ChGroIuBONyaSFGI_-niPOrU/s1600/DSCESTHER126.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508030591489129122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwvIrZaNWyTgMnuthxANVBSBtJQCqMf1iwno6f1lrUsV0WygeqXDA3jtfIzLlF2zQs3GF9ywmTOr1BEgqgDLB_5cFFT4uCdeQLmrkk5ehb4e3KXfQs50ChGroIuBONyaSFGI_-niPOrU/s200/DSCESTHER126.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ester, Ismail, and Cylvanna during one of the <strong><a href="http://www.ai-amherst.blogspot.com/">Group-128</a></strong> activities in downtown Amherst.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">In the last meeting of the Chapter, the Chilean-American member Ester Orellana, updated the group on the hunger strike of the Mapuche political prisoners in Chile.</span><br /><br />"Since the 12th July 31 Mapuche political prisoners have been on hunger strike in the Chilean prisons of Concepcion, Temuco, Valdivia, Angol and Lebu. The political prisoners are demanding the right to a fair legal process, the application of an objective and impartial system of justice and, in particular, the abolition of the anti-terrorist law."<br /><br />For more information on this urgent case see this link:<br /><a href="http://www.mapuche.info/?kat=8&sida=788">http://www.mapuche.info/?kat=8&sida=788</a>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-65743145160787444382010-08-14T14:51:00.005-04:002010-08-21T11:50:42.994-04:00Activities in Aug<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5fZlOd2qQRfjvk_Vw4kyyhO7v0N_QLH20UPxHvxuzBVIc512XEgIN8awHismeIogdoijftIKOromK6Ol5QdaowL7aePjuOYEAxLsmRvqzHYFV4JISGG083AvVnYKPw34cPCzHvDWiQM/s1600/DSCN0114.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507890580494115090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5fZlOd2qQRfjvk_Vw4kyyhO7v0N_QLH20UPxHvxuzBVIc512XEgIN8awHismeIogdoijftIKOromK6Ol5QdaowL7aePjuOYEAxLsmRvqzHYFV4JISGG083AvVnYKPw34cPCzHvDWiQM/s200/DSCN0114.JPG" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>So far we are having a good successful 'tabling' events @ the Amherst Farmers Market.</div><br /><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><div>Our Aug 7 table witnessed good crowd of a diverse poulation from many different towns (and states) who usually come to the popular Farmers market.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rzAaYTJaMxRuJ5Vz1xO0n400VnLI3n768rhxD_O7lBOpk2Ja7_a9fmZEOqiUY5HZ8ns8xwLi4YIMCuAAIwCT91x2k4HxiKhDYMUxSUIBuNqKSSEgY_R6NngTor7MZhrUN5vNlwmTlng/s1600/DSCN0119.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507889384867740578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rzAaYTJaMxRuJ5Vz1xO0n400VnLI3n768rhxD_O7lBOpk2Ja7_a9fmZEOqiUY5HZ8ns8xwLi4YIMCuAAIwCT91x2k4HxiKhDYMUxSUIBuNqKSSEgY_R6NngTor7MZhrUN5vNlwmTlng/s200/DSCN0119.JPG" /></a><br /><div>We were joined last week by a group of activists from the</div><br /><div>Sudanese immigrants community of upstate NY (Albany, Schenectidy, Troy, and Cobblskill). </div><div> </div><div>They came to visit to learn from our experience how to start a similar 'tabling activity' in their towns that service issues of their interest.<br /></div><div>"I think I will be able to start something like this" said Osman who work in a neighborhood store in Albany and was thinking to have an Information table once a month @ his store. Our active member, Martha, encouraged him and offer to provide clipboard and a starting kit.</div><br /><br /><div></div><div>Our next table will be on 8/21 @ the same place 11am and followed by our monthly meeting @ 1pm.</div></div></div></div>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-64969189501989411512010-08-01T22:27:00.005-04:002010-08-14T14:51:19.417-04:00August Tabling dates<a href="http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-site/services/doc/5408:596179589211/jpeg/BG"></a><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">* August 7</span></strong> is our first Table this month (we will be tabling with <a href="http://www.darfurwm.blogspot.com/">Western Mass. Darfur Coalition</a>). Coordinated by <strong>Fanny & Mohamed</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">August 21</span></strong> is our second table (coordinated by <strong>Nigel & Ismael</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Don't forget our annual fundraise Tag Sale is September 12 (Sun).</span></strong></div>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-29938914202171163572010-08-01T22:18:00.002-04:002010-08-01T22:24:31.050-04:00Justice urged for murder of human rights defender in Democratic Republic of Congosource: <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/justice-urged-murder-human-rights-defender-democratic-republic-congo-2010-07-30"><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">Amnesty International</span></strong><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 204px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 145px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.amnesty.org/sites/impact.amnesty.org/files/imagecache/story/drc-kibembi-300_0.jpg" /></a><br /><div>30 July 2010<br /><br />The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must bring to justice those responsible for the murder a human rights defender five years ago, Amnesty International and Minority Rights Group International said.