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April 23, 6:30 pm: monthly chapter meeting
Amnesty International Group 27 generally meets on the second Tuesday of every month from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at Postmark Cafe in Park Slope, Brooklyn (326 6th Street at 5th Avenue). Prospective and new members are always welcome!
Human Rights Day
Please join us to commemorate Human
Rights Day! We will be hosting a film screening and write-a-thon
on December 12 with a focus on the Stop the Violence Against Women
campaign. Please find details below and in the attached flyer. Stop
by and invite friends, colleagues to sign a letter! Snacks will
be served! Amnesty International-Brooklyn Chapter 27 presents a
film screening & write-a-thon to commemorate International Human
Rights Day
With a discussion of the Stop the Violence Against Women Campaig
Featuring a screening of the short documentary "Dual Injustice"
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
7:00 - 9:00 pm
(stop by anytime! write a letter! have a snack!)
Where: Postmark Cafe, 326 6th Street, just off 5th Avenue in Park Slope
Join us in Brooklyn by participating in Amnesty International's annual Global Write-a-thon! Each year, in observance of Human Rights Day, participants are encouraged to write letters to help free Prisoners of Conscience, stop violence against women and make powerful changes in the lives of individuals!
Background to the film "Dual Injustice": Since 1993, nearly 400 girls and women have been killed in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua City, Mexico. Most of the victims were young and poor, and many were sexually assaulted prior to their deaths. The authorities have done little to investigate or prosecute those responsible, and have on occasion used torture to extract confessions from scapegoats.
Amnesty supports the victims' families in their struggle for truth and justice, promotes initiatives that will lead to greater accountability and transparency in Mexico's law enforcement and judicial institutions, and encourages all sectors to support efforts to eliminate violence against women through education, prevention, and effective investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators.
Past Events
World Press Freedom Day
On May 4, 2006, AI Brooklyn hosted a lecture by Alagi Yorro Jallow, Managing Editor of the newspaper the Independent in the Gambia. Karen Robinson, Director of Human Rights Education, Amnesty International introduced the lecture. The event was held at the Brooklyn Business Library. Mr. Jallow discussed the importance of press freedoms, reflecting on his own experiences as a journalist and activist in the Gambia.
Vigil for Darfur
On June 26, 2005 at Grand Army Plaza
in Brooklyn, a candlelight
vigil was held in support of the victims and survivors of torture
in the Darfur region of Sudan. The event coincided with the United
Nations International Day in Support of Torture Victims and Survivors,
a day commemorated by governments, human rights groups and others
around the world. One member expressed, "The vigil
was very nice....It was a gorgeous evening and I think some of the
tortured voices of Sudan could be heard during our moments of silence."
For more information about Darfur, view the interactive view the
interactive feature narrated by New York Times op-ed writer Nicholas
Kristoff entitled
"Rape in Darfur."
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