Amnesty International Croatia
Several activities were scheduled in Croatia to mark the first 100 days of President Obama’s administration and the report launch of USA: Mixed messages: Counter Terror and Human Rights: President Obama’s first 100 days.
We had originally planned to collect 2,000 signatures on specially designed postcards for President Obama and via our online petition, but we managed to collect more than 2,100 after which we sent them to the US authorities.
We had been planning to organize five public actions in several Croatian cities, but we managed to carry out 13. Two public statements were sent out as planned, and several electronic and print media published our statements. We gave a short interview for Radio 101, one of the most popular radio in Zagreb.
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.