<br /><br />Pascal Kabungulu, a prominent human rights activist, was killed on 31 July 2005 by a group of armed men who broke into his house in Bukavu in eastern DRC, dragged him out of his bedroom and shot him dead in front of his family.<br /><br />The trial of the men accused of killing him, who include a Colonel in DRC's armed forces, has been deadlocked since December 2005.<br /><br />"President Joseph Kabila made a public and personal commitment in 2006 that justice would be done in the case of Pascal Kabungulu," said Claire Morclette, DRC campaigner at Amnesty International.<br /><br />"The fact that Pascal's wife and six children have had to flee the country and yet his killers remain free makes a mockery of this promise."<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/justice-urged-murder-human-rights-defender-democratic-republic-congo-2010-07-30">Read more...</a></span></strong></div>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-65756823805801515712010-07-03T17:26:00.003-04:002010-07-04T01:32:50.716-04:00Our Summer Events..<a href="http://www.amherstfarmersmarket.com/uploads/1/9/3/6/1936195/1539843.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 129px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 161px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.amherstfarmersmarket.com/uploads/1/9/3/6/1936195/1539843.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbi_4Lgka5g57TwxCpfm4KYV60ILld8suYZavGwSO-loz2yEswC4tUyBlN8poD5KjXvmzL0TTgYPTWoQkJuVVhA57upj8mpgfaNxN5pSAx9mzc_k4L90e9s8gnxbRqWo1bu1hP0dzGjkc/s1600/DSCN0095.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 172px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489917447637536098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbi_4Lgka5g57TwxCpfm4KYV60ILld8suYZavGwSO-loz2yEswC4tUyBlN8poD5KjXvmzL0TTgYPTWoQkJuVVhA57upj8mpgfaNxN5pSAx9mzc_k4L90e9s8gnxbRqWo1bu1hP0dzGjkc/s200/DSCN0095.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div> Source of photo: <a href="http://www.amherstfarmersmarket.com/"><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">Amherst Farmers Market</span></strong><br /><br /></a>After our longer-than-usual 'hypernation' we woke up and quickly took back our usual spot in downtown Amherst @ the <a href="http://www.amherstfarmersmarket.com/"><strong>Farmers market</strong></a> and our famous banner took its usual place in the Center of Amherst.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Clipboards and petitions travelled around the market's customers and the 'word of human rights floated around' as we say...<a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/action/special/i/Suu_Kyi.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 104px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 127px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.amnestyusa.org/action/special/i/Suu_Kyi.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/iar/i/birtukan_200.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 138px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.amnestyusa.org/iar/i/birtukan_200.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We will be having 2 events each month until Dec 10... we had 2 successful tabling events in June and one. so far, in July...<br /><br /><br /><p>Come a join our campaign on behalf of many human rights defenders... come and sign petition to free the courageous Burmese <a href="http://blog.amnestyusa.org/iar/stand-with-aung-san-suu-kyi-on-her-65th-birthday/"><strong>Aung San Suu Kyi</strong> </a>, and the Ethiopian opposition leader <strong><a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/individuals-at-risk/priority-cases/ethiopiabirtukan-mideksa/page.do?id=1510031">Birtukan Mideksa</a></strong></p><br /><br /><p>Today, we joined W.Massachusetts Darfur Coalition to run 2 tables on Darfur and other human rights issues... </p></div></div>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-22665495580597158552009-11-18T13:29:00.002-05:002009-11-18T13:46:32.435-05:00<a href="http://www.freekareem.org/images/banner/write-letter-180-200-1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://www.freekareem.org/images/banner/write-letter-180-200-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>Our adopted POC (prisoner of conscious), Kareem Amer is not alone!</p><p>Thanks to letters from people around the world, including Amherst, that reaching him every day and giving him support and hope...</p><p>The online <a href="http://www.freekareem.org/"><strong>FreeKareemBlog </strong></a>campaign proved to be very effective in moblizing manyactivists on the ground.