Category — Office Announcements
Johan Galtung / Amy Goodman: A Dialogue Sponsored in Part by the AFSC
A very important dialogue between Johan Galtung and Amy Goodman entitled “Peace, Justice, Empire, and Occupation.” Johan Galtung is a Norwegian sociologist and is considered to be one of the founding fathers of peace and conflict studies; he has published more than 1000 articles, 100 books, and was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize in 1987. Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now! This dialogue is sponsored by the Envision Peace Museum, American Friends Service Committee, and others.
May 8, 2012 No Comments
Send a message for the Anti-Torture Bill by March 21st!
Dear Friends,
Health care professionals across the state have joined the Massachusetts Campaign Against Torture (MACAT) in support of two Bills in the Massachusetts State Legislature (house and senate). The legislation is in response to state licensing practices in MA that currently allow for health care professionals (mainly psychologists) to participate in the abuse and torture of prisoners without consequence to their license.
If passed these bills will:
1) Give effect to theinternational treaties, standards and federal laws defining torture as well as the ethical standards of health care professionals defining torture and abuse.
2) Protect health care providers licensed by the state of Massachusetts who would resist orders to harm persons in their care.
3) Require state licensing boards to investigate complaints of torture and abuse, as they do other complaints of ethics violation.
Versions of the bill will be voted by the house and senate on March 21st. Although there are not enough sponsors of the bill for this legislative cycle, the outcome of the vote will determine whether they remain alive until the next voting cycle in January 2013 or essentially go into a coma. It is critical that we keep this bill alive. We are encouraging everyone to copy the letter below and send it to important members of the Joint Committee on Judiciary:
*Senator Creem
*Representative O’Flahrety
Representative Jason Lewis
Representative Peter Kocot
*Representative Jeffrey Sanchez
*Senator Susan Fargo
*Committee chairs (esp. important)
March 9, 2012 No Comments
Paki Wieland (Northampton resident) arrested in Bahrain
Urgent:
Northampton resident Paki Wielend arrested and detained in Bahrain
Northampton resident Paki Wieland was one of six U.S. citizens arrested Tuesday in Manama, Bahrain while acting as international observers of a peaceful protest on the one year anniversary of the Arab Spring. The six US citizens were part of a peaceful protest marching towards the Pearl Roundabout – site of last year’s peaceful round-the-clock protest in Bahrain, modeled after Egypt’s Tahrir Square – when they were attacked by Bahraini authorities. The six observers remain in Bahraini custody in the Naem Police Station in Manama. This group of internationals is the second to be deported by the Bahraini government. The U.S. State Department is currently providing consular assistance to the six arrested U.S. citizens.
What you can do: Call 202-647-4000 and leave a comment with the U.S. State Department. Ask them to halt the Bahraini government’s deportation of U.S. citizens who are in Bahrain and have observed government brutality against peaceful protesters. You can also tweet the State Department at @StateDept. Please help spread the word.
February 14, 2012 No Comments
