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Get on the Bus for Human Rights (GOTB)

Date: 2012-04-27 at 11:00 am
Address: Various places in New York, New York, NY 10003 USA
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Get on the Bus for Human Rights (GOTB) is an annual day of human rights education and activism organized by AI USA Group 133 of Somerville, MA and a dedicated team of volunteer community organizers. Now in its seventeenth year, GOTB draws upwards of 1,200 participants down to New York City to take peaceful action in front of embassies, consulates and corporate headquarters in NYC in support of human rights. This year's event will focus on human rights in Tibet, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia.

The Sri Lanka action would focus on a major human rights issue in Sri Lanka: the need for truth, justice and accountability for the thousands of war crimes and other human rights abuses committed by both sides during the war in Sri Lanka. We would focus in particular on the case of Ragihar Manoharan, whose case dossier has been assigned to Group 133. The target for the action would be the Sri Lankan government, as we would be asking them to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the Jan. 2, 2006 killing of Ragihar and his four fellow students in Trincomalee.

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Morning Session Speakers Panel-Registration $10

Speaker on Sri Lanka action: J.S. Tissainayagam (Former Sri Lankan journalist, who was the focus for GOTB 2010 Sri Lanka action)

2:15 - 2:45 p.mRally #1 - Sri Lanka Action: Calling on the Sri Lankan government and the United Nations to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the murders of Ragihar Manoharan and the “Trinco Five”.

Location: Permanent Mission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, 630 3rd Avenue

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