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THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS
Dear fellow human rights supporter,
In 2013, you made a vital and life-saving contribution to human
rights. You helped people at risk of torture. You helped unlock
jail cell doors. You helped reunite families. You stood with more
than three million other Amnesty International supporters and
spoke out against human rights violations.
Looking back on the year, we have much to celebrate.
Around the world, prisoners unjustly jailed were freed. Hamid
Ghassemi-Shall arrived back in Canada after his release in Iran;
housing rights activist Yorm Bopha left prison in Cambodia.
These were heartwarming, individual stories of freedom.
Your donations also supported about 200 Amnesty International
missions. You ensured our researchers were on the ground
around the world, investigating and reporting on human rights
abuses. Amnesty teams were in the Central African Republic,
Nigeria, Iraq and in so many other countries where human
rights came under attack.
And in 2013 you helped win a very special victory when an
historic Arms Trade Treaty was adopted by a wide margin at
the United Nations. Finally! After 20 years of tireless global
campaigning by Amnesty International supporters. The treaty
will prevent the sales of weapons to countries where they could
be used to commit atrocities.
Thank you for making all of this possible. Thank you for
choosing to be part of our global human rights movement.
Sharmila Setaram, President
BOARD OF DIRECTORS (as at December 31, 2013)
President: Sharmila Setaram, Mississauga, Ontario; Chairperson: David Smith, Hemmingford, Quebec;
Secretary: Nancy Kingsbury, Ottawa, Ontario; Treasurer: Brian Radburn, Gatineau, Quebec;
Directors: Samantha Burdett, Courtice, Ontario; Johsa Manzanilla, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Matthew Ponsford,
Ottawa, Ontario; Renee Saviour, Toronto, Ontario; Andrew Thompson, Waterloo, Ontario
MANAGEMENT STAFF (as at December 31, 2013)
Executive Director: Bob Goodfellow; Secretary General: Alex Neve; Director of Finance and
Administration: Gordon Mair; Director of Resource Development: Rosemary Oliver; Director of Campaigns
and Activism: Alain Roy
ANNUAL REVIEW 2013: Editor: David Grifths. Contributors: Will Bryant, Rosemary Oliver, Heather
Warren. Joss Maclennan Design, Unifor/CFU. Printed by union labour at MPH Graphics Inc. Published July 2013.
COVER PHOTO: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh celebrates freedom with her family at home in Tehran,
Iran, following her release from prison on September 18, 2013.
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Matthew Ponsford
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AMNESTYS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2013 Board news: Sarah Beamish stepped down as President in August 2013
after being elected to the Board of the global movement. Sharmila Setaram became acting
President (and was acclaimed as President at the spring 2014 Annual General Meeting).
Sharmila
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Amnesty Internationals work in
investigating and campaigning
against human rights abuses is
made possible by you and other
generous Amnesty donors. This
month-by-month review touches on
a few of the years highlightssome
of the prisoner releases, and Amnesty
campaigns and reports that could not
have happened without
Amnesty International
supporters
like you.
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Canadian lmmaker
John Greyson, freed
from prison in Egypt in
October, promotes
Amnestys Write for Rights
event in December 2013.
JANUARY
You sent an Amnesty
International research team to
SUDANs Southern Kordofan
state. A bombing campaign by
the Sudanese armed forces had
sent hundreds of thousands
of people eeing from their
homes. Led by Amnesty
Canadas Alex Neve, the
Amnesty team travelled widely
to collect evidence of abuses.
FEBRUARY
You demanded that the
PAPUA NEW GUINEA authorities
take action to put a stop to
sorcery-related violence. In Papua
New Guinea, accusing women of
witchcraft and then committing
horric acts of violence against
them is shockingly common.
In February, a 20-year-old woman
was burned alive after being
accused of witchcraft.
MARCH
You helped free journalist
Mam Sonando in CAMBODIA
when a court overturned his
20-year prison sentence.
Sonando owns an independent
radio station and is an
outspoken government critic.
He was convicted in October
2012 on charges of insurrection. Amnesty
International considered him a prisoner
of conscience and campaigned for his release.
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JULY
You highlighted the ongoing arrests of
human rights defenders and peaceful protesters
in MYANMAR. Despite a commitment by
Myanmars President Thein Sein to clear
Myanmars jails of prisoners of conscience,
Amnesty found that arrests and imprisonment
of peaceful activists was continuing.
AUGUST
You called on the MALDIVES
authorities to ensure that no one
else ever faces the same treatment
as a 15-year-old girl, reportedly a
survivor of repeated sexual abuse,
who was sentenced to 100 lashes
for the crime of extra-marital sex.
