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Welcome to the Group 151's Website - We are the Boston / Brookline local Chapter of Amnesty International USA.

Are you outraged by human rights abuses around the world but hopeful for a more just future? Then join Amnesty International and help make a difference across the globe

REMINDER:  There is no meeting on 12/1 instead we are wrapping gifts at Borders Books on School Street (at Downtown Crossing) from 3PM until 9PM.  Please come by and help out!  It really is a great time!

Next Meetings:  Tuesday Dec 15, 2009

7pm @ Old South Church

Copley Square - Boston

 

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Meetings are held twice a month on the first and third Tuesday of the Month

About Amnesty International

Founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over 1.8 million members worldwide. Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.

 

About Human Rights

Human rights are the basic freedoms and protections that people are entitled to simply because they are human beings.

Human Rights are Universal
They belong to everyone, regardless of their race, sexuality, citizenship, gender, nationality, ethnicity, or abilities.
Human Rights are Inherent
We are all born with human rights. They belong to people simply because they are human beings.
Human Rights are Inalienable
They cannot be taken away – period. No person, corporation, organization, or even government can deprive another person of his or her rights.
Human Rights can be Violated
Although they are inalienable, they are not invulnerable. Violations can stop people from enjoying their rights, but they do not stop the rights from existing.
Human Rights are Essential
They are essential for freedom, justice, and peace.

Fathi el-Jahmi
Fathi el-Jahmi
Libya POC

2007-2009 SPECIAL FOCUS CASE:

Libyan political activist Fathi el-Jahmi was detained without trial since March 2004  In May, Libyan authorities flew prisoner of conscience Fathi el-Jahmi to a hospital in Jordan, where he died on May 21, 2009. Amnesty is calling on authorities to investigate the circumstances leading to Mr. el-Jahmi’s death

NORTHEAST SPECIAL FOCUS CASE

 

2009 SPECIAL FOCUS CASE:

The military rulers of Myanmar have jailed thousands of people in their continuing efforts to crush all dissenting views. Most prominent of those detained is Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has been the beacon of hope and change for nearly two decades in Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma.

 

Aung San Suu Kyi
SuuKyi.jpg
POC - Myanmar

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2009 Northeast Regional Conference

Northeast Regional Conference Info

Northeast Regional Office
58 Day Street
Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02114
phone: (617) 623-0202
fax: (617) 623-2005
toll free: 1-866-A-REGION
aiusane@aiusa.org

 

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