© Amnesty International in Switzerland
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Amnesty International in Switzerland offered an excellent opportunity to launch the Saudi Arabia photo petition on 26 June 2009.
The sustained assault on human rights in the name of security and fighting terrorism undertaken by the Saudi Arabian authorities is shocking, especially in view of this country’s significant power and influence on the political and economic world stage, playing a leading role in the Arab and Islamic worlds. We want to lift the veil and expose the human rights abuses.
In a joint action with Witness Against Torture on 30 April, approximately 200 people marched from the US Capitol to the White House to mark President Obama’s first 100 days in office.
Art Attack, a festival of activist poetry was held from March 12-March 14 in Zagreb. The festival, held this year for the first time, was organized by the English Students’ Club in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb in Croatia.