Compassion, humanity and human
rights nally won out in this truly
shocking case when the High Court
in the Maldives overturned the
sentence.
You demanded that the United
Nations investigate the use of
chemical weapons in SYRIA and you
called for justice for those killed,
injured or displaced in the three-year
old conict. You helped give voice
to the innocent men, women and
children lost in the midst of war.
MAY
You focused global attention
on ERITREA, one of the most
repressive and secretive
countries in the world. Amnestys
investigations revealed that at
least 10,000 political prisoners
have been locked up there since
independence in 1993. Not a
single political prisoner has ever
been charged with a crime or
tried, or had access to a lawyer.
Many are never heard from again.
APRIL
You placed an Amnesty
research team inside LIBYA to
investigate human rights abuses.
They found that the rule of law
and respect for human rights are
still out of reach in Libya. Many
armed militias refuse to disarm.
The Amnesty team visited 15
detention facilities and found that
torture was still being used.
CUBA: You helped win the
release of journalist and prisoner
of conscience Calixto Ramn
Martnez Arias who was freed
after spending seven months
in prison without charge. He
was arrested while looking into
allegations that medicine to ght
a cholera outbreak was being kept
at the airport instead of being
distributed. Martinez thanked
Amnesty supporters and said that
international action on his case
led to his release.
JUNE
You helped protect injured protesters in
TURKEY when Amnestys ofce in Istanbul
was turned into a makeshift hospital. Doctors
tended to injured people; desks and tables were
used as beds. More than a thousand protesters
were injured during the demonstrations and
at least two died. A number of protesters are
thought to have lost their sight as a result of
the use of tear gas at close range.
December:
Write for Rights
participants
in Guinea
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SEPTEMBER
You focused global attention
on AFGHANISTANs war on
womenthe widespread killings,
beatings, disgurations, and
kidnappings of women and girls. In
September, Lieutenant Negar, one
of Afghanistans most senior woman
police ofcers, was killed by two
unidentied gunmen on a motorbike.
Lieutenant Negar had been
outspoken in challenging the use of
violence against women and girls.
CHINA: You helped launch
Amnestys Chinese-language
website, an important source of
human rights information for Chinese
speakers worldwide. The website is
packed with fresh research, articles
and blogs about Amnestys global
activism and campaigns.
OCTOBER
You exposed how the USA is
carrying out unlawful killings in
Pakistan using attacks by remotely
piloted aircraft or drones. A major
Amnesty report documented a
number of recent killings in Pakistans
northwestern tribal areas including the
apparent targeting of a 67-year-old
grandmother, blown apart in front of
her grandchildren playing nearby.
You called for the release of
Canadians Tarek Loubani and John
Greyson, jailed in EGYPT after they
visited a protest near their hotel. After
an intense period of campaigning
backed by Amnesty International
supporters in Canada and around
the world, Loubani and Greyson were
freed in October and returned to
Canada.
NOVEMBER
You revealed how QATARs construction
sector is rife with abuse, with workers
employed on multi-million dollar projects
suffering serious exploitation. Over 1.35
million foreign nationals work in Qatar:
migrant workers make up 94% of the
countrys workforce. With construction
underway on the FIFA World Cup 2022
stadiums, an Amnesty report documented
how migrant workers are being ruthlessly
exploited, deprived of their pay and left
struggling to survive.
DECEMBER
You stood alongside brave human
rights defenders who risk their lives in the
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. You
called for them to be better protected after
Amnesty revealed how members of armed
groups and the national security services
were attempting to silence them through
death threats and intimidation.
You focused huge international public
attention on 12 cases of individuals and
communities whose human rights have
been violated. These were the cases
selected for WRITE FOR RIGHTS 2013,
Amnestys global letter-writing marathon.
Among the cases were those of Miriam
Lpez, tortured by soldiers in Mexico, and
Jabeur Mejri, sentenced to seven and a half
years in prison in Tunisia for posting his
views on religion on Facebook. Participants
in Write for Rights 2013 sent more than
2.3 million letters, emails, SMS messages,
faxes and tweets.
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Students stand in the remains of a school burned by the armed
group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria.
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NIGERIA
FOCUS ON
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YOU DREW THE WORLDS ATTENTION TO
ATTACKS ON SCHOOLCHILDREN
I was in my class when all of a sudden I heard a big blast. My sister
(in class 3) was killed by the bomb attack.I have not been able to go
to school ever since. I miss a lot of my friends in school.
These words were spoken by S.A., a 13-year-old student at a primary
school in northeastern Nigeria. It is almost unthinkable that a child
should witness a bomb attack on his or her school. But S.A.s
experience is far from unusual.
