Northeast Region Events
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The 2007 Northeast Regional Conference was held at Boston University on October 26-28, 2007. More than 600 activists joined us from Maine to New Jersey. 2007 Regional Conference highlights » Boston, MA
Banned Books Week
The 2008 Banned Books Week materials are ready.
During Banned Books Week, Amnesty International directs attention to the plight of individuals who are persecuted because of the writings that they produce, circulate or read. Traditionally, Banned Books Week activities take place at the end of September -- but the featured cases are not confined to a week. They continue to need your action »
Special Focus Case
Fathi el-Jahmi
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Political activist Fathi el-Jahmi has been detained without trial since March 2004, when he was arrested after he criticized Libya's leader, Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi, and called for political reform in international media interviews. Amnesty International considers Fathi el-Jahmi to be a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful expression of his political views, and is calling for his immediate and unconditional release.
Previous Northeast Special Focus Cases:
Professor Mesfin Wolde-Mariam RELEASED!
Gurbandurdy Durdykuliev RELEASED!
Yury Bandazhevsky RELEASED!
Leyla Zana RELEASED!
Bronx International High School
On the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination on Friday, April 4, 2008 immigrant teens from Bronx International High School took to the streets with artwork, video projections, and nonviolent resistance to raise awareness in the greater Bronx Community about illegal detentions and Human Rights violations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The student-organized event was held from 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM outside of the historic Morris High School campus, alma mater to Colin Powell and home to one of the largest ROTC programs in the Bronx, at 166th Street and Boston Road. Students aimed to collect 1,000 signatures for a petition to U.S. Congress to shut down Guantanamo. View the Guantanamo Protests slideshow
Get on the Bus XIII
GOTB is the annual Local Group 133 organized day of action and education in New York City. This year's event brought over 1,000 AIUSA activists from 8 states from the Northeast Region more »
Activists in Action
View the 2008 Northeast Activists in Action which highlights Amnesty Activists' events that took place between November 2007 and October 2008 throughout the Northeast Region.
Northeast Local Group Websites
Northeast Regional Group Websites
In communities across the nation, AIUSA Local Groups meet regularly - usually once a month - to write letters and organize actions on behalf of prisoners and other victims of human rights abuse. They also work on special campaigns designed to end abuse throughout the world. Local groups are open to anyone with a concern for human rights and a desire to act on that concern. Please feel free to contact the Northeast Office if you do not see a local group listed in your area.
The Unknown Black Book: The Holocaust in the German-Occupied Soviet Territories
February 7, 2008: Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director AIUSA, speaks on "The Unknown Black Book: The Holocaust in the German-Occupied Soviet Territories," edited by Joshua Rubenstein and Ilya Altman. "The Unknown Black Book," provides, for the first time in English, a compilation of testimonies from Jews who survived open-air massacres and other atrocities carried out by the Germans and their allies in the Occupied Soviet Territories in World War II. These testimonies are first-hand accounts by survivors of work camps, ghettoes, forced marches, beatings, starvation and disease - collected under the direction of two renowned Soviet Jewish journalists, Vasily Grossman and Ilya Ehrenburg. Filmed at the Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA .
Lost Childhood: Child Soldiers, Trafficked Children, and Child Rights Symposium
On February 1, 2008 the Lost Childhood: Child Soldiers, Trafficked Children, and Child Rights symposium was co-hosted by the Amnesty International Chapter of Albany Law School in conjunction with Diversity Office and the Faculty Diversity Committee of Albany Law School, the Special Initiative Fund of Amnesty International USA and the Program for International Justice and Accountability of Amnesty International USA.
Symposium panelists addressed a packed room about the legal and policy issues surrounding child soldiers and child victims of trafficking, including cases involving child soldiers that have come before the International Criminal Court (ICC), the perpetrator bar to asylum-seeking, the international trade in child labor and international rights. 
Listen to the panel discussions »
Day of Action to Restore Habeas Corpus
Watch a slideshow of the Boston demonstration for the Day of Action to Restore Habeas Corpus Demonstrators follow historic Boston route in recognition of National Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice. Supporters of Amnesty International and the ACLU-Massachusetts followed an historic route during a busy lunch time in Boston on June 26, 2007. Starting on Franklin Street and the site where Massachusetts signed the Constitution in 1788; to the Old South Meeting House--where the Sons of Liberty organized the Boston Tea Party; to the Old State House-where the Declaration of Independence was first read to the citizens of the Commonwealth; leading to the JFK Federal Building in Government Center for a rally.
Watch speakers at the demonstration | 
View photos and more from the National Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice in New York City, NY - June 26, 2007.
Tribute to Maine
View a special tribute to the 20th Anniversary of AI Maine.
Photo Gallery: Northeast Events
Local Group 73 / Human Rights Day Vigil
December 10, 2008 - Ithaca, NY
View slideshow of Local Group 79's Write-A-Thon
December 8, 2008 - Westport, CT
Darfur Demonstration
September 25, 2008 - New York City, NY
View a slideshow of the Cell Tour
May - June, 2008 - Portland, ME
View a Slideshow of Demonstrations for Fathi el-Jahmi
Prisoner of Conscience and Northeast Special Focus Case
March & April 2008 - Washington, DC & New York, NY
View a Slideshow of CT Lobby Day
March 28, 2008 - Hartford, CT
Local Group 133 / Reach Out for Kenya Vigil
February 27, 2008 - Somerville, MA
Local Group 56 / Close Guantanamo Vigil
Jaunary 11, 2008 - Lexington, MA
Close Guantanamo
January 11, 2008 - New York City, NY
AIUSA Local Group 708 / Close Guantanamo
January 11, 2008 - Newburyport, MA
AIUSA Camden Hills Regional High School / 86 Days Campaign
January 11, 2008 - Rockport, ME
Local Group 344 / Write-A-Thon
December 8, 2007 - Milford, NH
MYANMAR (BURMA) MOBILIZATION - Activists in the Northeast React
Fall 2007
Maze of Injustice: A Public Program
November 15, 2007
Northeast Regional Conference
October 26-27, 2007 - Boston, MA
AIUSA New York / Celebrates Birthday of International Criminal Court
July 19, 2007 - Brooklyn, NY
Day of Action in Support of Victims and Survivors of Torture
June 26, 2007 - New York City, NY
Reading & Reception / Road from Ramadi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejía - by Camilo Mejía
June 26, 2007 - New York, NY
Vigil: Free Haleh Esfandiari
June 27, 2007 - New York, NY
Local Group 42 / Tabling
June 16 & 17 - Croton-on-Hudson, NY
New York City Groups / Film Screening
June 3, 2007 - New York, NY
Honoring Lydia Cacho - 2007 Ginetta Sagan Fund Award Recipient
April 5, 2007 - New York, NY
Bergen County Academies / New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Englewood, NJ - January 27, 2007
Close Guantanamo 5th Anniversary Actions
Northeast Region - January 11, 2007
