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Posted by TonyB • 4/28/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS]
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BlogCatalog.com Partners With Amnesty International For Bloggers Unite For Human Rights

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — BlogCatalog.com, the fastest-growing social network for bloggers on the Internet, is partnering with Amnesty International, a worldwide movement that campaigns for internationally recognized human rights, to expand a global social awareness campaign for human rights by launching a major initiative on May 15.

The campaign, Bloggers Unite For Human Rights, asks bloggers from all over the world to post about human rights on the same day, May 15. Collectively, their posts will reach millions of people all over the world at the same time, even in those countries where freedom of expression is regularly suppressed.

"Amnesty International is thrilled to be a part of Bloggers Unite for Human Rights," said Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA. "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."

In addition to promoting the campaign to hundreds of thousands of members, Amnesty International is providing BlogCatalog source material for bloggers. Several topics include: the wrongful imprisonment of journalist Shi Tao in China; the illegal detentions at Guantanamo Bay; and the continuing murder, rape, abduction and displacement of people in Darfur, Sudan.

“Since its early beginnings, Bloggers Unite has truly evolved into a member-driven social awareness campaign that is conceived, promoted, and supported by tens of thousands of bloggers,” says Antony Berkman, president of BlogCatalog.com. “We are thrilled that their hard work has attracted the attention, admiration, and support of Amnesty International.”

Berkman said since each blogger is choosing his or her own human rights topic — the wrongful imprisonment of journalists, governments that abuse and murder their own citizens, and censorship of the Internet — he expects some may even share human rights stories that have yet to be covered by mainstream media.

Since 1961, Amnesty International members have worked to stop the abuse of internationally recognized human rights in over 150 countries and territories and in every region of the world. The organization won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961. Visit www.amnestyusa.org for more information.

Since last year, BlogCatalog.com has evolved from a blog directory into a member-driven online community for bloggers. More than 100,000 approved bloggers interact on BlogCatalog every day. Visit unite.blogcatalog.com for more information.

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  1. 4/28/08
    AndyBeard
    Great news, this adds real credibility to Bloggers Unite (though we know deep down it is a wonderful and totally unselfish movement)

    digg.com/world_news/Amnesty_International_To_Sponsor_Bloggers_Unite
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  2. 4/28/08
    UbercoolEve
    Amnesty Intl should be careful to make a distinction between "civil" rights (those that can be taken/abused/stomped on by ANY government or by whimsical legislation) and "human" rights (those rights that every person is born with- to live, eat, have shelter and keep what they earn). They've been too politically slanted lately.
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  3. 4/28/08
    rascal0101
    Great News! Thanks for sharing.
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  4. 4/28/08
    kaybday
    Tip of the hat to ye--best, Kay

    **Tony, is this a BC news release or a news story run in another pub? If it's a BC release, I'd like to lift some for quotes. **
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    1. 4/29/08
      TonyB
      Thanks Kay.

      Please lift any quotes that are appropriate. It's a BC news release. If you need any other info. please contact either me or Rich.
  5. 4/28/08
    HelioJenne
    This is a wonderful news TonyB.
    All success to Blog Catalog campaigns!
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  6. 4/28/08
    vrajeshpilathottat
    thanks for sharing...
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  7. 4/28/08
    CyberCelt
    Amnesty International is a worthy partner and their contribution of source material and publicity will take Bloggers Unite to a new level
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  8. 4/28/08
    katrina4u
    Thanks for sharing.
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  9. 4/28/08
    flashgordon
    Great, I'm glad to hear about this.
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  10. 4/29/08
    sabineskm
    Great step!

    Another one in that direction is to unite with Avaaz.org. They're campaigning against food price rises just now. It's just a pity that they don't understand yet how the 'money masters' [www.themoneymasters.com] manipulate what's going on, whether 'credit crunch' or 'food crisis'.

    The real problem is a 'cash crumble': governments have handed over their powers to print and mint 'cash' to the banks who create 'credit' wholesale and retail. But nobody creates the interest necessary for credit...

    And thus we're being driven by the need to find interest, and money has ceased to be a medium of exchange for real products such as food.

    More on
    www.forumforstablecurrencies.org.uk

    So glad to be part of "Bloggers Unite"!
    Sabine
    www.yunusphere.net
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  12. 4/29/08
    sasha56
    Thrilled to hear especially since the area of the world that I come from is notorious for trampling on human rights. I'm happy to be part of this group.
    womenslens.blogspot.com
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  13. 4/29/08
    MarLa
    Great news guys!
    I'm looking forward to the great stories that will be shared.
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  14. 4/29/08
    kaybday
    Tony, thanks & will do.
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  15. 4/29/08
    wilbau
    These are really good news. So encouraging. Makes me so happy to be here on BlogCatalog. THANKS!
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    1. 4/29/08
      TonyB
      wilbau that means a bunch coming from you
  16. 4/29/08
    imaniceperson
    Nice job. Looking forward to participating.
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  17. 4/30/08
    DarknessFalls
    Uhhh ... you do relies that endorsing a specific organization is going to cause controversy. Amnesty International expresses some extreme left wing views that not everyone agrees with and I don't appreciate this ending up in my mailbox. I support Bloggers Unite because I'm in support of it's views, not Amnesty International and future endorsements of Amnesty International would simply encourage the idea that Bloggers Unite is a far left wing political group. Next time endorse an organization that respects others views.
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  18. 4/30/08
    pedestrianobserver
    Good point duhh, while AI seems to be leftist or leaning towards the left it is still the issue of Human Rights that should concern us.... in short the message not the messenger.

    Anyway, here is one despicable human rights violation committed against women in the Democratic (I just have no idea why they are even called "democratic") Republic of Congo shown on HBO where tens of thousands of women are kidnapped, enslaved, raped, mutilated, tortured and killed by soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

    pedestrianobserver.blogspot.com/2008/04/raping-women-and-girls-for-your.htm...
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  19. 5/12/08
    kevinatserieatalk
    ahhh it all makes sense now, thanks for the newsflash
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