Education is under attack in northern Nigeria. The kidnapping of
more than 240 schoolgirls in April 2014 by the armed group Boko
Haram was an outrage that was condemned around the world. But
this incident was just the latest in a long series of similar, terrible acts.
In 2013 your support ensured that Amnesty International was able
to dedicate signicant resources to investigating and exposing these
crimes.
Amnesty International researchers revealed that at least 70 teachers
and more than 100 schoolchildren and students were killed or
wounded in attacks in 2012 and 2013. The researchers reported that
at least 50 schools were either burned or seriously damaged and more
than 60 others were forced to close.
Amnestys researchers warned that the attacks were becoming more
brutal. In 2013, teachers and students were directly targeted and
killed. On June 24, 2013, gunmen attacked and killed nine students
on their way to take their exams in the town of Gamboru. On July 6,
at least 25 schoolchildren were killed in their dormitories in Mamudo
town. Gunmen killed more than 50 students on September 28 during a
night-time attack on a college in the town of Gujba.
YOU PUT AMNESTY RESEARCHERS INSIDE NIGERIA
Amnestys researchers could not have undertaken this critical work
without your support. You put the researchers inside Nigeria, making
it possible for them to conduct their investigations and then report on
them to the wider world.
YOU DEMANDED THE AUTHORITIES TAKE ACTION
Amnesty International exposed serious weaknesses in the
Nigerian authorities response to the crisis. Amnesty urged
the Nigerian authorities to better protect schools. Amnesty
also pressed the authorities to bring the perpetrators of the
attacks to justice.
YOU ENSURED GLOBAL ATTENTION
WAS FOCUSED ON THE CRISIS
Amnestys report Keep away from schools or
well kill you was published in October 2013
and received global media attention.
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HOW YOU SHINE THE LIGHT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AROUND THE WORLD
Your support means Amnesty International can conduct crucial research missions and undertake investigations of human rights
abuses. In a typical year, about 200 research missions are undertaken. Missions are the basis of many of Amnestys comprehensive
human rights reportsreports that are accurate, impartial, respected and trusted. None of this work would be possible without
Amnestys generous donors. Here we feature just a few of the countries that Amnesty International researchers reported on in 2013.
Brazil
Mauritania
Mexico
Egypt
C.A.R
Romania
BRAZIL
An Amnesty team visited Brazil in May to investigate
police killings (more than 2,000 people are killed by
the police every year) and the rights of Indigenous
peoples. Indigenous people face persistent
persecution and many of the 900,000 who live in
Brazil have been forced from their ancestral lands.
CTE DIVOIRE: Researcher Gatan Mootoo
(left) conducts interviews.
BRAZIL: Amnesty researcher Tim
Cahill interviewing prisoners.
MAURITANIA: Amnesty Canadas Alex Neve
(centre) at the Central Prison in Nouakchott.
MEXICO
Amnesty released a report revealing that 26,000
people had gone missing in Mexico since 2006.
Some were the victims of enforced disappearances;
others were abducted by criminal gangs. Amnesty
researchers found that the authorities had failed to
properly investigate most cases.
MAURITANIA
Amnesty Canadas Alex Neve was part of a research
mission looking into allegations of torture. Frequently
the torture involved chaining prisoners hands and
feet together, suspending them from xtures, and
beating them repeatedly until prisoners agreed to sign
a confession.
ROMANIA
Amnesty researchers visited Romania to interview
Roma communities experiencing forced evictions.
There are around 2 million Roma in Romania (about
one tenth of the countrys population) and an
estimated 90% of Romani households experience
severe poverty.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Amnesty researchers reported on horric levels of
ethnic violence. The country became largely lawless
as violence between government forces and armed
opposition groups spiralled out of control.
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China
Sri Lanka
Viet Nam
North Korea
Syria
Egypt
HOW AMNESTY REPORTS ON CLOSED COUNTRIES
Some countries deny Amnesty International from entering. In these
closed countriessuch as China and North KoreaAmnesty research
teams use sources of information outside the country, including refugees,
diplomats, human rights defenders and media reports.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Senior crisis
response adviser Donatella Rovera in the eld.
QATAR: Amnesty mission investigates the
exploitation of migrant construction workers.
MYANMAR: Amnesty researcher
Amy Smith (left) with activists.
SYRIA
Amnesty International researchers have been inside
Syria more than 10 times since conict began in
2011. In 2013, Amnesty teams also used satellite
images to show the scale of the destruction and the
horror experienced by the Syrian people.
EGYPT
Amnesty International reported on women activists
ghting for human rights in Egypt where, amid the
political turmoil, women protesters experienced sexual
assaults and other gender-based violence.
