Saturday, October 29, 2016

Excerpts from "Keeping you Connected" - October 29, 2016

Angie Hougas
29 Oct. 2016
1  AIUSA MONITORS at STANDING ROCK
2  REFUGEES - GLOBAL CAMPAIGN
3  REMINDERS
         Iran #FreeAtists Camapign
        AGM 2017 March 7-10
         Customize Your Actions (Link)
         AIUSA Goes Mobile
        Last 100 Days
4  MEDIA MENTIONS      
5  REPORTS

1  AIUSA MONITORS at STANDING ROCK
Amnesty USA has again sent monitors to Standing Rock ND
Press Release 28 Oct 2016
Article by U.S. Uncut 28 October 2016,
Amnesty International just send human rights observers to North Dakota to protect water protesters

2  REFUGEES - GLOBAL CAMPAIGN
The first Americas’ report focuses on the Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador (“Northern Triangle” countries) and was launched by AI's SG, Salil Shetty, mid October 2016.
AIUSA's initial core campaign ask is Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for Guatemala and reinstating TPS for El Salvador and Honduras for people already in the country (also part of the Last 100 Days work).
Also see 10/13/16 Home Sweet Home? Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador’s role in a deepening refugee crisis Report

3  REMINDERS
Iran - #FreeArtists Campaign
, AGM 2017, Customize Your Actions, AIUSA Goes Mobile,  Last 100 Days

4 MEDIA MENTIONS
Cobalt, Colombia, Face Recognition software, Gabon, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Nauru, Refugees, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen


PRESS RELEASES, REPORTS, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, TUMBLR

5 REPORTS
Title:  Argentina:
Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr13/4898/2016/en/

Title:  Australia: Island of Despair: Australia’s “processing” of refugees on Nauru
Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa12/4934/2016/en/
AI index number:        ASA 12/4934/2016
       
Title:  Finland: Submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture
Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur20/4994/2016/en/
      
Title:  Iraq: "Punished for Daesh's Crimes": Displaced Iraqis abused by militias and government forces
Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde14/4962/2016/en/

Title:  For your eyes only? Ranking 11 technology companies on encryption and human rights     
Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol40/4985/2016/en/

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