In this issue
May 28th 2007
- Annual Report Launched
- Amnesty's Birthday wish list
- New Slideshow
- Amnesty Media Awards
- Get "Instant Karma"
- Local Events listings
Slideshow
Afghanistan "All who are not friends are enemies: Taliban abuses against civilians" Report
Zimbabwe - Repression of political opponents continues, with new incidents of police brutality. Press Release
Take action
Stop Discrimination Against Indigenous Children.
Indigenous children are three to five times more likely than any other children in Canada to be taken from their families and placed with foster parents or in state institutions.
Send a Message to the Canadian Minister of Indian Affairs .
Featured Download
Amnesty's screensaver, featuring the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Download Here.
Good News
Iranian human rights defender thanks those who campaigned for his release.
Read more.
Featured Event
Run for Rights
Winnipeg is warming up to walk, run or cycle to support the struggle for human rights on June 9th, 9:30 at Kildonan Park.
Activist Corner
Dine Out at participating restaurants and raise money for Amnesty!
More than 50 restaurants across Canada are donating a percentage of proceeds of all meals served from June 1 to 15 to Amnesty.
University of Manitoba Amnesty Group holds Taste for Justice event
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Our U of M Amnesty group had quite a successful event in raising awareness ... we served lasagna, salads, vegan food, and Burmese food, and raised around $800! All the best to everyone else who is organizing.
Coming soon:
Action on Mexico's Parota Dam
There's trouble building in Mexico around the proposed Parota Dam outside of Acapolco. Watch for an upcoming opportunity to take action.
Photo credits: Sara Forestier @ CP. Stephanie Nolan, PHOTO: JOHN MORSTAD. All others are Amnesty International.
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May 28th is Amnesty's Birthday!
A world where human rights belong to everyone no matter where they live. How can YOU help? |
We need a world free from human rights abuses. INSTANT KARMA - Get the new CD release of
John Lennon songs to help save Darfur
Imagine...the greatest artists of our time united to save Darfur now! You can make a difference today by speaking out and buying 'Instant Karma', 2 CDs with 23 classic John Lennon songs, recorded for Amnesty by artists like U2, Black-Eyed Peas, Avril Lavigne and Green Day.
Download individual songs now. CDs will be available online and in stores from June 12. Proceeds from all sales and downloads go to help Amnesty's human rights work.
You can get a sneak peek now of Green Day's new music video "Working Class Hero on youtube.com/savedarfur.
Take action for Darfur: Speak out and Get the music
Amnesty International Annual Report 2007
Powerful governments and armed groups are deliberately creating a climate of fear to erode human rights. The international community has been too often weak-willed in the face of major human rights crises in 2006, whether in forgotten conflicts like Chechnya, Colombia and Sri Lanka or high profiles ones in the Middle East.
Stephanie Nolen wins her 3rd Amnesty Media Award
Journalists play a vital role in informing the public about human rights. For the 3rd year, the Globe & Mail's Stephanie Nolen won the Amnesty Media Award in the National Print category.
“Stephanie Nolen’s article shows that despite the difficult struggle, the bitter past can be overcome and by working together there is hope that lost relationships can be restored.” - Alex Neve
The winner in the video/audio category is Jennifer Westaway and senior producer Thomas Rose for “Skid Row”, an audio documentary broadcast on CBC Radio - Dispatches.
U Win Tin: One man's birthday wish
He is still in prison, and his wish is for freedom.
For more than 18 years, U Win Tin, an opposition leader in Myanmar has been in a Myanmar prison, mostly in solitary confinement.
Now 77 years old, U Win Tin was first imprisoned for the peaceful expression of his political views. When he spoke out about inhumane prison conditions - including the use of torture - he was sentenced to seven more years.
He is Amnesty's longest serving Prisoner of Conscience.
Please write a letter calling for the immediate and unconditional release of U Win Tin and hundreds of other prisoners of conscience in Myanmar.
Senior General Than Shwe
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council
c/o Ministry of Defence
Ahlanpya Phaya Street
Yangon, MYANMAR
Learn more about U Win Tin's case.
Are you a film buff?
Have an Amnesty Film Night in your home
Shed a light on human rights by inviting your friends to share a private “living room” screening of human rights films to stop violence against women. Amnesty and the National Film Board of Canada are working together to raise awareness about violence against women through film. Films available for screening:
• “Killer's Paradise” (Killings of women in Guatemala)
• “Finding Dawn” (Violence against Indigenous women in Canada)
To host a film night, please contact Elena Dumitru at Amnesty's Toronto Office: edumitru@amnesty.ca
Photo: Actress Sara Forestier makes a bold statement for Amnesty at the Cannes Film Festival
Dear ${token1},
It's a pleasure to communicate with you today on the anniversary of Amnesty's founding in 1961. For this edition of Enews we're not only launching our Annual Report, but we've prepared a new slide show that we hope to use throughout the summer as we move into a drive to bring new members to Amnesty's work. We would love your help in sharing this and our "birthday wish list" with any friends you'd like to introduce to Amnesty. We're very grateful to all of the musicians involved in Instant Karma project, whose efforts are bringing exposure to Amnesty's critical work in Darfur. And finally, we're so grateful to you for standing behind Amnesty's work to build a world free of human rights violations.
Hala Al-Madi,
Jennifer Auten, Andrew Bales
Your Amnesty eNews team
Amnesty International Canadian Section (English Speaking)
1-800-AMNESTY (266-3789)
members@amnesty.ca | http://www.amnesty.ca/