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Introduction to AI & HR in Japan
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- Slide  [ PDF (10.6MB) ]
- Text (English/Japanese) [ PDF (319KB) ]

Japan in the World - HR in Japan
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Why we should oppose the death penalty
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AI: Amnesty International
HR: Human Rights

]]> Downloads http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=40 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:06:00 +0900 Other Event http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=64 Next benefit concert:

Sunday, February 26, 2012.
What the Dickens, Ebisu
6:00pm - 12:00am
DEFEND CHEN GUANGCHENG!


Download a poster for your pub, workplace, etc.
Poster here [JPG version(130KB)]


Chen Guangcheng, a blind human rights lawyer under illegal, unofficial house arrest.

A civil rights activist in the PRC who drew international attention to human rights issues in rural areas. He was placed under house arrest from September 2005 to March 2006 after talking to Time magazine about the forced abortion cases he investigated in Linyi, Shandong Province.

Authorities formally arrested him in June 2006 for destruction of property and assembling a crowd to disrupt traffic. During his trial, Chen's lawyers were forbidden access to the court, leaving him without a proper defender. On August 24, 2006, Chen was sentenced to four years and three months for "damaging property and organizing a mob to disturb traffic."

Chen was released from prison on September 8, 2010 after serving his full sentence, but remains under "ruanjin" or soft detention at his home in Dongshigu Village ( ). Chen and his wife were reportedly beaten shortly after a human rights group released a video of their home under intense police surveillance on February 9, 2011.

more info
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15681662

full video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2YB2EjRZso

Music:
1. Sorcha and the Sinners - Sorcha Chisholm, Arda Karaduman,
 and Mr. Daniel Karras
7:30pm - 8:10pm

2. The Mootekkis - Jude Conlon, Mike Hannah, Tomoaki Sekiwa, Koji Iwata, and Masafumi Sugiyama
8:30pm - 9:10pm

3. Jimmy Binks and the Shakehorns - Julian Peters, Sam Berry, Darren ScaifeTim, MarchandYuuki, Shiroma
9:30pm - 10:10pm

Admission: 1500 yen plus one drink

Step out in your finest pair of sunglasses in support of Chen Guangcheng!

]]> Other Events http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=64 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:39:26 +0900 Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=63 PAST MEETING
Wednesday 14 December 2011, 19:00 to 21:00

Amnesty International Tokyo English Network with "Freedom Toast Cafe"

Join our informal English-language human rights discussion group.
Learn about human rights issues and meet new people from different countries. We also spend some time each month writing in support of Prisoners of Conscience. Join us for an educational, worthwhile evening!

Human Rights in China - Who's Afraid of AI Wei Wei?

With guest speakers (in English)
Date: Wednesday 14 December 2011
Time: 19:00 to 21:00
Venue: AI Japan office (new location!)
Participation fee: 500 yen

Find out more: http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=8015



Poster here [PDF version(144KB)]

]]> Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=63 Tue, 6 Dec 2011 22:22:30 +0900 Other Events http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=62 Amnesty International Tokyo English Network (AITEN) and
Asia Pacific Youth Network (APYN)
Birthday Party/Fund-raiser/チャリチライブ／忘年会

Sunday, 27th November, 2011
What the Dickens, Ebisu
Roob Building 4F, Ebisu-Nishi 1-13-3,Shibuya-ku. (03-3780-2099)



Have a Great Night Out and Support a Good Cause!

Amnesty International Tokyo English Network (AITEN)* this year celebrates 25 years as an English-speaking group of Amnesty International Japan.
Invite your friends and join us at our combined birthday party and bonenkai, at our favorite pub in Ebisu!
Food in hearty portions, a fully stocked bar, and a friendly international crowd.

Live music (Irish folk/rock) from “We’ll Be Fine”
Doors open at 6 pm, music from 7.30 pm
The best bonenkai you’ll attend this year! Admission 1,000 yen.