</p><p>We encourage our members and other human rights activists to either stop by our table this Sat at the <strong><em>Amherst Farmers Market</em></strong> (11-1pm), or to visit the above link and send few lines to <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Kareem</span></strong> in his soilitary confinement in Egypt (<strong><span style="color:#990000;">1108 days so far</span></strong>!)...</p><p> </p>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-63481290864456152372009-11-14T11:34:00.003-05:002009-11-18T13:14:06.075-05:00Come on down to our Table Sat 11/21Yes, it's confirmed news: Sat 11/21 is the last Farmers Market in Amherst for this year... Today, the heavy rain forced us to fold up the Table and only leave the beautiful banner of our Chapter-128So we encouraged all our members to come out and celebrates this successful Tabling Season next week...The weather will be gorgeous, I was told by one farmer.... let's talk by email/phone to make next table the Best...!<br /><br />mohamedList Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-53682282418598158592009-10-15T05:40:00.002-04:002009-10-15T05:58:12.424-04:00Farmers Market Table, etcThis Sat 10/17, our weekly Human Rights Table will be facilitated by 3 enthusiastic members: Ibrahim (Sudan); Cylvana (US/Phillippines/Sudan); and Yasmine (Morocco).<br /><br />Amnesty International Table @ the Farmers Market became one of the common activities in Downtown Amherst. It "added more to the diversity of the Market" as noted by one activist who stopped by the table.<br />Two petitions on the Table find lot of signatures and discussions every Sat: Our adopted <strong><span style="color:#993300;">POC Karim Amer (Egypt);</span></strong> and the letter to President Obama to <strong><span style="color:#990000;">hold torturers accountable</span></strong>.<br /><br />We are planning to continue the table until the end of the Farmers Market (first Sat in Nov)...<br /><br />Do not forget our Octber monthly meeting <span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">@ Jones Library (second Floor) on Sat 10/31 @ 2pm</span></strong>.<br /></span>The meeting will be devoted for a proposed event to bring together the local Amnesty Chapters in one event.List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-57990933125296490852009-08-30T18:29:00.002-04:002009-08-30T18:34:51.579-04:00Tag Sale: Sunday 9/13<span style="font-size:130%;">Our annual Fundraise Tag Sale is approaching (Sunday 9/13)..</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">We are looking for saleable items (books, school supplies, clothes in good condition, kitchen stuff, etc)...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Please contact <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#000099;">Mohamed @</span> 413-256-4298 or <span style="color:#000099;">Claudia @</span> 548-9522</span></strong> to arrange for pick-up</span>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-11095093108153265052009-08-14T18:00:00.002-04:002009-08-14T18:14:14.731-04:00Urgent: Send message to President Mubrak<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/iar/i/karim_amer200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.amnestyusa.org/iar/i/karim_amer200.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Karim Amer,</span></span><br /><h2>Our New Adopted Prisoner<br /></h2><h2>of Conscience</h2><p style="font-weight: bold;">EGYPT</p> <table style="width: 154px; height: 42px;" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="caption" align="right" valign="top"><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>for the "crime" of publishing material on the internet that was critical of Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The former al-Azhar University student was sentenced on 22 February 2007 and the Court of Appeal confirmed the </p><p>sentence on 12 March of the same year. He was 23 years old at the time.</p>Amnesty International considers Karim Amer to be a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely on account of the peaceful expression of his views. The organization calls for his immediate and unconditional release.<br />Please send politely worded letters to the president of Egypt, asking him to release Karim Amer immediately and unconditionally, as he is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression.<br /><p><strong>President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak</strong><br />Arab Republic of Egypt<br />'Abedine Palace<br />Cairo<br />EGYPT</p> <p>Email: <a href="mailto:webmaster@presidency.gov.eg">webmaster@presidency.gov.eg</a></p> <p>Airmail postage: 98 cents</p> <p>To take action for Karim Amer online, <a class="bold" href="http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=12222">click here</a>.</p> <p><strong>Send Messages of Solidarity!