Loyola Phoenix: Amnesty International sponsors human rights talk

Item

Title

Loyola Phoenix: Amnesty International sponsors human rights talk

Description

This article details the contents of a talk held by Loyola's chapter of Amnesty International, an organization working to abolish torture and capital punishment. The talk was given by Tomas Bissonnette on the experiences of Guatemalan refugees of his parish. One of the parish members, a law student, spoke on the current political situation in Guatemala with Bissonnette acting as translator.

The article also includes details on how Amnesty International chiefly conducts its work through letter-writing and the membership fees for Loyola's chapter of Amnesty International.

Date, date span, or circa acceptable

1980-10-03

File name

Loyola Phoenix 1980, October 3, page 2

Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives

University Archives and Special Collections

Source

Loyola University Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Phoenix 1980, October 3, page 2

Subject

Loyola University Chicago
Amnesty International
Student organizations

Rights

Contact the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections, archive@luc.edu, for permission to copy or publish.

Item sets

Loyola Phoenix: Amnesty International sponsors human rights talk