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It’s Saturday 3rd July, and for us, the third day of the ESF will start with action. With our bright yellow t-shirts and jerseys, we headed towards Istiklal, the main busy pedestrian street in Taxim area and started setting up in Galata Saray. We built a long wall and nailed the banner which we all made together the day before. The message was ‘Israel: end the blockade of Gaza’, both in English and in Turkish. Amnesty staff, board members and volunteers gathered behind the wall to symbolise the blockade of Gaza while some were asking for signatures of our postcard action. After the media were gathered, we read the Amnesty public statement out loud from the speaker phone.
The action had very good coverage, mainstream Turkish media and CNN Turkey being some examples and there was a big interest from the public.
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Russia,
Sin Categoría,
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demand dignity,
european social forum,
prisoners of conscience,
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It’s day 2 at the European Social Forum in Istanbul and more crowds seem to find their way to the park and taking part in actions. People are passing through all the stalls and asking information on the campaigns and actions.
Amnesty staff and volunteers have been joining the seminars and encouraging people to sign our many actions on Demand Dignity, Discrimination, Human Rights Defenders, ending the Gaza blockade and refugees in Turkey.
We are very happy to have with us Halil Savda, conscientious objector for whom Amnesty has been campaigning in order to stop his unfair prosecution by the Turkish authorities.
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Children,
Counter Terror With Justice,
Gaza/Israel,
Roma,
Russia,
Sin Categoría,
amnesty international,
demand dignity,
european social forum,
prisoners of conscience,
social movements y
women .
© Amnesty International
It’s a beautiful day in Istanbul and in the opening of the European Social Forum 2010 (ESF) there was activism in the air.
We arrived at Maçka Democracy Park bright and early to set up the Amnesty stalls. AI Turkey staff and volunteers were joined with staff from London and Brussels and all brought their ideas to make our stalls creative and flashing for the public.
In the meantime, a smaller Amnesty group met with speakers that were joining our seminar on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of people on the move.
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