Group to observe Human Rights Day
By Doug Isakson
Staff Reporter
Amnesty International groups of
Lincoln will celebrate their fourth
annual “Human Rights Day” by
sponsoring a letter-writing campaign
Saturday as pan of a week-long series
of events promoting human rights.
During Saturday’s write-a-thon,
sponsored by the Lincoln chapter of
Amnesty International, members and
participants will write letters calling
for the release of political or religious
prisoners or other victims of human
rights violations.
On Sunday, the UNL chapter of
Amnesty International will have a
march as a part of the week-long
promotion centering on human
rights.
Kristin Grosskopf, president of the
UNL chapter, said the march will
begin at the red sculpture in front of
the Centrum in downtown Lincoln
and will end in the ballroom of the
Nebraska Union. At the end of the
march, the group will have what
Grosskopf called “reading from the
voices,” reading the letters from
people who have been imprisoned
because of their religion, political
beliefs or ethnic group.
Grosskopf said some prisoners
who will be represented in the read
ings have been released from prison
as a result of letters written by Am
nesty International. But others,
Grosskopf said, are still in jail and
were contacted by Amnesty “just to
let them know that someone still
knows they are there.”
Grosskopf said Amnesty Interna
tional can help prisoners by getting
information on medical needs or by
passing information to their families
about their location or condition.
There also is an “Urgent Action”
worker in each chapter who deals
with cases requiring immediate at
tention, Grosskopf said.
Anne Pitsch, the urgent action
coordinator for the UNL Amnesty
International chapter, said she cur
rently is working with a case in which
a farmer in Peru was taken prisoner
and his family denied information on
the case.
Because Amnesty International is
worldwide, Pitsch said, it can gener
ate enough letters and attention about
such cases to put pressure on captors
and aid in the release of prisoners.
She said the goals of the campus
group include writing letters on be
half of prisoners of conscience, in
forming people about their cause, and
helping students realize they can
make a significant difference in the
lives of others. The campus group
meets at 7:30 p.m. every other Thurs
day in the union.
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has taken a progressive attitude to
ward. .
Developing a more comprehen
sive UNL AIDS policy has b?cn
important project for ASUN, Hill
said. ., .
“My concern is to be able to de
velop an adequate policy, because
you can’ t be too spec ific, but you need
more than the one-page plan we have
now,” he said. “The new policy
we’re working on now can move us m
the right direction.”
Parking has been the other “big
issue’ ’ for this year’s senate, Hill said.
“Parking is an excellent example
of student government really going in
and trying to make some specific
changes this year,” he said.
Shkolnick said the progress ASUN
made on parking problems reflected
the type of action the senators were
willing to take this fall.
“You see your student leaders
come to the top in these type of
things,” he said. “This senate has
made a definite statement.”
YOST from Page 1
In a letter dated Dec. 5, Yost told
Madelyn Lockhart, chairperson of
the provost search committee, that he
would be honored to serve as UF
provost. But, he wrote, he felt he
could not take the position at this
time.
Yost had received the most votes
for UF provost from the search com
mittee, according to an article in the
Independent Florida Alligator, UF’s
student newspaper.
‘411 w ill be a wonderful experience
for whoever serves as provost,” Yost
said. “I’m happy with the exciting
challenge of my responsibilities
here.”
Yost would not say if he is being
considered for any positions at other
universities.
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