Burundi in Crisis

Tristan Durocher at Amnesty Saskatchewan Write4Rights 2023

Tristan Durocher visited Amnesty Saskatchewan's Write4Rights on-line event on Dec 7th.  Tristan knows that even small positive changes can lead to great things -- and he has been instrumental in creating those changes.

ANTI-RACISM: HOW TO BE AN ACTIVE ALLY

On Saturday Nov4 from 2 to 4 pm Rhonda Rosenberg, Kelsey Aitcheson and Yordanos Tesfamariam from Multiculturalism Council of Saskatchewan will be at the Unitarian Centre at 2700 College Ave. to facilitate an anti-racism workshop.  In today's show, Amnesty International volunteers, Jim Hutchings and Carloline Cordeiro talk with Kelsey and Rhoda about how we can combat racism in our communities.

Burundi in Crisis

Jim Hutchings and Gord Barnes talk with Ritva Gahimbare about the problems in Burundi. Ritva came to Canada as a refugee from Burundi and has kept in touch with the situation there.   We talked about Burundi’s past, what is happening now, and what may happen in the future.

Conflict in Cameroon

Jim Hutchings and Gord Barnes talk with special guest, Peter Tah, who is from Cameroon and has reported from there as a freelance journalist for the BBC World Service. We find out some of the history of Cameroon and some of the difficulties the people face from both the government and secessionists.

International Women's Day

March 8th is International Women's Day and Crystal Giesbrecht, assisted by Jim Hutchings, got together with three Amnesty members from central and Eastern African countries to talk about the state of women's rights in those countries and in our own. Joining us were Ritva Gahimbare, Manal Allajabu, and Tolulade Otayemi.