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Justice Without Borders Movie Screening

Justice Without Borders Movie

Grace Episcopal Church
514 E. Argonne Drive, Kirkwood, MO 
Sunday, April 27, 4:00-6:00 pm
FREE Admission

Amnesty St. Louis headed to Washington DC!

Alberto Gonzales Protest Success!

Feb. 19th Alberto Gonzales Protest A HUGE Success!

Over 200 St. Louis activists joined together to protest the arrival of disgraced Attorney General Alberto Gonzales who came to St. Louis February 19th to give a paid talk ($30,000) at Washington University.  Amnesty International joined with student groups from Washington University, Webster, UMSL, SLU, and local community organizations like the ACLU, Instead of War, Code Pink, WILPF, CTSA, and other St. Louis area groups to demand that we:  Close Guantánamo! Denounce Torture! Restore Habeas! 

 Protesters were loud and spirited and were visible not only to the crowd entering the speaking venue, but to traffic and University City as well.  Protesters chanted throughout the night and many braved the cold and stayed for hours.  Even as people left the event hours later, protester were there to greet them!  Speakers from Stop Torture Now, North Carolina; the ACLU; and the Wash U Young Dems spoke early in the evening to protesters, and there was street theater provided by CTSA, and a student band that played throughout the night to keep protesters spirits high!

 Our protest received press coverage from television, newspaper, and radio outlets!  To see coverage, including news footage of the protest, click on any of the following press links: KMOV, KSDK, FOX, KWMU (NPR), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Associated Press, Wash U Student Life, UMSL's Currnet and St. Louis Indy Media.  There was also extensive blog coverage, including videos of the event at: pubdef.net, youtube, and Studlife.

 More photos of the event can be seen at our free flikr site here.

 Amnesty International applauds all activists who were human rights defenders this night, and especially applauds the efforts of the Washington University Peace Coalition headed by Adam Shriver who spearheaded organizing this event.

  Take action: Close Guantanamo!  Denounce Torture!  Restore Habeas!

Save Darfur!

Make the Call to Save Darfur!

Please call your legislators and ask them to urge the President to give Richard Williamson, the new US envoy to Sudan, the authority and resources he needs to do his job effectively. 

Close Guantanamo Now Vigil a SUCCESS!

Close Guantánamo Candle Vigil Success!

On Friday, January 18, over 70 St. Louis activists braved the cold and gathered on the steps of the Historic St. Louis Courthouse to demand that we Close Guantánamo Now!

The event, co-sponsored by Amnesty International and the ACLU welcomed representatives from groups across St. Louis including: Code Pink, Wash U Peace Coalition, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Human Rights Action Service, United Nations Association, the Peace Economy Project, and the Interfaith commission on Latin America.  Each group represented spoke briefly about why their organization wants to Close Guantánamo Now!  Dori Dinsmore, Regional Director for Amnesty International USA’s Midwest office in Chicago, also spoke about the human rights crisis our country is involved in by keeping Guantánamo open.

Activists held signs and banners as cars drove by, and we lit candles in solidarity with those who are in Guantánamo and who are subject to human rights abuses by our government. 

For more pictures of the event, visit our flick page here.

To find out more and to take action, visit Close Guantánamo Now.

St. Louis Group is "Outstanding Group of the Year" !!

Our local group was recently honored with TWO awards at this year's Midwest Regional Conference, held in Omaha, Nebraska.

Amnesty St. Louis Group #105 was named the Outstanding Group of the Year.  Regional Amnesty Director Dori Dinsmore read the following about our group:

Group 105 deserves to be nominated for the sheer amount of events they put on representing a very wide variety of the priority issues of Amnesty. For a complete listing of their activities, successes and history please check out their website www.amnestystlouis.org.  They have also proven to be very reactive and quick to organize urgent actions, but also dedicated in their long history of support for Amnesty.  The continued success and motivation this small group of people has contributed deserves to be awarded. Without groups such as this one, whose members are so clearly committed not just to human rights, but the work that Amnesty does the organization would not have achieved the level of success it has today.

We were also honored with an award for Most Creative Event or Action for our Reggae for Women's Rights event in May 2007.

Way to go Amnesty St. Louis!

Our group took seven members to the conference in Omaha (all the way in a mini-van!) and had an amazing time learning about human rights issues and activism opportunities.  We're looking forward to attending the National Amnesty Annual General Meeting in D.C. April 25-27, 2008.