</strong><br />Solidarity letters or cards can also be sent to the organization that has been defending Karim Amer and supporting bloggers and freedom of information. Send your cards to:</p> Karim Amer<br />c/o Gamal Eid<br />Arab Network for Human Rights Information<br />19, 26 July street<br />4th floor, Suite 55<br />Downtown<br />Cairo<br />EGYPTList Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-41638144785970712122009-08-05T21:02:00.002-04:002009-08-05T21:08:14.629-04:00Annual Tag Sale meetingThe Tag Sale planning committee will be meeting on 8/12 (7pm) @ the following address:<br />135 East Hadley Rd. (South Amherst)<br />The meeting is scheduled for one hour.<br /><br />Mohamed Elgadi & Magda AhmedList Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-10473798898984740902009-07-05T14:40:00.003-04:002009-07-05T15:12:45.260-04:00Observing the UN International Torture Survivors DayMany activities around the country were taking place....Mohamed Elgadi, coordinator of our Group 128 travelled to Philadelphia, PA to speak at a forum hosted by <strong>AI</strong> (<strong><a href="http://amnestyeastpa.org/centercity/">Group 112</a></strong>), <strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.darfuralert.org">Darfur Alert Org</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://ncttp.dataweb.com/wsContent/default.view?_pagename=PA-Liberty+Center+for+Survivors+of+Torture">Liberty Ctr for Survivors of Torture</a></strong>, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.ghosthouses.blogspot.com"><strong>Group Against Torture in Sudan-GATS</strong>,</a> and the <strong><a href="http://www.phillyethics.net/">Philadelphia Ethical Society</a></strong>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.ghosthouses.blogspot.com"><strong>GATS</strong></a> issued a PR in <a href="http://ghosthouses.blogspot.com/2009/06/pr-international-day-for-torture.html"><strong>English and Arabic</strong> </a>and was circulated in the Valley to observe the UN day for torture survivors. The PR called for the formation of a unique Truth Committees in Diaspora within the Sudanese refugee communities to address and expose the crime of torture in Sudan.<br /><br />Our Table @ the Amherst Farmers Market has drawn more crowd on Sat 6/27. Thanks Ibrahim, Ismail, and Cylvana (<strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">our next table will be on 7/11 at the same location by the Information kiosk</span></em></strong>).<br /><br />The following links and actions were coppied from our Amnesty International website that addresse torture-related actions:<br /><ul><li><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;">Take Action</span></strong></li></ul><p><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">1.</span> </span></strong>Demand Congress & President Obama <a href="http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=12193">investigate and prosecute torture</a></p><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">2.</span></strong> Urge Presidential Task Force on interrogation to <a href="http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=12179">end torture for good</a>» Write letters on behalf of <a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/individuals-at-risk/torture-cases/page.do?id=1011630">people at risk of torture worldwide</a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">3.</span></strong> Host a screening of the powerful 30-minute documentary <a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/war-on-terror/torture/torture-on-trial/page.do?id=1011683">Torture on Trial</a><br />Counter Terror With Justice<br /><br /><strong>Torture News</strong><br /><a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062611131&lang=e"><strong>TUNISIA</strong></a>: END DENIAL, ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE NAME OF SECURITY June 26, 2009<br /><a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062411089&lang=e"><strong>Former Bagram detainees allege abuse while in US custody</strong></a> June 24, 2009<br /><a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAMR510802009&lang=e"><strong>USA</strong></a>: Judge orders Guantánamo detainee released after seven and a half years in detention without charge June 24, 2009List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-19911160410945264962009-06-03T13:35:00.002-04:002009-06-03T13:40:22.598-04:00Fathi el-Jahmi: Sad News<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3550829651_41e3be9ab0_m.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3550829651_41e3be9ab0_m.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">photo source: </span><a href="http://phrblog.org/"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://phrblog.org/</span></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Scott Allen, MD, of Physicians for Human Rights, examines Fathi al-Jahmi at Tripoli Medical Center on March 13, 2008.</span><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Libyan activist dies in hospital </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">in Jordan21 May 2009</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A prominent Libyan political activist died in hospital in Jordan on Thursday following his release from detention in Libya just over two weeks ago. Fathi el-Jahmi was detained in Libya in March 2004 and held without charge or trial, most recently at the Tripoli Medical Centre. He was flown to Amman in Jordan for medical treatment just over two weeks ago.