The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court

Thursday, December 10 @ 7:00 pm

at the Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Road NW. Admission is by donation.

The Reckoning follows dynamic International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo and his team for 3 years across 4 continents as he issues arrest warrants for Lord’s Resistance Army leaders in Uganda, puts Congolese warlords on trial, shakes up the Colombian justice system, and charges Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur, challenging the UN Security Council to arrest him. Like a deft thriller, The Reckoning keeps you on the edge of your seat, in this case with two riveting dramas- the prosecution of unspeakable crimes and the ICC’s fight for the efficacy in its paradigm for justice, innocent victims suffer and wait. Will the Prosecutor succeed? Will the world ensure that justice prevails?

This film is part of a series Amnesty International will be presenting at the Plaza Theatre. The series will showcase picks from the Amnesty International Film Festivals.

For more information, please contact: 

Vanessa MacKinnon

Amnesty International, Calgary branch

Fieldworker

(403) 463-2409

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AI Book Club:  Egg on Mao: The Story Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship, the story of human rights defender Lu Decheng.

Book Summary:  Most anniversary commemorations of the Chinese regime's brutal crackdown on June 4 have focused on the fifty days when the entire world watched the historic standoff between the student pro-democracy movement and the Chinese leadership. Egg on Mao spans more than a half century of China's recent past, telling a story around the pivotal, defiant moment, when Lu Decheng, together with his two friends, Yu Zhijian, a primary school teacher, and Yu Dongyue, an artist at a small daily newspaper, famously threw paint-filled eggs at the portrait of Mao Zedong that dominates the square. Besides charting what brought the three to travel to Beijing and to their dramatic act, the book explores whether repression and imprisonment, or even time itself, can douse the flame of desire for human rights.

AI Calgary will be at the NGO Village!  Please come to our table to sign our petitions asking for the stop of specific human rights violations.

Marda Loop Justice Film Festival - Film Night (Website Link)

See hope in action...   see injustice...   let's respond

November 17, 2009 - 10:00 am and 1:00 pm

S. Leacock Theatre, Mount Royal University

November 20-22, 2009

AI Calgary will have a booth at Project Ploughshares where we will be selling greeting cards and t-shirts!  Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to volunteer at our table.

Come and celebrate Project Ploughshares Calgary ’s 25^th annual Holiday Peace Fair - 25 years of supporting social justice initiatives in Calgary!

When: Saturday November 14^th 9:30am – 4pm

Where: St. David’s United Church – 3303 Capitol Hill Cres NW (near the University LRT station)

Admission: $2 – Free for children under 12 (Light lunch available)

Buy unique gifts & seasonal treasures from over 25 vendors working for peace, social justice and the environment.