Archived Group Newsletters: 2006

December 2006

Contents

  • Control Arms Campaign: UN Votes for Historic Arms Trade Treaty Proposal
  • Blood Diamond: See the Film and Take Action Now
  • November Meeting Minutes
  • Group #178 Long Beach
  • Regional Conferences Had Sense of Urgency
  • EU Report Confirms AI Findings (CIA activity in Europe)
  • From the Executive Director: Defending the Rights of All, Yes, Even Saddam
  • Iraq: One Year Later, No Word on Torture Probe
  • Calendar of Events

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November 2006

Contents

  • Amnesty Presses Internet Freedoms at UN's Internet Governance Forum
  • October Meeting Minutes
  • Group #141 Orange
  • Group #178 Long Beach
  • Human Rights Day Event - write-a-thon 10 December 2007
  • Eritrea: Gospel Singer Helen Berhane Released
  • Calendar of Events

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October 2006

Contents

  • USA: AI Deeply Disappointed In Detainee Bill
  • September Meeting Minutes
  • Group #141 Orange
  • Human Rights Day Event - write-a-thon 10 December 2007
  • AI Activists Press Congress for Action on Darfur
  • Success Stories!
  • Honduras Frees Focus Case Prisoners
  • USA: Charges Dropped Against Border Aid Workers
  • Guantánamo Detainee, Murat Kurnaz Released
  • From the Executive Director: Now Is The Time To Speak Out
  • Privatizing Torture
  • Calendar of Events

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September 2006

Contents

  • USA: Government Must End All Secret Detention and Guarantee Fair Trials
  • The AC Corner: From Cathleen Kilgallen, Area Coordinator for the Orange County and Long Beach groups
  • August Meeting Minutes
  • Group #175 Long Beach
  • Group #141 Orange
  • Group #596 Huntington Beach
  • 2006 Western Regional Conference
  • President Bush Disagrees with Amnesty International on the “Today Show”
  • Calendar of Events

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August 2006

Contents

  • Recognition of the Human Rights of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is Long Overdue
  • July Meeting Minutes
  • Group #141 Orange
  • Group #596 Huntington Beach
  • Group #175 Long Beach
  • Calendar of Events

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July 2006

Contents

  • Sudan: Responding to the Crisis In Darfur
  • The AC Corner: From Cathleen Kilgallen, Area Coordinator for the Orange County and Long Beach groups
  • June Meeting Minutes
  • Group #141 Orange
  • Group #175 Long Beach
  • Group #596 Huntington Beach
  • Recent Area Events
  • Sewing and Patching For Human Rights
  • Riverside Torture Program
  • We Are Irrepressible - new campaign organized by Amnesty’s Corporate Action Network.
  • Send Greetings to Turkish Activists
  • Calendar of Events

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June 2006

Contents

  • USA: UN Committee Against Torture Condemns US Detention Policies
  • May Meeting Minutes
  • Group #141 Orange
  • Group #175 Long Beach
  • Congress Goes on the Record (Juarez Resolution)
  • Trail Blazing AGM In Portland
  • Vermont Passes Law to Protect Women in Prison from Custodial Sexual Misconduct
  • Calendar of Events

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May 2006

Contents

  • Amnesty International's New Worldwide Death Penalty Report
  • United States Still Among Top Executing Countries
  • April Meeting Minutes
  • Group #141 Orange
  • Group #175 Long Beach
  • POC Freed From Mental Hospital - Turkmenistan, Gurbandurdy Durdykuliev
  • From the Executive Director: Taking On The Counter-Revolution
  • Legislative News and Actions
  • Darfur Lobbying Paying Off
  • Juarez Resolution Passes
  • Two For Three On Trafficking Bill
  • Calendar of Events

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April 2006

Contents

  • USA: Front Companies Used in Secret Flights to Torture and “Disappearance”
  • The AC Corner: From Cathleen Kilgallen, Area Coordinator for the Orange County and Long Beach groups
  • From the Executive Director: Thoughts On A “Purpose-Driven Life”
  • U.S. Rights Report Has Major Omission
  • March Meeting Minutes
  • Group #141 Orange
  • Group #175 Long Beach
  • 3,000 Members in 30 Days
  • Calendar of Events

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March 2006

Contents

  • USA: States Fail to Protect Women from Sexual Misconduct in Prison
  • February Meeting Minutes
  • Group #141 Orange
  • Group #175 Long Beachv
  • Group #178 Irvine
  • Great American Write-In 11 March 2007
  • Southern California Mini-Conference 25 March 2007
  • From the Executive Director: Looking Back on 12 Years
  • Calendar of Events

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February 2006

Contents

  • Nepal: A Decade of Suffering and Abuse
  • Great American Write-In
  • Save the Date: So. Calif. Mini-Conference 25 March 2007
  • The AC Corner
  • January Meeting Minutes
  • Group #141 Orange
  • Group #175 Long Beach
  • Group #178 Irvine
  • The Power of the Pen
  • Calendar of Events

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January 2006

Contents

  • Guantánamo Detainees: 4 Years without Justice
  • Eric James Kilchoër
  • Calendar of Events

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