<br /><br />Amnesty International has said that the organization is greatly distressed by the news of the Fathi el-Jahmi's death. "Amnesty International is still seeking clarification from the Libyan authorities as to the circumstances in which Fathi el-Jahmi, who was a prisoner of conscience, became seriously ill and was transferred to Jordan," said Malcolm Smart, Director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme. "At this time, however, our most immediate thoughts are with his family to whom we extend our deepest sympathy."List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-70820602060691142192009-06-03T09:10:00.003-04:002009-06-03T09:27:18.520-04:00AI Tabling at the Amherst Farmers Market<div align="right"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Atlas Farm, South Deerfield, </span></strong></div><div align="right"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">one of the popular Farmer Market vendors</span></strong><a href="http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:Bavv7bHs7E-25M:http://www.atlasfarm.com/images/photos/veggiebasket.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 99px" alt="" src="http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:Bavv7bHs7E-25M:http://www.atlasfarm.com/images/photos/veggiebasket.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />Summer is almost here in Amherst and our <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Tabling </span></strong>activity just resumed last week.<br /><br /><br /><em><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Ismail Elgadi</span></strong></em>, my nephew and one of our our youngest Amnesty members, was very active and busy in his first tabling event.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.AI-Amherst.blogspot.com"><strong>AI-Group 128 in Amherst</strong> </a>will be meeting at the jones Libray on Sat 6/13 (12-1pm), Room to be determined, to discuss the economic crisis and how it's affecting Amnesty International, in addition to discussing our Summer plans.<br /><br />Please come with your ideas t the meeting...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>mohamed elgadi</strong>, Coordinator</span><br /><br /><br />Tel. 256-4298List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-40292853755314588602009-03-11T21:12:00.002-04:002009-03-11T21:18:59.612-04:00Tabling this Sat<span style="font-size:78%;">image source </span><a href="http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.net/"><span style="font-size:78%;">www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.net/</span></a><a href="http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:hm8Tseq-2oyk7M:http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.net/sites/608a3887-dd53-4796-8904-997a0131ca54/uploads/2009_logo_B_color__2__web_4_2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 121px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 114px" alt="" src="http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:hm8Tseq-2oyk7M:http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.net/sites/608a3887-dd53-4796-8904-997a0131ca54/uploads/2009_logo_B_color__2__web_4_2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>in Amherst Common this Sat 3/14 from 11am to 1pm... stop by and sign petition to save lives in prisons and to stop violence against women...</div>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-24660454191768511902009-03-11T21:06:00.003-04:002009-03-11T21:12:06.856-04:00New Report from Amnesty<a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200903119705&lang=e">Middle East and North Africa: More protection and guarantees needed for people defending human rights</a><br /><br />Human rights activists in the Middle East and North Africa still face imprisonment, torture, persecution and repression for seeking to uphold the rights of others, more than ten years after the UN called on all states to support the work of people defending human rights,<br /><br />read more in the above link of Amnesty InternationalList Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-76307767897042388142009-02-18T17:41:00.003-05:002009-02-18T17:52:47.950-05:00Join us in the coming Annual General Meeting<a href="http://amnestyusa.org/events/agm/agm2009/i/agm09_logo.