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Living free from violence is a human right. Yet millions of women and girls around the world encounter rape, domestic abuse, mutilation and other forms of gender-based violence. Too often no one is held accountable for these crimes. With your help, we can urge governments to hold perpetrators responsible and put an end to this cycle of violence against women. Take action to stop violence against women!

COUNTER TERROR WITH JUSTICE

In the name of the "war on terror," the U.S. government has subjected people who have not been charged with or convicted of any crime to:

• Torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment

• Abductions (known as extraordinary rendition), "disappearances," and secret detention

• Illegal and indefinite detention in Guantanamo, Bagram, other U.S. facilities, and secret CIA sites

• Denial of legal rights, including fair trials and habeas corpus--the right to challenge the legality of one's detention

Additionally, the U.S. government has employed companies that have been implicated in cases of killings, torture, and rape, and has failed to adequately investigate and prosecute abuses.

These practices are wrong.

They are illegal under U.S. and international law. They violate American principles of justice. Military and intelligence experts have said these practices are ineffective.

Amnesty International calls on the United States government to end these human rights violations immediately and hold accountable all those who authorized and implemented them. Detainees must be charged and given fair trials, or be released to countries where they will not be at risk of human rights abuse.

The U.S. government must respect and protect human rights, and counter terror with justice.

It’s up to people like us—people around the world who want justice, security, and human rights—to make sure it happens. Join us

-Amnesty International USA’s Counter Terror With Justice

Human Rights Film Festival

Amnesty International Group 283 is now presenting films with a human rights theme at two venues in Sacramento!

Second Sundays at Sol Collective
on the second Sunday of each month at 6pm

Tuesday Films at Luna's Cafe
on the second Tuesday, every other month at 6:30pm.

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BURMA VJ

Reporting from a Closed Country

TWO SHOWINGS!

 

Sunday, September 12th at 6:00pm
Sol Collective 2574 21st St.
(2 blocks s. of Broadway).

Tuesday September 14th at 6:30pm
Luna's Cafe 1414 16th Street, Sacramento

 

Armed with pocket-sized video cameras, a tenacious band of Burmese reporters face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country. Compiled from the shaky handheld footage, acclaimed filmmaker Anders Ostergaard's Burma VJ plays out as a real-life thriller as the Video-Journalists themselves become the target of the Burmese government.

Click on the link below to view a full listing of films that Amnesty International has shown.

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