The Nightmares of Interrogation (Villanova)*
Posted April 3rd, 2008 by April | Other Human Rights News
*This is not an Amnesty International event, but may be of interest to AI supporters.
The Nightmares of Interrogation
DATE: Wednesday, April 9
TIME: 4:30pm
LOCATION: Bartley 1001, 4:30 pm
Eric Fair will speak about his experiences while serving as an interrogator in Iraq at Abu Ghraib in early 2004. He will address the corrosive effects abusive interrogation has on those who wield it as a tool as well as the irrevocable damage it has done to our nation and its institutions. Ample time will be provided for questions from the audience.
ABOUT ERIC FAIR: In 2001, Mr. Fair was hired as a police officer in Bethlehem, PA. He left the department in 2003 in order to be a part of the war effort in Iraq. He was hired as an interrogator by CACI and worked in Baghdad, Abu Ghraib, and Fallujah. He resigned this position in the summer of 2004, was hired by the National Security Administration (NSA), and returned to Iraq in 2005 as an intelligence analyst. Mr. Fair left government service in early 2006 and published an op-ed in The Washington Post in early 2007 about his experiences with coercive interrogation. He is currently a student at Princeton Theological Seminary pursuing an MDIV and seeking ordination in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Sponsored by the Ethics Program, College of Liberal Arts, Villanova University
Eric Fair’s Op-Ed: “An Interrogator’s Nightmare”
Race and the Death Penalty: Is Justice Color Blind? (Wilmington)*
Posted April 2nd, 2008 by April | Other Human Rights News
*This is not an Amnesty International event, but may be of interest to AI supporters.
Race and the Death Penalty: Is Justice Color Blind?
Tuesday, April 15, 7:00 pm
Widener University School of Law
Moot Courtroom, Law School Building
4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington DE
Featuring
Sheri Lynn Johnson, Professor of Law, Cornell University School of Law, and Assistant Director, Cornell Death Penalty Project
Distinguished Panelists include:
Robert L. Hayman, Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law
Judith L. Ritter, Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law
Keisha N. Hudson, Assistant Federal Defender, Capital Habeas Unit
Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty, Law and Inequality Project of Widener University School of Law, Phi Delta Alpha of Widener University School of Law, ACLU-DE Chapter, Delaware Pacem in Terris, and Wilmington Friends Meeting Ad Hoc Committee on Peace.
For more information www.enddeathpenaltyde.org or call (302) 656-2721.
Sudanese Ambassador to the UN to speak at Lehigh University*
Posted November 12th, 2007 by April | Bethlehem, Other Human Rights News
From Karen:
Tomorrow at 7 pm (Tuesday, November 13), the Sudanese Ambassador to the United Nations will lecture at Lehigh University on his views on Darfur, namely that there is no genocide. The lecture will be held in Perella Auditorium, located in Rauch Business Center room 184. Rauch is on the SE corner of Taylor and East Packer Avenue. It is next to the Zoellner Auditorium.
University of Delaware Film Festival
Posted November 7th, 2007 by April | Delaware, Student Groups, University of Delaware
Apologies for the short notice, but I just found out about this and wanted to share it in case there’s still time for you to attend.
The University of Delaware Amnesty International chapter is holding a film festival entitled “Bare Witness…To Human Rights.” This has been going on since Monday, but the films yet to be shown are:
- Wednesday, November 7 – Theme “Terror” – “Lest We Forget,” “Punjabi Cab” and “Crossing the Line”.
- Thursday, November 8 – Theme “Children” – “The Price of Youth” and “The Day My God Died.”
- Friday, November 9 – Theme “Hope” – “Books not Bars” and “Waiting for Quds.”
All films are 7:00 – 9:00 pm in Willard Hall 007. Free and open to the public.
Genocide in Darfur discussion (Easton)*
Posted November 7th, 2007 by April | Bethlehem
November 8, 7:30 pm
Lafayette University, Colton Chapel
Easton, PA
This is not an Amnesty International event, but may be of interest to AI supporters.
Nicholas Kristof, renowned author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and columnist for The New York Times, will present “Genocide in Darfur” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in Colton Chapel.
