{"id":1114,"date":"2016-11-20T17:02:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T01:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2016-11-20T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T01:02:08","slug":"seattle-writes-for-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=1114","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Writes for Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 10th 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document setting out the basic rights due to all persons everywhere. Each year about this time, Amnesty International celebrates the anniversary with a world-wide letter writing campaign highlighting a dozen cases representative of the kind of work we do all year long. This year\u2019s cases are listed below.<\/p>\n<p>In Seattle, we will be meeting at Chaco Canyon Cafe in the University District on Sunday December 4th, from 3:00 &#8211; 5:00PM. 4757 12th Ave NE, intersection of NE 50th St. \u00a0and 12th Ave NE.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us, in person or online, in taking a stance against\u00a0 injustice everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/write.amnestyusa.org\/cases\/\">http:\/\/write.amnestyusa.org\/cases\/<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"D0slp7BjWa\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chacocanyoncafe.com\/locations\/\">Locations<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chacocanyoncafe.com\/locations\/embed\/#?secret=D0slp7BjWa\" data-secret=\"D0slp7BjWa\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Locations&#8221; &#8212; Chaco Canyon Organic Cafe\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>America: Leonard Peltier (Native American activist)<\/p>\n<p>America: Edward Snowden (internet activist)<\/p>\n<p>Azerbaijian: Bayram &amp; Giyas (political graffiti)<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon: Fomusoh Ivo Feh (jailed for texting)<\/p>\n<p>Canada: Peace River community (indigenous land rights)<\/p>\n<p>China: Ilham Tohti (advocate for ethnic tolerance)<\/p>\n<p>Egypt: Shawkan (journalist)<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia: Johan Teterissa (flag waving)<\/p>\n<p>Iran: Zeynab Jalalian (Kurdish activist)<\/p>\n<p>Malawi: Annie Alfred (Albino body part harvesting)<\/p>\n<p>Peru: M\u00e1xima Acu\u00f1a (farmer\u2019s land rights)<\/p>\n<p>Turkey: Eren Keskin (human rights lawyer)<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1115\" src=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/universal-declaration-of-human-rights_53305bf3af41b_w540.png.jpeg\" alt=\"universal-declaration-of-human-rights_53305bf3af41b_w540-png\" width=\"540\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/universal-declaration-of-human-rights_53305bf3af41b_w540.png.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/universal-declaration-of-human-rights_53305bf3af41b_w540.png-212x300.jpeg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 10th 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document setting out the basic rights due to all persons everywhere. 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