Amnesty International works to protect human rights worldwide. We have more than 2.2 million supporters, activists and volunteers in over 150 countries, and are completely independent from government, corporate or national interests.

Meet Up  

The Sacramento-area Amnesty International group meets monthly to discuss and plan local activities & events.  

Join us at our next meeting:

Tues. May 4, 2021 starting at 7:00 PM 

It will be an online meeting on the Zoom platform.     

Email us at amnestysacramento@gmail.com for the meeting link.

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WHAT WE DO: 

      Human Rights email newsletter

• Sacramento Human Rights newsletter.
• Get on the mailing list to keep up to date on human rights news and actions in our area: send your name and email address to amnestysacramento@gmail.com
  

    Human Rights actions and programs

Read the list of 2020 Sacramento group activities

• Amnesty International Sacramento activities  

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Seeking Asylum is a Human Right!

What you can do to help organizations that assist asylum-seekers and provide humanitarian aid.

Write, call or email I.C.E. to demand that they treat immigrants and asylum-seekers with dignity and release those in detention. Pledge to show up for families in detention putting pressure on ICE and DHS through weekly phone calls and emails or use the links here to take action 

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 Refugee Rights are Human Rights!

Background information on refugees and human rights

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Attention students!  Are you interested in starting an Amnesty group at your high school, college or university?  Local group 283 will help you with speakers, films, printed materials and other resources.  Send an email to amnestysacramento@gmail.com

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Attention Educators:  Are you an educator in K - 12 or college?  Contact us at amnestysacramento@gmail.com for a classroom presentation on human rights and/or information about how your classes can participate in Write for Rights!  

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 PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

Eren Keskin is a Turkish lawyer and human rights defender.  For many years she has been an advocate for women, children, ethnic minorities and others who are subjected to unjust treatment by their government.

Eren has been prosecuted more than 100 times for her efforts.  Amnesty International urges the Minister of Justice and other Turkish officials to assure that Eren Keskin is safe and free to practice law.
Amnesty International Group 283 in Sacramento has made a commitment to monitor and support the work of Eren Keskin.

Click here for background information

Take action to support Eren Keskin
click here for a handy letter-writing kit

if you write a letter please report it here.

Local Human Rights News

Join our email list and receive up-to-date information about Amnesty International and human rights activities  in the local area.  Include your name, email address and any other pertinent information that you would like for us to know.  We typically send out only one email a month.  Send your email list request to amnestysacramento@gmail.com

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Video created by California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice - CCIJ

Amnesty International Sacramento is advocating for the release of immigrant detainees at the ICE Detention portion of the Yuba County Jail in Marysville, CA.

Find out what you can do to help!

Information and Actions

Human Rights Book Club We will meet online on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7 PM.

The next meeting will be on Thursday April 15th. We will discuss the book Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future by Mary Robinson (former President of Ireland)  Register here.  The book is available online or at the public library.

(book is short...150 pages, so join in!)

A Zoom link will be sent the week of the book club meeting!  Register and share the link with book lovers & human rights supporters  

tinyurl.com/humanrightsbookclub  

May 2021  We will read This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror by Mustafa Bayoumi

 Write for Rights

Online together on December 19, 2020, people all over California wrote letters, emails and posted on social media to help those around the world who have been harmed or jailed for their human rights work or beliefs.  Over 400 messages of support were generated! 

CAMPAIGNS:

Close Guantanamo Prison

This month marks the 19th year that Guantanamo Prison is open.  There are still dozens of people held there who have never been charged with a crime, have been tortured, and have not been allowed a trial in a court of law.

First person testimony about the horrors of Guantanamo

We demand that the prisoners be charged or released, allowed trials and that Guantanamo prison be closed. Join us in asking President-elect Biden to close Guantanamo. Actions here

A new film available here

Earlier in 2020:

Supporting Banned writers and journalists

around the world

Amnesty International Sacramento produced and presented a webinar about writers who are harrassed or jailed for their writing. 

We ask that you write to support two writers, one harassed for her writing and activism in the U.S., one jailed (at age 70) for a 10 year sentence for writing criticism of the Turkish government policies

Find sample letters here.  Thank you for speaking out!

 

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