Regina Newsletter
 December 10th, 2007     Today is International Human Rights Day!!

Today, Monday December 10th 2007, marks the 59th anniversary of the adoption at the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

It is our duty to ensure that these rights are a living reality -- that they are known, understood and enjoyed by everyone, everywhere. It is often those who most need their human rights protected, who also need to be informed that the Declaration exists -- and that it exists for them.

    - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Dec 2007

In Regina yesterday, our public Write-A-Thon was a great success, thanks to so many people... including our special guest speakers and many volunteers who all contributed, once again to
"light a candle of hope ...  where there is darkness."   

Over 110 letters were written!   Some people took their letters home with them so the total count is likely much higher.   The sharing and inspiration we all felt was incredible...and we all left with a reinforced committment to the human rights work Amnesty International members and supporters undertake everyday.

Don't stop writing! Torture and other human rights violations aren't a seasonal event, and your letters are needed year-round! To write appeal letters, please follow these letter writing tips and send letters about any of these current situations.

For more information about events and information about Amnesty International's activities in Saskatchewan, please visit www.amnestysaskatchewan.ca.
 
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Photos from Sunday:

Gwenda Yuzicappi (mother of Amber Redman) supported by her family members talked about her families experience, sharing her personal stories about Amber and reminding everyone of the importance of Amnesty International's work raising awareness about the disappearance of First Nations women in Canada.

 

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Bikkhu Sandawara (a Buddist Monk from Burma) with Amnesty International Fieldworker, Tracy Wright, spoke about the human rights crisis in Myanmar.  Bikkhu arrived in Regina, September 11, 2007 as a refugee.

 

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Tracy Wright, AI volunteer fieldworker, and Dave Walker, the president of the Regina Amnesty International Group, with a cake, donated by the Regina and District Labour Council.

 

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Tracy Wright extending a special thanks to Ted Jaleta. Ted was our first guest speaker, he told us of his personal experience of brutality in Ethopia and his coming to Canada as a refugee.   Ted is now an accomplished athelete and coach, his story is told in the book "Never Give Up".

 

   Thanks to everyone who contributed to making this year's Human Rights Day a success!
                - Gord Barnes.

 

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