Amnesty International at Villanova University

10/11/2015

Stand with Amnesty and help stop unlawful police force

https://act.amnestyusa.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1839&ea.campaign.id=39299&ea.tracking.id=Country_USA~MessagingCategory_Military%2CPoliceandArms~MessagingCategory_PrisonersandPeopleatRisk?ac=featuredaction&utm_source=web&utm_medium=feature&utm_campaign=deadlyforce

The US is ready for a justice system that is both equal and fair. Help stop the unlawful use of deadly force by police.

03/30/2015

Follow this issue of the week and join Amnesty and advocate to ban mass surveillance!

Governments are snooping on everything we do online. State intelligence and security agencies are using mass surveillance to hoover up our private emails, calls, internet searches, contact lists, phone locations, we**am images and more.

03/16/2015

Speak Change.

Sandya Eknelygoda and Estela de Carlotto, activists and family members of disappeared persons from Sri Lanka and Argentina respectively,unite in Geneva to call for truth and justice for the 80,000+ cases of enforced disappearance in Sri Lanka. Join their call!

03/13/2015

Join Amnesty and fight for Raifs' rights!

Members of Congress are sending a letter to the new Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud. Call on your lawmakers to sign the letter and put human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy.

03/08/2015

https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/sexual-and-reproductive-rights/

Join Amnesty and advocate for sexual and reproductive rights of women everywhere. Within seconds, you can be a part of a movement that can grant every woman her basic human rights.

Sexual and reproductive rights mean you should be able to make your own decisions about your body and: " get accurate information about these issues " access sexual and reproductive health services including contraception " choose if, when and who to marry " decide if you want to have children and h…

02/17/2015

Join amnesty and take action for this individual at risk. With your help and effort, WE can change lives and make a difference. Please follow this link and learn about why your help matters more than ever right now for this individual at risk. TOGETHER, we can save Moses' life!

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/moses-akatugba-his-heart-beats-just-mine-2014-12-09

Tosin Francis is a passionate human rights activist from Nigeria. She tells us why she is supporting Moses Akatugba during Write for Rights, who was just a schoolboy when he was arrested and tortured. Last year he was sentenced to death.

11/19/2014

Meeting Thursday 11/21 in Driscoll 248! Come ready to write! Look for your own Urgent Actions to write about on http://www.amnestyusa.org/get-involved/take-action-now

Anyone who wants to write a letter but cannot make it to the meeting can contact either Lizzy or Courtney via email at [email protected] or [email protected] OR drop of the letter at the Peace and Justice Office in Corr Hall.

See you all then!

10/30/2014

MEETING TONIGHT CEER 001 7PM! If you did not get the email please read these Urgent Actions so we can discuss the letter writing!

http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/uaa26914.pdf

http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/uaa16414_1.pdf

09/23/2014

Hey guys here is our Prezi from our very first info session that was last night!! Please look at it if you missed our meeting or if you are generally interested in what you'll see from Amnesty International at Villanova's campus this year!!

9/18/2014

09/16/2014

I urge everyone to go check out the Amnesty website! You can sign up, donate, or just check out the urgent actions. The urgent actions are notices Amnesty puts out to all their members about specific cases. They ask you to write to the prisoners themselves or the proper authorities and either encourage or plead for justice.

www.amnestyusa.org

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