Angela Walsh Cork Ladies Football ’08 Captain launches Amnesty Cork group’s Ladies Mini Marathon
Campaign.The mini marathon is on Sunday at Sept 27th at 1pm. Ring 1850 882 400, email marathon@amnesty.ie or text 087 2070737 for your sponsorship pack. Photo: Michael Hussey www.youghalonline.com

Angela launched the Amnesty Cork group’s campaign on Thur 27th Aug. outside The Walter Raleigh Hotel with the help of local Youghal ladies Arianna Linder, Aisling Siochrú, Jenny Poynton and Phil Irwin from The Walter Raleigh Hotel-Youghal.

The money raised will help fund the ongoing human rights work, including the new campaign to End FMG or Female Genital Mutilation in Europe.
Female genital mutilation comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female
external gential or other injury to the female genital organs for non – medical reasons.

Its estimated that 500,000 women and girls living in Europe have been subjected to female genital
mutilation aimed at controlling their sexuality and can leave the victim with life long pain or severe
medical complications. More on www.amnesty.ie take part in the marathon to end this torture.

Contact;  Angela Walsh ’08 captain and ’09 player

Jay Flavin, Group Co Ordinator.
087 8128236
Amnesty International – Cork  Group

Arianna Linder, Aisling Siochrú, Cork ladies football '08 captain Angela Walsh, Jenny Poynton and Phil Irwin get ready for the Cork Ladies Mini Marathon which will be held on Sunday 27th Sept.

Amnesty Cork Group will hold a street action outside Debenhams in Patrick’s St. Cork this Saturday afternoon(10th Jan.) between 1pm and 4pm. Cork Amnesty Group Co-ordinator Jay Flavin said the group will be requesting people to show solidarity with the civilians caught up in the conflict in Gaza and Israel. For further information please contact Jay Flavin, Co-ordinator Amnesty Cork Group -Tel: 0868128236  or Lorna English, PRO – Tel 0861514901   www.amnesty.ie

Amnesty International has urged the UN Security Council to demand that Israel, Hamas and Palestinian armed groups observe an immediate truce in Gaza to allow desperately needed humanitarian assistance to the beleaguered civilian population, evacuation of the wounded and safe refuge for civilians wishing to flee the conflict zone.

“Civilians in Gaza are trapped in an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe, and need immediate respite,” said Malcolm Smart, Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme. Read more

ISRAEL/OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO HUMANITARIAN WORKERS AND OBSERVERS ESSENTIAL
Jan 3rd ’09

As the number of casualties continues to mount, civilians in Gaza are in increasingly dire need of food, medical and other emergency assistance, Amnesty International said today.
International humanitarian and human rights workers, as well as journalists, have not been allowed into Gaza by the Israeli army since the beginning of November, with the exception of a few journalists who were allowed in for a couple of days earlier in December.
“Humanitarian workers, journalists and human rights monitors are urgently needed to assess needs, report violations and Read more

Jay Flavin, Amnesty Ireland’s Cork Group Co Ordinator has welcomed reports of a new approach adopted by the Irish Government on the issue of extraordinary renditions. These reports indicate that the Government intends to review and strengthen legislation governing the search and inspection of suspected rendition flights and comes less than two months after Cork City Council passed a motion declaring the city a ‘Rendition-Free Zone’.

Amnesty International Ireland Executive Director Colm O’Gorman said: “This is a welcome victory for human rights in Ireland. Years of lobbying and campaigning by Amnesty members and other human rights activists across the country appear to have finally paid off. It is less than two months since hard work by Amnesty members in Cork saw it become one of the Read more

Amnesty Cork requests Participants for the Mini Marathon

Are you free on September 28th? If you are, then help those who are not.
Amnesty International Cork is looking for participants to run or walk this year’s Ladies’ Mini Marathon. Amnesty International in Ireland are currently campaigning on Better Care for Victims of Trafficking, Mental Health and also to Stop Violence Against Women.
On an international level Amnesty International are Read more

Amnesty International applauds as Cork City is declared a ‘Rendition-Free Zone

Amnesty International congratulates Cork City councillors and the people of Cork as a motion declaring Cork City a ‘Rendition-Free Zone’ is passed by a majority at Cork City Hall.

While there is no evidence that Cork airport has facilitated the US government’s renditions programme as part of the ‘war on terror’, this motion holds immense symbolic value and shows Cork City Council’s solidarity with the victims of this illegal programme.

Last year Derry City Council became the first local authority on the island of Ireland to declare its local airport free of rendition flights.
The adoption of this motion shows that the people of Cork City and their representatives are prepared to stand up for human rights. I congratulate the people of Cork for Read more

Photo: Michael Hussey ( YoughalOnline.com)

Maria Guilly, Walter Raleigh Hotel & Jay Flavin Amnesty International, Cork

The Walter Raleigh Hotel is hosting an Amnesty International Petition For TIBET.
Concerned citizens are requested to call in and sign the Petition outlining Amnesty concerns about the protection of Human Rights in China.

If you would like to help or host a Read more