Members in Action
by Alanna Smith, member of AI Toronto and Action Network on Women’s Human Rights , On Wednesday February 12th the Amnesty’s Action Network on Women’s Human Rights and fellow Amnesty supporters met at the AITO office in Toronto to create Valentine cards for Prime Minister Harper, in...
February 20, 2014
Members in Action
, By, Kim Irving Cahill, Maritimes Regional Activism Coordinator , Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Loretta Saunders, a young Inuk women who went missing in Halifax on February 13th and whose body was found in New Brunswick on February 26th. Loretta was from Labrador, attending...
March 3, 2014
Members in Action
, By Gloria Nafziger, Refugee, Migrants and Country Campaigner , “Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand was in the bed to my right, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki was in the bed to my left; Saeed Malekpour became my friend and Abdolfattah Soltani taught me about human rights.” , With these words, human rights...
April 3, 2014
Members in Action
, by Elena Dumitru, Regional Activism Coordinator , On Saturday June 14th Amnesty International Toronto Organization (AITO) had its Regional Meeting and the day was a special one in very many ways! , The day featured a packed and varied agenda from workshops on a variety of Amnesty International...
June 26, 2014
Members in Action
Amnesty International joined 12,000 marchers in the World Pride parade in Toronto. , , Our biggest concerns were sunburn, dehydration, and blistered feet. Why did we march? Because we can. , , Because we couldn’t not so long ago in Canadian history. , , Because the lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
June 30, 2014
