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In this issue:
Letter Writing night Our group will be having our next letter writing night next Monday evening. At the heart of Amnesty International's work is our letter writing. We write to governments around the world to express our concerns about very serious human rights violations. Everyone is welcome to join us and also bring a friend and introduce them to Amnesty International's work. We'll have details of various situations and can give guidance to first-time letter writers. Monday nights are also live Jazz nights at Bushwakkers - so if you want to enjoy some after the letter writing you will be at the right place. Looking for a few good leaders... At our AGM (see below), all members in attendance will be electing our leadership for the next year including the group President, Treasurer and the other members of the executive team. Do you have good ideas? Can you get things done? We need people like you to take a leadership role in our Amnesty International Group 91 (Regina). If you have questions about what that entails or if you recommend someone, then please email us.
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Annual General Meeting The Regina (Group 91) Amnesty International Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, February 22nd. We will be electing our leadership for the next year including the group President, Treasurer and executive members and reviewing the past year's activities. As well, we will be presenting the Candle of Hope video from the national office. We encourage everyone to come out and help shape the future direction of your AI group. Do you have access to an LCD projector that night? We are looking for anyone who can lend us a projector to connect to a laptop for showing the video that night. Please email us back if you can help!
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Romani children continue to be segregated into de facto Roma-only schools, while many are still inappropriately placed in special schools and classes for children with physical and mental disabilities or special educational needs. This extent of segregation has been recognized by the current and former government of Slovakia who have made minimal commitments to address the issue ...
Many Canadians were outraged by video footage of the recent death in custody of Robert Dziekanski in Vancouver airport. In subduing the agitated man, police appear to have moved almost immediately to the use of Tasers without exhausting non-violent means. Amnesty International is concerned that Tasers continue to be deployed in Canada despite the lack of an independent and comprehensive study of their use and effects. |
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