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| Amnesty
International USA - Act Now! |
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Founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International is
a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization
with over one million members worldwide. Amnesty
International is dedicated to freeing prisoners of
conscience, gaining fair trials for political
prisoners, ending torture, political killings and
"disappearances," and abolishing the death
penalty throughout the world. Amnesty International
USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. Section of Amnesty
International. |
| Human
Rights Watch Campaigns |
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Human Rights Watch is an independent,
nongovernmental organization, supported by
contributions from private individuals and foundations
worldwide. It accepts no government funds, directly or
indirectly. Human Rights Watch is dedicated to
protecting the human rights of people around the
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| AAAS
Human Rights Action Network |
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Initiated in 1993, the AAAS
Human Rights Action Network (AAASHRAN) utilizes
electronic mail to inform AAAS members and other
subscribers of cases and developments deserving
special attention, and to coordinate scientists’
efforts to appeal to governments on behalf of their
colleagues whose human rights are being violated.
Approximately one individual case or issue is
circulated each week, with all the information
necessary to take action provided in a succinct
bulletin.
The American Association for
the Advancement of Science (AAAS, pronounced
"Triple-A-S") is the world's largest general
science organization
and publisher of the peer-reviewed journal Science.
With more than 138,000 members and 275 affiliated
societies, AAAS serves as an authoritative source
for information on the latest developments in science
and bridges gaps among scientists, policy-makers and
the public to advance science and science education. |
| Action
to stop the use of child soldiers |
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The
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers was formed
in June 1998 to advocate for the adoption of, and
adherence to, national, regional and international
legal standards (including
an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights
of the Child) prohibiting the military recruitment and
use in hostilities of any person younger than eighteen
years of age; and the recognition and enforcement of
this standard by all armed forces and armed groups,
both governmental and non-governmental.
The Coalition was founded by
six international NGOs – Amnesty International,
Human Rights Watch, the International Save the
Children Alliance, Jesuit Refugee Service, the Quaker
United Nations Office - Geneva, and International
Federation Terre des Hommes – and later joined by
Defence for Children International, World Vision
International, and regional NGOs from Latin America,
Africa, Asia and the Pacific. |
| The
Moratorium Campaign |
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The Moratorium Campaign is a nonprofit, educational
organization dedicated to obtaining a moratorium on
the death penalty. The Moratorium Campaign is
comprised of individuals who are working for an
immediate halt to the deathpenalty as a first and
necessary step towards the full protection of human
rights for all. |
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