About The Omaha Amnesty International USA Meetup Group

Back by POPULAR demand....

This is an online group dedicated to promoting the mission and issues of Amnesty International's USA (AIUSA) progam.

AISUA currently workings on the following Human Rights Abuses:
International Trade in Arms and Military Training
Business & Human Rights
Children
Conflict Diamonds
The Death Penalty
Education
The Environment
International Criminal Court
Legal Issues
LGBT Human Rights
Prisoners of Conscience
Racial Profiling
Refugees
Religion & Human Rights
Stop Torture
US Policy and Legislation
The "War on Terror"
Women

Founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over 1.8 million members worldwide. Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. Section of Amnesty International.

When you become a group member of Amnesty International, you're joining more than 1.8 million people around the world in an effective, passionate organization fighting to free people who are imprisoned for expressing their beliefs, abolish the death penalty, stop violence against women, and ensure that every person - everywhere in the world - enjoys full human rights.

Our members, supporters and staff around the world mobilize the public to put pressure on governments and others with influence to stop the abuses. Activities range from public demonstrations to letter writing, from human rights education to fundraising concerts, from targeted appeals on behalf of a single individual to global campaigns on a specific country or issue, from approaches to local authorities to lobbying at intergovernmental organizations.

Please join us in combating human rights abuse worldwide and in our own Omaha backyards by activitly helping us REVIVE this AIUSA Omaha Chapter!

For more information please check online at Amnesty USA or contact your Midwest Regional Office at 1-866-A-REGION