Amnesty International Joins Bloggers Unite
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
We have great news! All eyes will be on Bloggers Unite For Human Rights this May 15th because Amnesty International, a worldwide movement that campaigns for internationally recognized human rights, will be joining, supporting, and drawing attention to participating bloggers — and that could mean you!
In addition to promoting the campaign to its hundreds of thousands of members, Amnesty International is providing BlogCatalog source material for bloggers. Topics range from the wrongful imprisonment of journalist Shi Tao in China to the continuing murder, rape, abduction, and displacement of people in Darfur, Sudan.
You can find some of these resources on our new Amnesty International resource section at http://unite.blogcatalog.com#amnesty. Of course, you can write about any human rights topic you want. Some BlogCatalog members may even write about topics that have yet to gain international attention.
You might also be interested to know that Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA has some great things to say about our campaign.
"Amnesty International is thrilled to be a part of Bloggers Unite for Human Rights," he said. "Bloggers Unite for Human Rights is a great way to harness the power of the Internet to fight injustice and make the world a better place."
There are any great human rights organizations all over the world, but if you would like to know something about our Amnesty International, please visit http://www.amnestyusa.org for more information. Currently, Amnesty International is working to stop the abuse of internationally recognized human rights in over 150 countries and territories. The organization won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961.
Thanks so much for your continued support! More and more people are taking notice of your efforts. On behalf of the entire BlogCatalog team, thank you and we look forward to reading your posts on May 15!
April 30th, 2008 at 11:43 am
That that it will affect anyone else at all, but the inclusion of Amnesty International has convinced me to NOT participate in this BU event.
May 1st, 2008 at 5:22 am
I’m glad to hear about Amnesty International joining this action. It’s solid international reputation and established following should help give it much more traction. I’m also happy that the Bloggers Unite project has such a concrete focus this time round, while leaving it open to bloggers what human rights issues they would like to focus on.
May 1st, 2008 at 5:37 am
I said it on the forums, and I will say it again here. Yay! Way to go BC! I haven’t picked a topic yet, but I’m sure it will contain politics.
May 10th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Yes, goods things can be done in spirit of a team, we all can do something to have a better world
Congratulations
May 14th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I am all for it.It’s all good.
May 14th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Nice blog and a worthy effort. A people united is a people feared.
May 14th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
This is a great thing- I’m glad that finally attention is being drawn to human rights! Especially the situation in Darfur- that’s something that’s been ignored for far too long.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
L’ho pubblicato, spero attiri quante più persone possibili, grazie Amnesty, che fa splendere la sua candela su questi “bui”
May 18th, 2008 at 2:04 am
Thanks for all the attention to what I mentioned about right here in our backyard,yes San Antonio
it has just inspired me all that much more.