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 418px" alt="" src="http://amnestyusa.org/events/agm/agm2009/i/agm09_logo.gif" border="0" /></a> Where: <a href="http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=0811201143&key=9B379" target="_blank">Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers</a>,<br />When: March 27-29, 2009<br /><br /><br /><strong>Confirmed speakers include:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Sharon Asetoyer</span></strong>: Executive Director, Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Congressman Michael Capuano</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Larry Cox</span></strong>: Executive Director, AIUSA<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Sherif Elsayed-Ali</span></strong>: Head, Refugee and Migrants Rights, Amnesty International, International Secretariat<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Margaret Huang</span></strong>: Executive Director, Rights Working Group<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Juan Melendez</span></strong>, Death Row Exonoree<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Eva Millona</span></strong>: Executive Director, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Stephen Oleskey</span></strong>, Attorney, WilmerHale, attorney for Guantanamo detainees and co-lead counsel in the case of Boumediene v. Bush<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Sarnata Reynolds</span></strong>: Policy Director, Refugee and Migrants Rights, Amnesty International USA<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Gouri Sadhwani</span></strong>: Deputy Executive Director, AIUSA<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Lhadon Tethong</span></strong>, Students for a Free Tibet<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Jenni Williams</span></strong>: Women of Zimbabwe Arise<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Ginetta Sagan</span></strong> Human Rights Award Winner (A Colombian Human Rights Defender)<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/annual-general-meeting/2009-annual-general-meeting---agenda/page.do?id=1092024">AGM Program Agenda</a> is now posted. Check out the schedule and plan to arrive early on Friday to take part in our action at the State House and to join a special pre-conference training.List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-89257731370141618132008-12-10T01:44:00.002-05:002008-12-10T01:55:43.554-05:00Human Rights Day: Vigil in Amherst Commons<div align="left"><a href="http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:I3HLu7OREApKUM:http://pakistaniat.com/images/candles-HR.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 121px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px" alt="" src="http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:I3HLu7OREApKUM:http://pakistaniat.com/images/candles-HR.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">photo from this link: </span><a href="http://pakistaniat.com/images/candles-HR.jpg"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://pakistaniat.com/images/candles-HR.jpg</span></a></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">“Dignity and justice for all of us”</span></strong></div><br />Join our celebration of the 60th A<img class="gl_align_center" alt="Align Center" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" border="0" />nniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)<br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-size:85%;">When: Wed 12/10/2008 4:00-6:00pm<br />Where: Amherst Downtown</span><br /><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#990000;"></span></strong>Amherst, MA- Since its adoption in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been and continues to be a source of inspiration for national and international efforts to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Declaration is universal, enduring and vibrant, and it concerns us all.<br /><br />“Any attempt to sacrifice justice not only validates the false dichotomy between peace and justice but undermines the potential for a sustainable end to the crisis in Darfur." said Salih Mahmoud, attorney and human rights defender from Sudan, a country plagued by over 6 millions of Internally Displaced People (IDPs). <br /><br />It is no surprise that the theme for the Human Rights Day this year is focused on dignity and justice. More than 42 million people have been uprooted from their homes around the world, including 16 million refugees who fled to neighboring countries. Without justice these 42 million would not have the dignity that we enjoy in a relatively peaceful area here in Western Massachusetts.<br /><br />Sixty years later, we pay tribute to the extraordinary vision of the Declaration’s original drafters and to the many human rights defenders around the world who have struggled to make their vision a reality.