Archive for July, 2009
Come join us for Human Rights Happy Hour at NoChe
Posted July 24th, 2009 by April | News & Notes
Join us at NoChe, 1901 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia for human rights happy hour! Friday July 31 7:30-9:30 pm.
Wristbands will be available for a donation of $3 or more, and may be used for these specials: $5 Bud Light Pitchers, $2 Bud Light Drafts, $4 Well Drinks, $4 Finlandia Drinks, $5 House Wines, $4 Nachos and 1/2 Price Pizzas.
100% of wristband proceeds will go to Amnesty International USA. Become a member of AIUSA and receive a wristband free.
Information about Amnesty International will be available, as well as petitions for current human rights cases.
Recap of Group #531(Allentown, PA) meeting
Posted July 1st, 2009 by Dan | Allentown
Group #531 (Allentown) met on June 23, with five members in attendance. Those present reported sending 34 letters in support of human rights during the last two months.
Dan gave the treasurer’s report and noted that the Friendly’s Family Fun Night fundraiser netted more than $55 for the group’s treasury.
Dan had received a copy of the 2009 AI Annual Report from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, and Florence Applebaum volunteered to present it to the Allentown Public Library for their reference section.
Tony Marino had letters addressed to the government of Iran expressing concern for human rights violations following the recent elections there, and letters to Sec. Clinton concerning the our government’s delivery of weapons to the U.S. stockpile in Israel, weapons which, in the past, have been released to the Israeli government. The letter noted that, there having been some evidence of human rights violations committed during the hostilities in Gaza, the release of these weapons to Israel would violate the Leahy law. The members present at the meeting will send these individually.
Dan had letters for the group to the government of China in regard to a married couple who have been detained there, apparently for being Falon Gong practitioners. He also had letters to the government of Vietnam which has arrested a lawyer who had questioned the constitutionality of Vietnam’s “state subversion” law. The lawyer had also apparently been targeted for his defense, in the course of his legal profession, of other lawyers who had been arrested under the same law. The group members will also send these letters individually.
Our next meeting will be on August 25. Please join us if you can. Dan Laxar, Coordinator, Group #531