Amnesty International on campus

Amnesty International is composed of people from across the world standing up for the better of humanity. Their purpose is to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied. With more than 2.2 million supporters, activists and volunteers in over 150 countries, and complete independence from government, corporate or national interests, Amnesty International works to protect human rights worldwide.

Here at GCSU, the Amnesty International group represents people from diverse backgrounds representing various political, cultural, and religious ideologies. They share one important thing: a belief that people across the world are entitled to the rights enjoyed in America.

Amnesty International has successfully secured the release of political prisoners, restored the rights of minorities in foreign countries, abolished the death penalty in several of the United States and continued to provide a beacon of hope for those oppressed.

The GCSU Amnesty group is currently composed of 35 active student members, two faculty advisors and two faculty members. Their current efforts revolve around getting new members and expanding their already motivated base of support. They have begun their letter-writing campaign, advocating the passage of the International Violence Against Women Act in the Senate. Amnesty has also decided to help raise awareness of the Troy Davis case in Georgia, which deals with individual rights in relation to the death penalty.

Their vision is of a world in which every person – regardless of race, religion, gender, or ethnicity – enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

Anyone interested in joining the Amnesty RSO to help remedy human rights violations should contact Christopher Eby, the Presdient of the GCSU Amnesty group, at Christopher_eby@ecats.gcsu.edu for information, or come to their meeting Thursday at 4:45 in Arts and Sciences 2-40.

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