<br /><br />We dedicate our celebration of the Human Rights Day this year to one democracy activist from Libya, <strong><span style="color:#990000;">Mr. Fathi El-Jahmi</span></strong>, a prominent journalist who has called for democratic reforms in Libya. This month marks the beginning of his seventh year of imprisonment in the horrific prisons of Colonel Gaddafi. We strongly encourage you to send a letter on behalf of this courageous human rights defender (see sample letter at the blog of AI’s Amherst group: <a href="http://ai-amherst.blogspot.com/">http://ai-amherst.blogspot.com/</a>) <br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Amnesty International vision is of a world in which every person – regardless of race, religion, gender, or ethnicity – enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the </span><a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/human-rights/universal-declaration-of-human-rights/page.do?id=1031003&n1=2&n2=769&n3=770"><span style="font-size:85%;">Universal Declaration of Human Rights</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-81183595456726157312008-12-03T23:09:00.002-05:002008-12-03T23:17:02.257-05:00Sample letter to free Fathi El-Gahmi<a href="http://images.forbes.com/media/2008/11/12/1112_fathieljahmi_170x170.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px" alt="" src="http://images.forbes.com/media/2008/11/12/1112_fathieljahmi_170x170.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/action/special/fathiletter.doc"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://www.amnestyusa.org/action/special/fathiletter.doc</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Colonel Mu’ammar al-GaddafiLeader of the RevolutionOffice of the Leader of the RevolutionTripoliGREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE’S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA</span> <br /><br />Your Excellency:<br /><br />I am deeply concerned about 66-year-old democracy advocate Fathi el-Jahmi who has been detained since March 2004 for seeking peaceful political reforms in Libya. He suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. Without proper medical treatment, his life may be in grave danger.<br /><br />On 6 February 2008 the Gaddafi Development Foundation (GDF) issued a statement that a court had determined Fathi el-Jahmi to be “mentally unstable” and that Mr. el-Jahmi had been transferred to the Tripoli Medical Center as a result. The GDF failed to explain how the court arrived at their conclusion, or whether medical expertise had been used to reach this diagnosis. A previous claim by Libyan authorities that Fathi el-Jahmi was suffering from mental illness was contradicted by independent medical experts at Physicians for Human Rights and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organizations, who stated in a public report that Fathi el-Jahmi remained “mentally strong.” I am concerned that Fathi el-Jahmi’s physical and mental health may have deteriorated due to the conditions in which he has been held, particularly because he appears to have been detained in solitary confinement for much of the period since his arrest on 26 March 2004.<br /><br />The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Libya is a party, states that everyone shall have the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Amnesty International considers Fathi el-Jahmi to be a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful expression of his political views. I urge your government to bring about his immediate and unconditional release. I further urge you to ensure that while he is detained, Fathi el-Jahmi receives adequate medical treatment, delivered by professionals with relevant expertise, and that an independent medical assessment of his condition is allowed immediately.<br /><br /> Sincerely,<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />copy to:<br />The Honorable Ali Aujali<br />Libyan Embassy<br />2600 Virginia Avenue N.W.<br />Suite 705<br />Washington, D.C. 20037List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-31493508999598545402008-11-20T20:16:00.003-05:002008-11-20T20:36:23.144-05:00Journalists Arrested in SudanMore than 60 journalists were arrested in Sudan according to international media <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200007.html">http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200007.html</a><br />The Sudan Human Rights Org (Cairo Chapter) issued the following Press Release:<br /><br /><div align="center"> <br /><strong>THE SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION – CAIRO<br /></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Gross government violations of the press and journalist rights<br /></span></strong> <br /> <span style="font-size:85%;">November 20, 2008</span><br /></div><div align="left"><br />The Government of Sudan is required to respect the right of the Press and the right of all journalists to attend Parliament sessions, in general, and those sessions scheduled to pass a new law of the press and publications to govern journalist work and their relations with the authorities.<br /><br />The government prevented unlawfully hundreds of journalists from attending the National Assembly session on the new law on Monday November 17th. Harsher prevention by police and security forces disassembled peacefully protesting journalists outside the parliament space, then arrested and detained 78 protestors. These acts and others inviting the abstention of three English papers and seven Arabic journals from publication constitute a flagrant violation of the Interim Constitution and the parliamentary traditions that allow journalists to cover parliamentary sessions in the press.