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Narges Mohammadi

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Remembering Tiananmen (1989-1999)


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SLAVERY IS NOT HISTORY...YET!
Group 22 "dresses up" and marches in the Doo Dah Parade to protest human trafficking (modern-day slavery).

Visit our Doo-Dah 2009 page for story and photos!

Our 2008 entry was Waterboardin' USA (photo at right). We've missed only three parades since 1998. See our Doo-Dah pages for 1998, 1999, 2005 and 2008. See our Facebook page (see sidebar) for pix of our 2011 entry.


Welcome to Amnesty International Group 22
in Pasadena, California

Group 22 is one of many local affiliates of Amnesty International USA, which in turn is the United States national section of the worldwide Amnesty International movement. Founded in 1961, AI works impartially for the release of all prisoners of conscience, fair and prompt trials for political prisoners, and an end to torture and executions (for further information, see the brief history and description and the text of the definition of human rights). Group 22 was established as both a registered student group at Caltech and a community local group for the Pasadena area. 

New members are always welcome!
Simply show up any of our events listed below. Our monthly meetings or letter-writing sessions are especially good places to start. See the map for directions.
See below. Regular meetings were replaced by virtual online sessions during Covid pandemic.

For further information contact: aigp22@caltech.edu



AI Group 22 Events for March 2023 will continue as virtual online events. Letter Writing meetings may have in-person options.

[AIUSA] Friday-Sunday, March 3-5. Amnesty International USA Annual General Meeting.
San Diego Omni Hotel and Whova Event Platform.
In-person on-site and Virtual Registration will reopen at noon Friday, March 3. Agenda is available now.
https://www.amnestyusa.org/virtual-annual-general-meeting-2023/

Tuesday, March 14, 7:30-9 pm. Letter-writing.
To get a link to the Zoom session or information about a possible Caltech dinner meeting, contact aigp22@caltech.edu.
Current Urgent Actions selected for Group 22 Letter Writing
You can always write letters on your own: go to https://www.amnestyusa.org/take-action/urgent-action-network/.
Check the Amnesty USA home page for current online actions.
Resources for Ukraine are available at https://amnestyusa.org/ukrainecrisis/.

Sunday, March 19, 6:30 pm. Human Rights Book Discussion Group.
Our March selection is "The President and the Frog: A Novel" by Carolina De Robertis.
The unnamed former president of a Latin American country is interviewed by a journalist. Kirkus Review says, "A timeless and timely exploration of power, revolution, and survival."
If you are interested in the book discussion, please contact aigp22@caltech.edu in order to receive an invitation to the Zoom session.

Our April book selection is "The Archipelago of Hope: Wisdom and Resilience from the Edge of Climate Change" by Gleb Raygorodetsky.

Tuesday, March 21. Nowruz Mobarak! Happy Persian New Year! Take action with Amnesty for Narges Mohammadi and six other cases in Iran.
https://www.amnestyusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Nowruz-action-2023.pdf


Current News
Latest news update was sent December 2, 2022. Update_12-02-2022.pdf
Past Newsletters and Updates


Current AI Actions and Campaigns in which we are involved:

  • Prisoner of Conscience in Iran Narges Mohammadi.
    Narges was released from prison on 8 October 2020!
    But on 16 November 2021 she was again imprisoned to serve new sentence!

    Group 22 began to work on her case in September 2015. See our Facebook album of our 2016 rally for Narges on April 21 (her birthday).
  • Prisoner of Conscience in China Gao Zhisheng. Amnesty reopened the case file for human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has been missing since August 2017, and Group 22 resumed our work for him.
  • The campaign to abolish the death penalty
  • The campaign for Security with Human Rights.  
  • Human Rights in China.

Past AI Actions and Campaigns in which we were involved:


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