Orlando Chapter 519
Amnesty OrlandoPO Box 533855
Orlando, FL 32853
E-Mail: Group519@aiusa.org
Alicia Koutsoulieris - Group Coordinator
Regular Meetings
Meetings are held at 6 PM the first Monday of each month, except July (no meeting) & September (the 2nd Monday) in the Marks Street Senior Center, 99 East Marks Street, Orlando Florida (NW corner of Marks Street & Magnolia Avenue).
Getting Involved
Interested in supporting human rights on a local level but not sure where to start?
Here’s how….
1. Join! Join Amnesty International Chapter 519 at our monthly meetings.
2. Participate in upcoming events. Check out our "Upcoming Events" section to find out what we're up to and where we'll be.
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Amnesty International #519
PO Box 533855
Orlando, FL 32853
OR
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Upcoming Events
Save the Date.....
Join us for the screening of Give Up Tomorrow at the 2012 Florida Film Festival. It's the story of Paco Larrañaga, who was sentenced to death in the Philippines. Thanks in large part to the amazing work of Amnesty International, Paco was saved and the death penalty was abolished in the Philippines. However, while Paco is still alive, he remains in prison in Spain because he is a Spanish citizen. T
Check out our Facebook event...
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To learn more about the Florida Film Festival, visit their website at http://www.floridafilmfestival.com/.
Write A Thon Update......
The 2011 Annual Global Write A Thon was a HUGE success!!
We had 25 participates who wrote 576 letters and cards.
We also received hundreds of dollars in donations.
A BIG thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the Write A Thon this year.
See you next year.....
Recent Focus Cases
Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
The activists of the human rights organization, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) know the price of freedom. For organizing peaceful demonstrations to protest the worsening social, economic and human rights situations in Zimbabwe, WOZA members have been repeatedly harassed, intimidated, beaten and jailed by authorities. Last year, Group 519 sent Valentines to the group as support for their effort in fighting for human rights as well as the Minister of Justice in Zimbabwe.
Women of
Atenco - Violence against women
In May 2006, police detained and physically and
sexually assaulted dozens of women in the town of
San Salvador Atenco. Although authorities have
acknowledged that abuses took place, none of the
perpetrators have been held accountable for the
crimes committed against these women. More than four
years later, the women continue to seek justice.
Amnesty International is pressing Mexican
authorities to prosecute those responsible for these
abuses.
Urgent Actions
Death Penalty Urgent Actions have been active, averaging 8 each month. UCF and VCC have had several Death Penalty events including a photo exhibit by Scott Langley. Our Death Penalty chair attended The convention of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty in St Louis and presented information at our meeting.
INDIVIDUALS AT RISK - The team for Urgent Actions averages 30 actions each month with each action involving an average of 4 letters or emails.
Local Banned Book Week
Banned Book Week in association with the American Library Association will be held in the fall with members discussing cases of writers who have been been persecuted because of their writings. Watch for further details.
About Amnesty International
Founded in 1961, Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over one-million members world wide.
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. Section of this international human rights movement.
Amnesty International works to:- Free all prisoners of conscience detained anywhere for their beliefs or because of their ethnic origin, sex, color or language -- who have not used or advocated violence
- Ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners
- Abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners
- End extrajudicial executions and “disappearances”
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