update on our Priority case - see Urgent Actions:

Democratic Republic of Congo

UN Support for Army’s New Anti-Rebel Offensive

Tied to Protecting Civilians

7 January 2010 –A controversial United Nations-backed

Government offensive against rebels in eastern Democratic

Republic of the Congo (DRC), during which Congolese soldiers

are alleged to have committed massacres and gang-rape,

has been replaced by a new UN-supported operation

with a central focus on protecting civilians.

~~~

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

22^nd ANNUAL SAN DIEGO CANDLELIGHT

WALK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Sunday, Oct. 17 @ 5.30 pm

@ The Oceanside Amphitheater & Pier

Free Event

Modern Slavery

&

Human TRAFFICKING

Human Trafficking Fact Sheet

Human Trafficking Statistics

2010 Recipient of the Digna Ochoa Award:

Soroptimist International of Vista

Human Trafficking Task Force 2010

for their dedication and successes

Refreshments-Live Music-Speakers-Actions

Be a voice for victims of human rights abuses

and learn what you can do to end Slavery & Human Trafficking

Dress warmly!!

 For more info call 760 731 9174 or 731 0735

~~~

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

Film Director and Editor Peter Bonscher and the KOCT crew www.KOCT.org

(also, Ch. 18 with COX Cable, or check with your local cable provider)

~ ~ ~

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

21^ST ANNUAL SAN DIEGO CANDLELIGHT

WALK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Sunday, October 18^th 2009, 5.30 pm

At The Oceanside Amphitheater – by the Pier

I-5 to Oceanside – take Mission Ave. West to the end

“DEFENDING THE DEFENDERS”

ALL OVER THE WORLD JOURNALISTS, LAWYERS, BLOGGERS

& COMMUNITY LEADERS RISK THEIR LIVES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

***

Watch last year's Candlelight Walk for Human Rights on KOCT

thanks to Tom Reeser, Peter Bonscher and KOCT talented staff.

***

Monday, Oct 19, 2009

Amnesty International hosts Human Rights Walk

by Ruth Marvin Webster - North County Times

***

Friday, October 16, 2009

Honoree's work speaks for itself; torture is immoral

by Kathy Ford - North County Times

***

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Amnesty Chapter Prepares Human Rights Walk

by Ray Huard - North County Times

***

July 09, 2009
After Her Rise in China and Expulsion,

a Uighur Becomes the Face of Her People
By ERIK ECKHOLM
Rebiya Kadeer, vilified by Beijing as the unseen hand behind Uighur protests in western China, is now a symbol of her people's resistance against the Chinese.

~

July, 8, 2009

Chinese troops flood streets after riots

By WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer

URUMQI, China – Thousands of Chinese troops flooded into this city Wednesday to separate feuding ethnic groups after three days of communal violence left 156 people dead, and a senior Communist

Party official vowed to execute those guilty of murder

in the rioting in western China.

The crisis was so severe that President Hu Jintao cut short a trip to Italy, where he was to participate in a Group of Eight summit. It was an embarrassing move for a leader who wants to show that China has a harmonious society as it prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Communist rule.

OCEANSIDE: Amnesty International hosts annual pier walk

Event to feature local chapter's 'adopted' prisoner of conscience

Former political prisoner honored at Freedom Walk

Today's Local News: Local group fought for woman's freedom

Amnesty Walk is Sunday at Oceanside pier : North County Times

You may check the KOCT website for scheduled times:  www.KOCT.org   or phone the KOCT office at 760-722-4433.  The 2006 and the 2007 documentaries both won awards for KOCT.  Do you think the 2008 one will do the same?