Group 48 will continue its annual tradition for the December meeting to have a holiday potluck and Write-a-thon. We will be writing letters and cards to prisoners of conscience while enjoying some good food and company. Please RSVP by adding a comment to this post and include some details if you plan to bring food, [...]
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Group 48 Holiday Potluck & Write-a-thon
Posted in Events, Group 48 on November 28, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Moroccan prisoner of conscience Chekib El-Khiari released from prison
Posted in AI press release, Group 48, Morocco, tagged Chekib El-Khiari on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI Index: MDE 29/002/2011 Date: 15 April 2011 Morocco royal pardon an encouraging step Amnesty International has welcomed yesterday’s pardon of prisoner of conscience Chekib El-Khiari, jailed in June 2009 for speaking out against corruption. The organization has further welcomed yesterday’s bailing of three Sahrawi human rights activists, who had been [...]
Stealing the Light: film and dialogue
Posted in Afghanistan, Events, Group 48, tagged City of Portland, Green Village Schools on March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Produced by Aimie Burns, Stealing the Light is a compelling documentary that captures Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti’s commitment to educating children in Afghanistan and the journey of this vow. Dr. Kharoti enrolled in primary school at the age of twelve and became the first in his village to read and write. His life was never [...]
Winner Announced for Inaugural Ladis Kristof Memorial Fellowship
Posted in Group 48, tagged Annual General Meeting, Ladis Kristof Memorial Fellowship on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Submitted by AIUSA Western Regional Office Amnesty International is proud to announce Hamzah Latif as the winner of the first annual Ladis Kristof Memorial Fellowship for Organizing and Activism. Not unlike Ladis Kristof himself, Latif has, at a young age, already been exposed to a bevy of international experiences which ultimately led him to call [...]
Carl Wilkens speaks in Portland
Posted in Events, Group 48, Rwanda, tagged Carl Wilkens on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday, February 9 at 7:00 PM Portland First United Methodist Church 1838 Southwest Jefferson Street, Portland Free admission (suggested donation $10) Organized by Oregon Holocaust Resource Center As a humanitarian aid worker, Carl Wilkens moved his young family to Rwanda in the spring of 1990. When the genocide was launched in April 1994, Carl refused [...]
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