Ref: Request Amnesty Internatioanal to Declare 1992 "Indigenous
Human Rights Year."
We would like to remind Indian and non-Indian organizations in
North America (US, Canada) that the recent IV Intercontinental
Meeting of the Continental Commission "500 Years of Indigenous
and Popular Resistance" (Xoxocotla, Mexico, May 27-28,1991)
AGREED to request that Amnesty International declare 1992
"Year of Indigenous Human Rights" throughout the world. Given
the continuous violations of Indigenous Human Rights (Mohawk
in Canada, Quichua in Ecuador, Yanomami in Brazil, Mayas in
Guatemala and Southern Mexico and various, various, others)
this request will be plauditory. Letters sent to Amnesty
International Secretariat in London must arrive no later
than August 1st, 1991. We, at the North American 500 Years
of I and P Resistance Secretariat, and SAAIC, urge you
to join the campaign. AI adress in the U.S. is AI 322
Eight Ave. New York, NY 10001.
Urgent, join us!
In Peace