Fathi el-Jahmi: Our Adopted POC

In our October meeting, our Group-128 decided to adopt a jailed journalist from Libya as our POC.

Five years sentence for calling for democracy

Join Amnesty International and send message to President Muamer Qaddafi to release Fathi el-Jahmi
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=9653
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.» Learn more about Fathi el-Jahmi

Northeast Regional Conference

November 14-15Boston UniversityBoston, MA
Keynote Speakers: Juan E. Mendéz, President, The International Center for Transitional Justice

and Grace Akallo, author of child soldiers

Focus Panels
Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy: Challenges for the New Administration in the First 100 Days • Libya-Human Rights Under Gaddafi • The Challenge of Human Rights In Africa

more tha 20 workshops...
check here for more info http://www.amnestyusa.org/regional-conferences/northeast/page.do?id=1091789

The Northeast Region of AI

Our Group-128, or as it's known as Amherst Chapter, is part of the Northeast Region that includes the New England states and New York.

Northeast Office address: 58 Day Street, Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144

phone: (617) 623-0202

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Northeast Region Home Page The Northeast Office covers the following states: CONNECTICUT, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, VERMONT, RHODE ISLAND

No More Torture in our name!

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see the campaign page Counter Terror With Justice


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