Buttons handed out in Berne © Amnesty International
By Christine Heller, a Sri Lanka Coordinator for Amnesty International in Switzerland.
I’ve just come back from our Sri Lanka action in Berne. The sun was out and there were about 40 activists handing out solidarity buttons reading “unlock the camps” in Tamil, as well as postcards featuring the poem “Broken Pottu” by Mahesh Munasinghe, inspired by the plight of children held in the camps.
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Amnesty International activists raise banners in support of the Sri Lankan displaced.
By Tim Molyneux, a volunteer working in Amnesty International’s Sri Lanka team.
On Monday night I took part in a big event to raise awareness about the hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people in Sri Lanka currently confined in mass detention camps.
This marked the first day of an international week of action in support of the ‘Unlock the Camps’ campaign, calling on the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure safety and dignity for all displaced people in Sri Lanka.
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By Colby Goodman, Amnesty International’s Control Arms Campaign
October 7, 2009 – On a day the New York Times exposed more details about Guinean security forces recent use of weapons against thousands of peaceful protestors, Amnesty International participated in what turned out to be an electrified briefing at the United Nations (UN) about preventing the use of arms for serious human rights violations and the need for an Arms Trade Treaty.
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