Amnesty, gruppe 76 Aktiviteter og Aktivisme.

Nigeria. Oljeselskapene som driver ut olje i stor stil i Nigeria, slipper ut mye olje som skader jord og vann for de som bor i Nigerdeltaet, sier Amnesty som har startet kampanje mot dette.

Også i Ålesund var en gruppe i sving lørdag med å fortelle om dette og å samle protestunderskrifter. De hadde samlet rundt 100 navn etter knappe to timers aksjon.

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Den 12 September var det et seminar på Scandic hotel i Ålesund om Høstens store store Amnesty-kampanje: "Demand Dignity". Denne kampanjen setter fokus på fattiges økonomiske, sosiale, kulturelle rettigheter.

Gruppe 76 ble enige om å aksjonere lørdag den 31.oktober. Stand ved Korsatunnelen fra kl.11.00.  Les Mer Her.

I sommer vil du kunne møte medlemmer fra Amnesty Ålesund på Moldejazz, Raumarock og på Sommerfesten på Giske. Gruppa vil være tilstede på festivalene for å fronte amnesty-aksjoner. I tillegg reiser tre representanter fra Ungdomsgruppa vår på Amnesty sin Nordiske Ungdomskonferanse i Oslo i august. Der blir det arrangert spennende foredrag, workshops, aksjoner og debatt. Dette er også en god mulighet til å bli kjent med Amnesty aktivister fra hele Norden.

 

I solidaritet med Aung San Suu Kyi og Burmas politiske fanger holdt Burmaforeningen i Ålesund en markering på Rådhusplassen 18.mai. Amund Halsebakke holdt appell på vegne av Ålesund Amnesty.

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Delara Darabi (23) was executed in Iran the 1 of May. Ålesund Amnesty had a meeting at the local library. We lit candles and urged people to sign the protocol of condolences to Delara.

 

Read more here.

 

In contrast to what was promised by the Iranian authorities; Delara Darabi was executed the 1. of Mai. Read more here. Sign here..

Ålesund Amnesty has been actively involved in collecting signatures for Delara. This execution has thus created strong reactions among our members. Read the post on our YouthGroup blog here. Read alsothe thoughts and reactions of fylkeskontakt and the former group contact Amund here.

Another minor prisoner that is that in danger of being executed is Abbas Hosseini. Sign here to the Iranian authorities and ask for the death verdict to be revoked!

Here is the article that was in Sunnmørsposten the 20 of April, after the youth group's events on Allaktivitetshuset:

 

Saturday held the new youth group for Amnesty in Ålesund a activity evening at the House of Røysegata. Concert, billiards and young engagement was on the agenda. A serious issue was the focus of the evening.

Anette Briskdal Large Eide, Marte Kroger Seberg and Heidi Domaas held an engaging presentation about Amnesty's action for freedom of speech on the Internet. They told how authoritarian regimes control the information that people can access through the web. The egyptian Karim Amer criticized Islam and President Mubarak of Egypt on a blog. Because of this he is in prison and will be abused. The objective of Amnesty's action is to obtain the release of Karim and three other online activists.

Those who had arrived in the House was urged to sign a claim addressed to the authority in the four countries where these online activists are imprisoned.

Jakomp, a talented band from Fagerlia music school, lined up to support the case. The audience clearly enjoyed both the music and the musicians involvement. In front of the stage, it was packed, and the Django-inspired jazz was a good contribution to empowerment.

Text and Photographs: Frank Nordstrand

Jakomp consists of: Simon Kjelsvik, James F. Rypdal, Bjørnar E. Sandvik and Eiliv AM Ribe

Amnesty Ålesund, and in particular our youth group, participated in the action to get the death verdict against the Iranian woman Delara Darabis not valid. Pressure in Iran and abroad has led to Iranian authorities to suspend executions for two months. The execution would take place 20.april, but was postponed in the last minute. In Norway, nearly 20,000 people signed the appeal to save the life of Delara.