URGENT ACTION REQUESTED

Feb 2010 -IRAN Actions in contempt of U.N.  http://www.amnesty.org/news-and-updates/iran-039shows-contempt039-human-rights-rejecting-un-recommendations-20100217

Feb 2010 - ACTION ON IRAN    http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=13726&ICID=E1002A01&tr=y&auid=5929644

December 2, 2009   Canadian Gov't terminates KAIROS funding through CIDA

December 4, 2009   The Question of Torture in Afghanistan

GOOD NEWS 

Feb 2010 - Benin proposes abolition of death penalty   http://www.worldcoalition.org/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=389

KAIROS has received funding from CIDA since 1973, and received a
positive audit on its last funding period. In March, KAIROS submitted
its 2009-2013 program proposal for just over $9 million—a number
consistent with previous levels of funding. On Nov. 30, a CIDA
official contacted KAIROS by phone to say funding would not continue
because KAIROS no longer fits CIDA priorities. No other explanation
or information was provided.

If not reversed, this decision will have a devastating impact on
Canadian education programs and KAIROS’s international partners.
Many KAIROS partners face human rights and humanitarian crises. Their
work includes monitoring the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan,
holding government accountable for military abuses in Indonesia, and
supporting women’s rights in Colombia.

Write your MP and urge the Canadian Government to reverse this decision and restore KAIROS funding so that

its work for Justice Issues can continue.