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Kimberly Hunt, Anchor 10 News, |
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Janis Olson, Nepal Youth Opportunity Foundation |
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Phil Ludwig, Teen Rescue, Inc. / F.A.C.T. |
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Sgt. Mata, Cpl. Smith and
Dep. Crysler, Vista Sheriff Department
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Soroptimist International of Vista to receive
Human Rights Defender Award |
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Refreshments
Live Music with
Endorsed by:
Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition
Soroptimist International Of Vista
Not For Sale
UURISE
Teen Rescue, Inc. / F.A.C.T.
North County Forum
Survivors of Torture,
International
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
The Conscience Foundation
American Association of
University Women, Fallbrook Branch & Escondido, San Marcos Branch
California Against Slavery
San Diego Friends of Tibet
North County
LGBT Coalition
Be a voice for victims of human rights abuses
and learn what
you can do to end Slavery & Human Trafficking
Dress warmly!!
For more information please call
760-731-9174 or 760-731-0735
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Our thanks to local Starbucks stores in Oceanside for providing coffee at the event. |
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Be a voice for victims
of
human rights abuses!
Write a letter, save a life!
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Watch a documentary film of the 2008 Candlelight Walk for Human Rights,
"A Call for International Justice,"
hosted by our AI North County San Diego Group 471
on KOCT - Oceanside
The 2006 and the 2007 documentaries both won awards for KOCT.
Our gratitude and congratulations to
(also, Ch. 18 with COX Cable, or check with your local cable provider)
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The next meetings of
North County Chapter 471 of Amnesty International
will be held
Monday, January 9 & 23, 2012
from 6.30 pm to 8:00 pm
at the Hill St. Cafe'
524 S Coast Hwy
Oceanside, CA 92054
(760) 966-0985
New
members are always welcome!
more information:
Group Coordinator:
Kathryn Ford - 760 277 0089Membership Chair:
- 760 731 9174Media Committee Chair:
760 724 0319~~~
Read the latest blog post:Amnesty International condemns all enforced disappearances as crimes under international law. And on August 30, we’ll be doing something about them.
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Breaking News
(related to our adopted case):
the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday released a statement that asked the Sri Lankan government to now investigate the murder of the disappeared human rights defender Pattani Razeek (now that his body's been found) and to expedite investigations into other disappearances in Sri Lanka. They mention the disappeared journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda specifically:
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Aung San Suu Kyi is free!
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PAST EVENTS
Global Write-a-Thon
Monday, Dec. 6, 2010
We wrote 100+ letters @ Global Write-a-thon in North County - Go Amnesty 471!
People who we might never meet...we can make a huge difference in their lives
Write a Letter, Save a Life
"It is your untiring efforts
that give helpless people a ray of hope."
– Former prisoner of conscience
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By Any Means Necessary:
America's Tactics in the War on Terror
at UCSD, Thursday Jan. 28th, 7 pm
Screening of “The Response” and Panel Discussion
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3rd Annual
Saturday, January 9th, 2010
1 to 4 pm
U.S. Senate’s
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Vista, CA
-DOWNTOWN VISTA: CORNER
OF INDIANA AND MAIN ST.-
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December 10, 2009
The AI Global Write-a-thon
'Write a letter, Save a Life'
was a success!
A very uplifting couple of hours full of hope…We had 22 people, included some new friends;
we wrote 100+ letters to foreign government leaders and more than 60 holiday cards to prisoners, to let them know that they are not forgotten.Thank you all and keep the flame burning…
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“DEFENDING
THE DEFENDERS”
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
21ST ANNUAL SAN DIEGO CANDLELIGHT
WALK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Sunday, October 18th 2009
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We encourage you to visit the websites and dialog with your elected officials via e-mail , phone, fax and/or USPS mail:
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UDHR
The Universal Declaration
of Human Rights.
Let's Celebrate UDHR 60th Anniversary!
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