Amnesty International:
Amnesty International's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. 
In pursuit of this vision, AI's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses and to promote all human rights.
AI is an independent, self-governing movement of more than 2.2 million members and supporters in over 150 countries.
* [AITEN was formerly called Amnesty Group 78.]

Further Information:
AITEN: www.aiten.org
Asia-Pacific Youth Network: www.apyouth.net

Tell your friends on Facebook, Twitter, MeetUp and etc.
Download a poster for your pub, workplace, etc.
Poster here [PDF version(104KB)]

]]> Other Events http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=62 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:22:41 +0900 Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=61 AITEN Public Meeting

The People Speak - A Tribute to Howard Zinn

Wednesday, 9th November 2011, 19:30 - 21:30
Amnesty International Office,
Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Ogawamachi 2-12-14, Fl 7
Venue: AI Japan office (new location)
Tel: 3518-6777
Suggested donation: 500 yen

Some of Hollywod's greatest talent teamed up to present the voices and stories of working people who shaped the world in the 20th century, as collected by the great historian Howard Zinn, author of The People's History of the United States.
Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Oh, Marisa Tomei, and others. We'll show excerpts from the acclaimed video, and discuss the ways in which ordinary working people, people like us, can change our world.

December meeting date: Wednesday, December 14th

]]> Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=61 Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:20:07 +0900 Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=60 PAST MEETING

Human Rights and You - Looking to the Future

With guest speaker (in English)
Date: Wednesday 12 October 2011
Time: 19:00 to 21:00
Venue: AI Japan office (new location!)
Participation fee: 500 yen

The last SC decided to fix our monthly meetings for the second Weds
of the month, at least for the next few months: Oct 12, Nov 9, Dec
14. Please mark these dates in your diary and on your calendar.

Join our informal English-language human rights discussion group.
Watch a short video, learn about human rights issues and meet new
people from different countries. You don't need to be a native
English speaker - everyday conversation level and up. Join us for
information, action, and fun!

]]> Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=60 Sun, 2 Oct 2011 18:38:07 +0900 Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=59 PAST MEETING
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 19:30 - 21:30
Rinji AI Japan office (new location!)

Venue:
http://www.amnesty.or.jp/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=92



Poster here [PDF version(231KB)]

]]> Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=59 Wed, 6 Jul 2011 14:45:32 +0900 Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=57 PAST MEETING
Tuesday 14 June 2011, 19:30 - 21:30  AIJ office

We are very lucky to have found a guest speaker, Mr Yamada Shimon, to talk about the campaign for videotaping police interrogations in Japan, something that is urgently needed, as revealed by the recent release of two innocent men who spent 30 years in prison:


http://www.debito.org/?p=8990
and
http://www.debito.org/?p=8997

Participation fee: 500 yen

Location: Amnesty International Japan National Office
http://www.aiten.org/html/AIJ_Office.html
Email: info[ATmark]aiten.org

]]> Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=57 Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:22:00 +0900 Other Events http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=58 Saturday, April 9th, 10 am to 4 pm, Canadian International School Festival
- postponed.
The CIS festival will probably be held on June 4th. Please check back later.

Cello Recital
Saturday, April 23rd, Yokohama, Minato Mirai Hall, from 18:45 ~
Admission: 3,000 yen
Details (Japanese only):
http://www.amnesty.or.jp/modules/piCal/index.php?action=View&event_id=0000003060

]]> Other Events http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=58 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:31:19 +0900 Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=56 APRIL PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday, April 14th, 19:30 - 21:30  AIJ office

AITEN Public meeting, with a guest speaker TBA
In addition, we will talk about our campaign work at St. Mary's International School, and write letters to support our Prisoners of Conscience in Burma.

Location: Amnesty International Japan National Office
http://www.aiten.org/html/AIJ_Office.html
Email: info[ATmark]aiten.org

]]> Meetings http://www.aiten.org/index.php?itemid=56 Tue, 1 Mar 2011 22:22:51 +0900