<br /><br />The Sudan Human Rights Organization is deeply concerned with the repressive environment the government has been spreading over the public life throughout the last three years in the course of implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005) prior to the upcoming 2009 elections.<br /><br />The Organization has repeatedly condemned the government’s insistent violations of journalist rights and public freedoms. We have been asking the government, to no avail, to end the unlawful security interventions that obliterate journalist columns, restructure printed news, and confiscate whole papers, in addition to arbitrary arrests, heavy fines, and possible terms of imprisonment by the notorious Press and Publications Law.<br /><br />As we welcome the Assembly’s approval of the National Elections Commission, SHRO asks the Government to abide by all provisions enshrined in the Bill of Rights of the National Interim Constitution, especially those concerned with the freedom of the expression and the right to peaceful assembly to prepare the national elections’ process prior to the actual voting in 2009. </div>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-68828147749190564812008-11-12T17:20:00.005-05:002008-11-17T20:26:42.993-05:00AI-128 particpates in Tents of Hope<a href="http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/6OGEHJdICbk/default.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 96px" alt="" src="http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/6OGEHJdICbk/default.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8eDuH1SCQ0"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8eDuH1SCQ0</span></a><br /><div></div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUl_ag6Z6gnodKPA9YKK_oqANIfez5WP5BUbwyOo9-jNY5IvqJkH_on37CPTbqg_8jOH6ci4j-nAO-rpeCDHaHSib6rDCt1IgOm1qZCXLClCVuhEEUa22w0fNA-uaNxHuMuESER2s1CY/s1600-h/Mohamed.TOH.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267901850812988322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 166px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 113px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUl_ag6Z6gnodKPA9YKK_oqANIfez5WP5BUbwyOo9-jNY5IvqJkH_on37CPTbqg_8jOH6ci4j-nAO-rpeCDHaHSib6rDCt1IgOm1qZCXLClCVuhEEUa22w0fNA-uaNxHuMuESER2s1CY/s200/Mohamed.TOH.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo by John Grant</span><br /><br /><br />Mohamed Elgadi, Amherst Chapter Coordinator, spoke in front of Sudan Embassy in Washington, DC and was among the group that delivered the People's Arrest Warrant of President Omer Al-bashir<br /><br />"As part of the events, about 450 students from around the country traveled to the capitol for leadership training in grassroots mobilization for genocide prevention"<br />for more info, read the story <a href="http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article29219"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article29219</span></a></div>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291018545380684809.post-90405554003005513672008-10-28T18:42:00.003-04:002008-12-03T14:05:18.246-05:00Fathi el-Jahmi: Our Adopted POC<a href="http://www.kintera.org/AccountTempFiles/account11681/images/fathi100.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px" alt="" src="http://www.kintera.org/AccountTempFiles/account11681/images/fathi100.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />In our October meeting, our Group-128 decided to adopt a jailed journalist from Libya as our POC.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kintera.org/AccountTempFiles/account11681/images/fathi100.jpg"></a><a href="http://ghosthouses.blogspot.com/2008/10/five-years-sentence-for-calling-for.html"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Five years sentence for calling for democracy</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></strong><a href="http://www.kintera.org/AccountTempFiles/account11681/images/fathi100.jpg"></a><br />Join Amnesty International and send message to President Muamer Qaddafi to release Fathi el-Jahmi<br /><a href="http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=9653">http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=9653</a><br />Libyan authorities arrested Fathi el-Jahmi in 2002 after he called for free speech and political reforms during a conference in Tripoli. For that "crime," he was sentenced to five years in prison. He was released in March 2004 following international pressure but authorities detained him again just weeks later after he repeated his call for democracy during a television interview.<a class="bold" href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/page.do?id=1101244">» Learn more about Fathi el-Jahmi</a>List Maintainerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712884584790428113noreply@blogger.com0