1978
78-4 Resolution on Amnesty International
Human rights and free expression of beliefs are intertwined with the Christian message and its value. The preservation of those rights requires the vigilance of all those who call themselves Christian. It was the preservation of those rights, which brought about the birth of our country and the world community looks to the Christian community to lead the struggle to protect human rights across the world.
Amnesty International, a Nobel Prize-winning organization for peace, advocates the rights of persons (world-wide) through the adoption of prisoners of conscience who have been imprisoned for the free expression of their beliefs. Many of those imprisoned are Christian students fighting the injustice of their respective governments.
1) That LSM-USA does hereby express its solidarity with Amnesty International and its purposes.
2) That LSM-USA encourage, through the collection and dissemination of information and materials, the involvement of local groups in the prisoner adoption program. Those local affiliations with Amnesty International are to be announced in the LSM-USA Newsletter and reported to the next convention. Responsibility to be assumed by each local group to report their activities to the National LSM-USA office.
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3) Boston University will provide these materials to LSM-USA.