Excerpts from "Keeping you Connected" - October 8, 2016

Angie Hougas
October 8, 2016

 1  GOOD NEWS
2  CUSTOMIZE YOUR ACTIONS (Link)
3  AIUSA UPDATES
        AIUSA Executive Director, Margaret Huang on NPR
        AIUSA Statement on Columbia Nobel Prize
        2016 Write For Rights Launched
        Security with Human Rights Campaign
4 ANI DiFRANCO DROPS NEW SONG ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
5  REPORTS

1  GOOD NEWS (Keep writing your Urgent Action Letters!)
Canadian-Irish-Iranian citizen Dr Homa Hoodfar, a prominent professor of anthropology, was released on 26 September and flown out of Iran to Oman. She had been detained in solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin Prison since her arbitrary arrest on 6 June. 

2  CUSTOMIZE YOUR ACTIONS (Link)
YOU have the ability to customize AI actions at this link on the AIUSA web site (bookmark it)

3 AIUSA UPDATES

• AIUSA Executive Director, Margaret Huang on NPR: Margaret was the guest last night on PBS’s popular national program Tavis Smiley. She discussed refugees and lethal force; the conversation was so engaging that they kept her on for the full show. Below is the link where you can watch it. http://www.pbs.org/video/2365855873/ 
• AIUSA Statement on Columbia Nobel Prize ... given to President Juan Manuel Santos. Please share it widely: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/10/nobel-peace-prize-shows-colombia-must-not-close-the-door-on-hopes-for-justice/   
• 2016 Write for Rights Launched: AIUSA launched Write for Rights.  Please be sure to sign up and spread the word at www.amnestyusa.org/w4r.  
• Security With Human Rights Campaign: This is our vision for the world. And this fall, in the face of so much cynicism and frustration, we’ll be campaigning aggressively for it – from closing Guantanamo to standing up against bigotry and defending our right to privacy.  
  

Here’s what’s next:

• America I Believe In: Our action toolkit has resources for you, whether you are one person or in a group. Contact us for advice and to share your actions.
• Edward Snowden – A Hero: Read more.
• Close Guantanamo: Join us in a final push this fall­ contact us now about taking action in your community and we’ll send you a Close Guantanamo lawn sign.
• Stop Spying:  Read more.

4 ANI DiFRANCO DROPS NEW SONG ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
Friday, rock-folk singer Ani DiFranco released a new song on reproductive freedom called "Play God"
Article and video of song

5 REPORTS

• Title:  Sustainable Development Goals: A practical guide for national action and accountability Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/act10/4699/2016/
•  Title:  Write for Rights 2016: A human rights education pack:  Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/act30/4740/2016/en/ 
• Title:  Sudan: Scorched earth, poisoned air: Sudanese government forces ravage Jebel Marra, Darfur: Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr54/4877/2016/en/ 
• Title:  Sudan: Five Years and Counting: Intensified Aerial Bombardment, Ground Offensive and Humanitarian Crisis in South Kordofan State: Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr54/4913/2016/en/ 
• Title:  Thailand: "Make Him Speak By Tomorrow": Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in Thailand: Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa39/4747/2016/en/ 
• Title:  Hungary: Stranded hope: Hungary’s sustained attack on the rights of refugees and migrants: Website link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur27/4864/2016/en/

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