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Amnesty International USA Local Group 361

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   I.   Our Group 361 Pages
  II.   Other National or Global AI Pages
III.   Other AIUSA Local Group Sites
 IV.   Other Human Rights (HR) Sites
   V.  USA: Bills, Laws, HR and Other
 VI.   New York State -- Bills, Laws, etc.

On this page, we provide links to other websites. Each link exists for your convenience and information and is not an endorsement.

  II. Other Amnesty International Pages

Amnesty International USA
United States Section of Amnesty International. Find out all about AIUSA's campaigns and actions. Explore options such as FAST for quick response to human rights abuses.

Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards.

AIKids
Monthly AIKids' Urgent Actions offers teachers and parents a chance to introduce children to letter-writing as an empowering tool for human rights.

Children's Rights
Children also need special protection and care. Help end abuses of their rights, such as the recruitment of child soldiers. Children's human rights are the blocks with which we build a human rights culture in societies and secure human rights for future generations. Take action to protect and promote the human rights of children around the world.

AI Successes
See how and where the hard work of writing letters and sending emails pays off! Read about some of the most recent victories in the cause of human rights. This page shares a little of AI's record of achievement: Prisoners of conscience are released. Death sentences are commuted. Torturers are brought to justice. Governments are persuaded to change their laws and practices.

Stop Violence Against Women
Pages from the USA website share some of the fronts on which Amnesty International is taking action for women's human rights. Oppose the stoning of women and domestic violence. Work to allow women the respect they deserve throughout the world.

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    III. Other AIUSA Local Group Websites 

Other AI Group Websites in USA and elsewhere
See a list of links to the Amnesty International webpages of other chapters or groups around the USA & elsewhere. Also, there is a blogspot. As websites disappear, and new ones are created continuously, please help us maintain the page by notifying us of needs for updating, at maureenclaire@verizon.net Thanks!  

Stop Genocide Now
Chad , Sudan border, and Darfur are words with more meaning when you view these webpages produced by Amnesty International Local Group 148 of California. Members of this group visited the Sudan border and translated the visit into video they update regularly. The site gives the rest of us an opportunity to comprehend this human rights tragedy .

Group 23's Special Focus Case
Posted on behalf of Group 23 in Houston, TX who have been working on the case of Avdo Palic since March 2001 , a disappeared prisoner from Bosnia.

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  IV. Other HR Sites of Interest - Links are FYI, not an endorsement.

Calendar of Activist Events
Established to publicize and support activist groups in New York State, this calendar shares events and names of groups in the  Albany, NY and wider area. The website offers e-mail notification of events in your zip code area. The site also lists media resources and contacts useful in publishing events and meetings.

The Elders
The About Us page says: ‘‘The Elders are an independent group of eminent global leaders, brought together by Nelson Mandela, who offer their collective influence and experience to support peace building, help address major causes of human suffering and promote the shared interests of humanity.’’

Take Action
The About Us page says: ‘‘TakePart is a new cause-related site designed to help you explore today’s issues and get involved. We believe that with the right information and tools for action, individuals can—and will—make a difference.’’

Circle Up Now
Their About page says: ‘‘Circle Up Now is a grassroots campaign that utilizes leading industry specialists in experiential marketing and outreach, mixing art with activism, education with empowerment – enabling individuals and communities across the globe to stand up and take action for something they believe in.’’ The organization uses art, aerial photography and event production to unite, inspire, and motivate with major messages.

Universal Human Rights Index
Check this index to the human rights documents of the United Nations. Credit for the index belongs to those noted at the bottom of the webpage -- the Faculty of Law, the Institute of Public Law, University of Bern.

HURISEARCH:
Connect with a search engine specifically designed for pointing to the Human Rights interest or resource in which you have an interest. The searching tool is overseen by human rights experts specifically to meet human rights needs, and is reported as an easy to use multilingual human rights search engine.

Human Rights Links from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota provides links to one, international and national documents such as treaties, international law, and general references, as well as electronic links;  two, human rights organizations; three, Regional, that is broken down either by select countries or continents; and, four, specific topics of interest such as Business and human rights, children and human rights, etc.

Guatemalan Human Rights Commission/USA
Check these pages for updates on human rights cases and issues in Guatemala.

Human Rights First
Once known as Lawyers for Human Rights, this group's mission is to build respect for human rights and the rule of law.  The group advocates for change internationally and nationally, using the courts, the media, and the pressure of communications to policy makers. 

Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The American Civil Liberties Union is the nation's foremost advocate of individual rights -- litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.

Free the Children
Free the Children, an international network of children helping children through representation, leadership and action.

Sierra Club
Amnesty International has been involved in joint campaign with the Sierra Club to defend the defenders of the earth and address pervasive patterns of human rights abuses connected to environmental destruction.

Tibet Online
Developed by the international Tibet Support Group community, this website provides information on the plight of the country , serving as virtual community space. The group has dedicated itself to ending the suffering of the Tibetan people by returning the right of self-determination to the them.

United Nations Human Rights Pages
The United Nations web site includes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by its members in 1948 as well as other important human rights documents. The site notes the organization’s ‘lsquo;creation of a comprehensive body of human rights law, which, for the first time in history, provides us with a universal and internationally protected code of human rights, one to which all nations can subscribe and to which all people can aspire.’rsquo;

See blogspots Ghosthouses, and DarfurWM. These spots tell us more about Sudan and Darfur.
Thanks to AIUSA Local Group 128 of Amherst, Massachusetts for sharing these blogspots with us.

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  V.  Finding facts on Human Rights, politics and government in the United States of America

U.S. Government State Department on Human Rights
Read official government policies on Human Rights as well as news items.

United States and Human Rights per Amnesty International, USA
Read about Human Rights issues in the United States as stated by Amnesty International, USA.

Check the Status and Details of United States’ Bills and Laws, and More
The United States' government has provided a site with links to the each branch of the government, as well as to the congressional record of bills and laws. While the link above is to the legislative process page, that page has links to webpages on the executive and judicial branches of the United States government, as well as a host of valuable information resources from the United States government.

FactCheck.org
"Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major US political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases."

Project Vote Smart 
Provides biographies, voting records and cites special interest connections for legislators and more. You may enter your zip code + 4 to identify your legislators. (For New York City residents, try http://www.lwvnyc.org/TRY_find.html ) .

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  VI.  New York State Legislative Information

New York Legislature -- Bills and Laws, etc.
The State of New York has provided a look-up tool for finding the legislative voting records of representatives in the Assembly and Senate, the status of a bill, or the body of the laws of the State.

NYS Assembly Members
Identify and contact your NYS assembly person. Link to their website.

NYS Senate Members
Identify and contact your NYS Senator. Link to their website.

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