Amnesty International's

chapters 9 and 280 in Manhattan

Welcome to our website!

We are a group of people who meet once a month in midtown Manhattan because of our                shared commitment to human rights around the world.  We organise protests and social           events - and work with other Amnesty groups in the New York area.

As a group, we're involved in a number of campaigns: we work for the release of                         Myo Min Zaw, a Burmese student sentenced to 52 years in prison for his pro-democracy    activities, writing petitions and holding demonstrations (see below). We organised a            children's war drawings exhibition at Chelsea Art Museum from July 14 - 30th which           continues in different galleries in the city.And some of our members concentrate on          Amnesty's Death Penalty campaign for us, writing letters for the rest of the group to sign.

Meetings.

We usually meet on the third Tuesday of every month on the east side of midtown            Manhattan. Our next meeting is on Tuesday, 15th April 2008.

Contact us if you want to join us.

If you want to find a group which is nearer to your work or home, see  our Contact page                 for details of other groups in the city - including email contacts and where and when they           meet. Or go to Amnesty USA's groups database for a complete local list.