Amnesty International Walk for Human Rights
October 20, 2009 | Oceanside, California | Vetting explained
Amnesty International Walk for Human Rights
Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE -- Over 700 supporters held candles and signs and walked down Oceanside Pier in the 21st Annual Amnesty International Walk for Human Rights on October 18.
“It just takes these smallest acts that we may think of, a letter writing or signing a petition or contacting our officials on behalf of someone who is being detained, but those acts don’t go unnoticed,” Banafsheh Akhlaghi, western regional director of Amnesty USA, said.
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