Rally for U.S. Accountability on Human Rights!
On the International Day Against Racial Discrimination
Tuesday March 21, 2006
at 11:30 am
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, across from the UN
(Second Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets)
Come out and join human rights advocates, civil rights leaders, and international allies to call for U.S. accountability on human rights. We cannot allow the U.S. Government to ignore human rights violations that are taking place right in New York and across the U.S.
Speakers will include Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Ajamu Baraka, US Human Rights Network; Ann Beeson, ACLU; Chino Hardin, Prison Moratorium Project; Alexander Woods, Disabilities Network of NYC; Kristen Freeland, Sex Workers Project; Raquel Batista, Northern Manhattan Immigration Coalition; Monami Maulik, DRUM -Desis Rising Up & Moving; and other prominent leaders from the U.S. and NYC social justice and civil rights groups.
**please note that no metal, wood or plastic rods are allowed at NYC rallies**
For more information please contact Ramona Ortega at the Human Rights Project at Ramona Ortega
Following the rally, come and join us for
a free Education and Strategy Meeting at 1:00 p.m.
at the Church Center, 777 UN Plaza (44th St. & 1st Ave), 2nd Fl.
Many groups are actively providing information to the U.N. on human rights violations in U.S. The information will be reviewed in July 2006. As part of the review process, the U.S. submitted a report to the U.N. in October 2005. However, the report falls far short of disclosing human rights violations in the U.S. Therefore, we are organizing to provide more comprehensive and accurate information on the U.S.’s human rights record. We need your help in order to do a good job!
Come and join us to learn how you can plug into the review process and get your issues documented in the reports that non-governmental groups will submit to the UN.
For more information about the process, More Information
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March 2006 Reports
Last updated on March 20, 2006