25 years ago, Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India leaked extremely toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) into the surrounding city, exposing almost a million people and killing 8-10 thousands in the initial three days. For the last 25 years, Bhopal survivors have sought clean-up, compensation and accountability from Union Carbide to little or no avail. [...]
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Bhopal 25th Anniversary event
Posted in Demand Dignity, Events, tagged Bhopal, Dow Chemicals, Union Carbide on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Group 48 annual holiday potluck & Write-a-thon
Posted in Events, Group 48 on November 24, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Group 48 will continue its annual tradition to host a holiday potluck and Write-a-thon at this year’s December meeting. This is part of the Amnesty International USA Global Write-a-thon to celebrate the UN-recognized Human Rights Day. Here are the event details: Date: Friday, December 11, 2009 Time: 7:30-9pm (set up starts at 7pm) Location: 2nd [...]
Co-founder of New Mexico Coalition to Repeal Death Penalty speaks in Portland
Posted in Death penalty, Events on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Terrie Rodello, AIUSA Oregon State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator Interested in joining others to end the death penalty in Oregon? Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty has invited all Amnesty International members and others to an event featuring Ms. Cathy Ansheles, co-founder and first director of the New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty. [...]
Amnesty International Joins Worldwide Solidarity for Iranians
Posted in Events, Iran on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Sherry Harbert Amnesty International joined a coalition of international organizations around the world to support the victims of human rights abuses in Iran on July 25. Portland was one of over a hundred cities which gathered together to express concern and solidarity with those detained for peacefully protesting the June election results. The Global [...]
Event announcement: 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown
Posted in China, Events, tagged 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the spring of 1989, pro-democracy demonstrations that were started by students in Tiananmen Square spread across China and ended by a military crackdown. Twenty years have passed. Attempts to mark the anniversary of the crackdown have been suppressed. Public debate or discussion about what happened in 1989 is banned. There are still individuals in [...]
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