New Meeting Place: Tues. Jan 6 – Amnesty International Monthly Meeting

Join us for our monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 6, at the library at the AFSC in the U District (814 NE 40th St.) from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.  First half hour is letter writing and socializing. Meeting starts at 7 pm.

Topics of discussion and actions include:

How to respond to the USA torture practices – the involvement of health professionals in human experimentation – as part of USA torture. These topics need attention: How? What events? When? Who are allies? Ideas.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/press-releases/release-of-torture-report-underscores-need-for-accountability

Death penalty: Lobby day in Feb with our allies in the Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (WCADP).

http://abolishdeathpenalty.org/

http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/campaigns/abolish-the-death-penalty

Taking part in a photo action for Sri Lankan journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda who “disappeared” 5 years ago on January 24, 2010 shortly after leaving for work.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/AI_SL_flickr_photo_action_kit.pdf

Further information on AFSC, including map: http://www.afsc.org/office/seattle-wa

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