Free and open to the public, the lecture is sponsored by the Policy Studies program. A reception and book signing will follow the talk.
For complete information, see the press release here.
Rwandan student to speak at Muhlenberg College on Darfur crisis
Posted October 31st, 2007 by April | Allentown, Amnesty News, Bethlehem
This is not an Amnesty International event, but may be of interest to AI supporters.
Muhlenberg College in Allentown is holding a speaking event entitled “Darfur: It’s Time To Globalize Our Responsibility.” The speaker, Stephanie Nyombayire, is a Rwandan student at Swarthmore College who has worked tirelessly to help end the genocide in Darfur. She speaks from experience, having endured the trauma of losing dozens of family members in the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
This event will be on Wednesday, November 7 at 7:00 pm at Miller Forum (Moyer Hall). For more information, call 484-668-3270 or email hillel@muhlenberg.edu.
Darfur: It’s Time To Globalize Our Responsibility (Allentown)*
Posted October 31st, 2007 by April | Allentown, Bethlehem, Other Human Rights News
November 7
Muhlenberg College
Miller Forum (Moyer Hall)
Allentown PA
This is not an Amnesty International event, but may be of interest to AI supporters.
NOTE: The time has been changed to 7:30 pm.
Speaker: Stephanie Nyombayire (Genocide Intervention Network)
Stephanie Nyombayire is a Rwandan student at Swarthmore College who has worked tirelessly to help end the genocide in Darfur. She speaks from experience, having endured the trauma of losing dozens of family members in the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Hillel. For more information, call 484-668-3270, or write hillel@muhlenberg.edu
Volunteer Needed: Student Area Coordinator for Western Pennsylvania
Posted October 17th, 2007 by April | Mid-Atlantic Region, Pittsburgh PA
SACs act as liaisons between student groups in a geographic area and the Regional Office. They also connect groups within an area to share ideas and organize around human rights actions and campaigns. SACs are important peer leaders who can help student groups increase their effectiveness by providing advice on basic organizing and how to take advantage of AI’s wealth of resources and campaigning opportunities.
For more information, please contact Jen Horwitz, jhorwitz@aiusa.org, 202.544.0200 x344
Penn’s Vigil for Burma: Debrief
Posted October 13th, 2007 by April | Amnesty News, Student Groups, University of Pennsylvania
Jules from the University of Pennsylvania group writes:
Our vigil for Burma, co-promoted with Penn Awake, event received coverage in the Daily Pennsylvanian, raising awareness about the ongoing tragedy in Burma, with input from the same Burmese students (Aung, May, Aung, and Yee) that visited us at our General Body Meeting on Wednesday, October 3rd. We received close to 140 signatures on both paper petitions, which were sent to their respective destinations yesterday. Please go here for updated actions.
Meanwhile, we can keep the momentum going by protesting at the UN and Chinese consulates in New York. A trip will be organized with sufficient interest at the next meeting. We will also continue to look into commercial ties, specifically the trade of Burman rubies.
Update: Penn’s vigil was also covered in their paper! Students march to support monks, The Daily Collegian, October 4, 2007
Penn group to collaborate with South Asia Society on Fall Show
Posted October 13th, 2007 by April | Student Groups, University of Pennsylvania
Jules writes:
For our upcoming collaboration with the South Asia Society at their Fall Show on October 26th, we’ve been invited to submit a performance act as well as table to raise awareness of South Asian human rights issues. Ilana and Brianne have worked hard on preparing excellent potential scripts (one solo monologue about the intimidation of journalists in Pakistan and one multi-player reading exploring the Bhopal Union Carbide/Dow disaster). An excerpt:
“For six long months, my family heard nothing. My wife was distraught. My sons and daughter desperately begged my captors to release me. All the while, the government maintained its innocence, saying I had been taken by the Taliban or a rebel force. Finally, they told my family that they had located me, and that I would soon be back in their arms. They were so relieved and excited to see me again. But the next time they saw me I was dead, handcuffed and riddled with bullets in a ditch close to where I had disappeared all those months before.”