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#WaterIsLife #Colombia #VoicesAtRisk #JusticiaParaBerta #ProtectThoseWhoProtectUs #ClimateJustice
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"Rivers give life. It is humanity's obligation to defend them!" This #InternationalDayofActionforRivers we are in solidarity with Maya Q'eqchi' river defender & prisoner of conscience @BernardoCaal2 He and his people will not give up. Neither will we!⏩bit.ly/3i3H2Hl
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From Canada, we congratulate @BernardoCaal2 for this award from the Guatemala Peace & Development Network for his defense of the rights of Indigenous peoples. Accepted by his daughters since Bernardo remains unjustly jailed. @MPguatemala we urge #LibertadParaBernardo
#W4R21
And we have our ✨ WINNER ✨Reader's Choice selection winner Michelle Good. Guide coming soon, pick up a copy today!
LAST DAY TO VOTE! Click the link and take your pick for Amnesty International Book Club's Readers' Choice 2021: amn.st/6012JrSAw
We have a shortlist of finalists for Readers’ Choice 2021! Here are the Top 4 book recommendations: Unreconciled by Jesse Wente, Gutter Child by Jael Richardson, Women Talking by Mariam Toews, and Five Little Indians by Michelle Good. CAST YOUR VOTE NOW: amn.st/6011JRT0B
Reader's Choice 2021 is underway! Which book do you think we should read during November & December? You can recommend any book by a Canadian author, fiction or nonfiction, that explores human rights issues. Submit your pick by October 19th here: amn.st/6011JM0Jc
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Join us on Sept 30 for a discussion on genocide, Indigenous Nations, and the Canadian state with legal scholar Tamara Starblanket. Her book, Suffer the Little Children, is available from @OctopusBooks! Link to register here >>> bit.ly/3kbGnnC #EveryChildMatters
We're busy reading WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE by Samra Habib during July/August! Download your copy of the discussion guide now @ amnestybookclub.ca
Today is National #Indigenous Peoples Day in #Canada. Take action to support #IndigenousRights. Demand that the government take accountability for their policies and practices in order to ensure justice for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. amn.st/6014yPsqw
The discussion guide for How To Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa is now available on our website: amn.st/6011yDHIV Join our #HumanRights #BookClub today! #canlit #amnesty
We're so excited to be reading HOW TO PRONOUNCE KNIFE by Souvankham Thammavongsa during May & June! Thammavongsa is the author of four acclaimed poetry books in addition to this debut collection of short stories which won the 2020 Giller Prize. #bookclub amn.st/6016yBEle
Author @kgrose2 writes about the pandemic's impact on women's gender equality, intimate partner violence, and job loss on the @AmnestyNow blog. Read the post and take action to support women's rights: amn.st/6013H4AK5
As we near the end of Women's History Month, it's important to consider how we can continue to protect and defend women's rights around the world all year long. Download the free discussion guide for The Dime Box by Karen Grose on our website: amn.st/6019HvLdT
The discussion guide for The Dime Box by @kgrose2 is now available on our website. We're excited to welcome back author Lawrence Hill (The Illegal, The Book of Negroes) as our featured guest reader. amn.st/6014HSk5p
Happy International Women's Day! #IWD2021 is a time to take stock of feminist accomplishments over the past year and recommit ourselves to the work ahead. Click this link to take action to defend women’s rights and #ChooseToChallenge. amn.st/6016HWSIC
New month, new book! Join us in reading The Dime Box by Canadian author Karen Grose. "Greta Giffen barely escaped being murdered by the man she grew up with. When she bolts from their secluded cabin in northern Ontario and flees to Toronto, her new life comes at a price."
Thanks for your patience while we put together the discussion guide for THE SKIN WE'RE IN by @DesmondCole It's ready and available to download on our website: amn.st/6012H9FWw