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Our thanks to local Starbucks stores in Oceanside for providing coffee at the event. |
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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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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
21ST ANNUAL SAN
DIEGO CANDLELIGHT
WALK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Sunday,
October 18th 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
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thanks to Tom Reeser, Peter Bonscher and KOCT talented staff.
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Monday, Oct 19, 2009
Amnesty International hosts Human Rights Walk
by Ruth Marvin Webster - North County Times
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Honoree's work speaks for itself; torture is immoral
by Kathy Ford - North County Times
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Amnesty Chapter Prepares Human Rights Walk
by Ray Huard - North County Times
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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.
Former political prisoner honored at Freedom Walk
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?
...spread the word!Your Donations Make it Happen!
U.S. CONGRESSMAN BOB FILNER, CA-51
TO RECEIVE NORTH COUNTY CHAPTER’S
2011 DIGNA OCHOA HUMAN
RIGHTS DEFENDER AWARD
AT ANNUAL EVENT IN
OCEANSIDE
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: read article
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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update on our Priority case - see Urgent Actions:
Democratic Republic of
Congo
New
members & visitors are always welcome!
Simply show up at any of our events listed above. Our monthly meetings
or letter-writing sessions are also good places to start. We
currently meet every 2nd and 4th Monday of each
month.
The next meetings of
North County Chapter 471 of Amnesty International
will be held
Monday, August 8 & 22, 2011
from 6.30 pm to 8:00 pm
at the Hill St. Cafe'
524 S Coast Hwy
Oceanside, CA 92054
(760) 966-0985
Please, call or e-mail for more information :
Group Coordinator: Kathryn Ford
Membership Chair:
Margaret Wernett - 760 731 9174
Media Committee Chair:
Alessandra Colfi 760 724 0319
Message from Larry Cox, AIUSA Executive Director
When you write letters, send your postcards and demand freedom for
the unjustly imprisoned, they see your light. For these three
individuals, featured in last year’s Global Write-a-thon – the
world’s largest letter writing event – your light is what guided
them to safety and freedom:
Musaad Abu Fagr saw your light. An Egyptian activist accused
of inciting protests against the demolition of homes in the Sinai
Peninsula, Musaad was held in prison without trial for almost three
years. Thanks in part to you, he was released on July 13.
Mohammed al-Odaini saw your light. He was held in Guantanamo
without charge or trial for eight years, despite the fact that he
had been cleared for release in 2005. You stood up for him, and
he was released back home to Yemen in July.
Rita Mahato still needs your light. Threatened with rape,
death, and kidnapping, Rita Mahato has courageously continued her
work to stop violence against women in Nepal.
You rallied to her
defense, and her safety has improved in recent months.
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