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		<title>Group 48 Holiday Potluck &amp; Write-a-thon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=2286&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moroccan prisoner of conscience Chekib El-Khiari released from prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=2087&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stealing the Light: film and dialogue</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2011/03/10/stealing-the-light-film-and-dialogue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Produced by Aimie Burns, Stealing the Light is a compelling documentary that captures Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti&#8217;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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=2010&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winner Announced for Inaugural Ladis Kristof Memorial Fellowship</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2011/03/06/winner-announced-for-inaugural-ladis-kristof-memorial-fellowship/</link>
		<comments>http://aipdx.org/2011/03/06/winner-announced-for-inaugural-ladis-kristof-memorial-fellowship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=1983&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carl Wilkens speaks in Portland</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2011/01/19/carl-wilkens-speaks-in-portland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=1909&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Last minute gift shopping for a good cause</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2010/12/16/last-minute-gift-shopping-for-a-good-cause/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 06:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you done with shopping for gifts? If not, you should consider visiting the Group 48 Fundraiser store! The store is stocked with special Group 48 gear (T-shirts, tote bag, coffee mug, etc) and other merchandise with human rights theme. If you ever run into writer&#8217;s block when you are writing letters for prisoners of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=1846&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Group 48 Holiday Potluck &amp; Write-a-thon</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2010/11/28/group48-writeathon-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://aipdx.org/2010/11/28/group48-writeathon-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second Friday of this December is December 10 &#8211; Human Rights Day. It&#8217;s only fitting that Group 48 continues its annual tradition to host a holiday potluck and Write-a-thon at the December meeting. In addition, there is going to be a special drawing for an autographed copy of Amy Goodman&#8217;s book, Breaking the Sound [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=1826&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Launching the Ladis Kristof Memorial Fellowship</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2010/11/19/launching-the-ladis-kristof-memorial-fellowship/</link>
		<comments>http://aipdx.org/2010/11/19/launching-the-ladis-kristof-memorial-fellowship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 04:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Joanne Lau, Group 48 Coordinator For two months this fall, I got to work with one of our founding members, Jane Kristof, her son, New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, and staff members of Amnesty International USA to establish the Ladis Kristof Memorial Fellowship in memory of Jane&#8217;s husband, also a founding member [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=1817&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate &amp; Defend Liu Xiaobo</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2010/11/09/celebrate-defend-liu-xiaobo/</link>
		<comments>http://aipdx.org/2010/11/09/celebrate-defend-liu-xiaobo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joanne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to scholar and activist Liu Xiaobo of China. Liu is a prominent government critic who has repeatedly called for human rights protections, political accountability and democratization in China. He co-authored “Charter 08,” a proposal for political and legal reform in China. He is serving an 11-year prison [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=1767&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Response film and dialogue</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2010/08/18/the-response-film-and-dialogue/</link>
		<comments>http://aipdx.org/2010/08/18/the-response-film-and-dialogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Portland Office of Human Relations has a monthly event called Human Rights Film and Dialogue Series that is held on the 4th Wednesday of each month. AIUSA Group 48 will be a partner for the event in September to showcase The Response &#8212; a courtroom drama based on the actual transcripts of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=1710&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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