Past Events Fall 2005
POV Movie Fenceline. Saturday 19 November 2005. Safewalk Office.
Nepali Prisoner of Conscience Krishna Pahadi. Wednesday 9 November 2005. 8pm Foxboro Auditorium.
Krishna Pahadi , the founding chairman of the Human Rights and Peace Society and a former Chairman of Amnesty International Nepal, is one of Nepal’s most prominent human rights activists. Earlier this year, he spent nearly five months as a Prisoner of Conscience for helping to organize a demonstration to protest King Gyanendra’s seizure of power on 1 February 2005 and the suspension of fundamental rights. He believes that human rights defenders have no choice but to protest the king's actions. "Under the king's direct rule there is no future for those who are for fundamental human rights and freedom,” he told the Reuters news agency just days before his arrest. “The government would like to make Nepal a big jail." Krishna Pahadi was among more than 3,000 political prisoners detained during the first months of the king’s takeover.
Here is a one page bio of Krishna Pahadi. Here are two flyers and tableslips for the event: (1) (2) . AIUSA Speaker Tour Information
Pictures from Krishna Pahadi at Brown:
JAMNESTY!! 10 November 2005. The Hourglass Cafe. 8-11pm.
Groove to raise awareness about conflict diamonds. (Who Bled for Your Bling?)
Conflict diamonds are diamonds that originate from areas controlled by forces or factions opposed to legitimate and internationally recognized governments, and are used to fund military action in opposition to those governments. Some contend, and there is some evidence, that conflict diamonds have funded such terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda.
The US is the largest market for diamonds. We are not advocating for a boycott. But it is in the diamond business' best interest to be able to tell customers where their diamonds are coming from. It is important for diamond jewelers to keep the association of diamonds with love, romance and beauty, and to cut off the association with war, death, mutilation and rape. This can best be done by taking initiative and putting effort into the Kimberley Process and certifying that diamonds are not used to fund war groups.
Some people who played at Jamnesty are Ben Ewing, Amy Robinson, Samuel James, Henry Freedland, Arvid Tomayko-Peters, Cody and Andrew, Into Blue Eyes, WORD and Skyrocket. Thanks to them all!
Violence Against Women in Turkey: A Talk by Canan Arin. October 24, 2005. 7:30pm Salomon 001.
Canan Arin is a Turkish lawyer, women's rights activist, and co-founder of the Purple Roof Women's Shelter Foundation, the Association for Support and Training of Woman Candidates, and the Istanbul Bar Association Women's Rights Enforcement Center. For more information about Canan Arin, see http://www.seeline-project.net/members/canan.htm
Illegal Detention and Torture: US Policy FORUM at Beneficient Congregational Church, Weybosset Street, Providence. Saturday 15 October 2005 1-3 pm.Talked to Jewelers in Providence Place Mall about their conflict diamond policies. Friday 14 October 2005.
Tabling: US ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child 9/29 and 9/30 in the PO
175 letters signed to Bush and Senators in support of the CRC. For more information see: http://www.amnestyusa.org/children/crn_crc.html and CRC Letter (Bush also) List of Senators
Rhode Island State Meeting. Saturday 1 October 2005. Noon - 2:30. North Wayland Lounge. We talked with other Rhode Island Amnesty International members and people from the NE Regional Office. We talked about AI's "Core Action Track", Nepal (Marcia Lieberman), and our groups' (RIC, Local group 49, 702) upcoming events.
Pictures from the state meeting:
Coordinators for 2005-2006 year: Andrea Titus '08: President // Aditi Bhaskar '08: Vice President // Teri Silva '07: Treasurer // Cali Pfaff '08: Art/Publicity // Jennifer Paul '07: Secretary Semester I