Here at the Amnesty International conference, there is a shocking amount of talk about the recent Presidential campaign for it being an "international" "non-partisan" organization. As one might imagine, most of the people here are delighted about Obama being elected. They even have a special campaign called "100 days" that outlines the goals that Amnesty would like to see come out of Obama's first 100 days in office. These three are:
1. a plan and specific date for closing Guantanamo
2. Issuing an executive order to ban torture and ill treatment as defined by international law
3. Ensuring that an independent commission to investigate abuses commited by the US in "the war on terror" is set up.
These seem like wonderful and worthwile goals to me, and I don't mind AI being a teeny bit partisan if it means that they will help bring them about.
What an amazing conference this is--- so eye opening! Go to www.amnestyusa.org, seriously, thier work is AMAZING!!!
xoxo heN
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