RUSSIA
Amnesty Internationals Moscow ofce was inspected
by the authorities in March as they cracked down
on organizations receiving foreign funding. Amnesty
continued to speak out as new laws came into force
restricting peoples rights to freedom of expression.
NORTH KOREA
Amnesty International exposed the authorities
on-going development of political prison camps.
Grave violations of human rights remained widespread
throughout the country.
VIET NAM
Amnesty International revealed that many human
rights defenders are being jailed. The government
is cracking down on peaceful political activists,
writers, lawyers, business people, bloggers and even
songwriters.
SRI LANKA
Amnesty International launched a campaign ahead
of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
in Sri Lanka in November. Amnesty pressed the
authorities to come clean about torture and other
abuses committed during 26 years of civil war.
CHINA
Amnesty International investigated Chinas decision to
abolish Re-education through Labour prison camps.
Amnestys experts found that the Chinese authorities
were instead making use of brainwashing centres
where torture is rampant.
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Yorm Bopha, Cambodia
Released in November 2013,
housing rights activist Yorm
Bopha had been imprisoned
since September 2012. Amnesty
International believed she was
jailed for defending the rights
of her community in the capital
Phnom Penh, where thousands of
people have been forcibly evicted
since 2007. A global Amnesty
campaign called for her freedom.
FOCUS ON
HUMAN RIGHTS HEROES
Thank you to Amnesty Internationals supporters!
Your campaign has been successful, as my release shows.
Housing rights activist Yorm Bopha
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FOCUS ON
HUMAN RIGHTS HEROES
YOU STOOD WITH THOSE
WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO
PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS
They are the human rights defenders working
on the front lines to protect and promote human
rights, standing up for their communities in the
face of injustice, taking action to ensure the
promotion and protection of human rights for all.
They are the prisoners of conscience serving jail
sentences for peacefully exercising their right
to free speech, or for their political or religious
beliefs.
They are human rights heroes. And as an
Amnesty International supporter, you are standing
alongside them in their struggle. You demand
justice and freedom for prisoners of conscience.
You demand that human rights defenders be
allowed to carry out their work in safety, without
intimidation or harassment.
On this page we feature a few of the thousands of
human rights defenders, prisoners of conscience
and others who risk their safety and their lives in
the struggle for human rights around the world.
What all of these heroes have in common is
courage, determination and an unshakeable belief
in human rights.
Azza Suleiman, Egypt
Footage of Egyptian soldiers mercilessly
beating a red-hooded woman during
a 2011 protest quickly spread on
the internet. That women was Azza
Suleiman who is suing the military. In
2013, Amnesty members backed Azzas
campaign for justice.
Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia
Eskinder Nega is an Ethiopian journalist
and prisoner of conscience serving an
18-year jail sentence for exercising his
right to freedom of expression. He was
arrested, prosecuted and convicted
simply for criticizing the government.
Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iran
The sudden release of prisoner of
conscience Nasrin Sotoudeh (also
pictured on front cover) in September
2013 showed how the passion and
persistence of Amnesty International
supporters can help in the struggle for
human rights in Iran. For three years
after her imprisonment in 2010, Amnesty
supporters continually called on the
Iranian authorities to free the human
rights lawyer.
Dr Manoharan, Sri Lanka
20-year-old Ragihar Manoharan was
among ve Tamil students killed in
cold blood by the Sri Lankan security
forces in January 2006. No one
has been brought to justice for their
killing. Ragihars father, Dr Kasipillai
Manoharan, has become an outspoken
campaigner, seeking justice for the
killing of his son.
Malala Yousafzai,
Pakistan
Courageous Pakistani
schoolgirl and
education rights
campaigner Malala
Yousafzai was awarded
Amnesty Internationals
highest honourthe
Ambassador of
Conscience Award for
2013. In 2012, Malala
was shot and severely wounded by the Pakistani
Taliban after she campaigned for equal access to
education for girls.
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YOU SUPPORTED A DYNAMIC HUMAN RIGHTS
PROGRAM IN CANADA
In 2013, you ensured that Amnesty
International Canada stayed vigilant on a
wide range of human rights issues affecting
Canadians both at home and abroad. These
pages can only offer brief highlights of
the human rights work you supported in
Canada. More stories about Amnesty Canadas work can be read at
our website amnesty.ca.
Hamid Ghassemi-Shall (pictured above) was one of the many
Canadians whose human rights you defended. Hamids return
to Canada after his release from jail in Iran was one of the most
memorable human rights victories of 2013. Hamid had been facing
the very real prospect of execution after being found guilty on
trumped-up charges of espionage.
Hamids arrival at Pearson Airport, Toronto, on October 10 came
after a tireless ve-year campaign by his wife Antonella Mega.
During that time you stood alongside Antonella in her struggle to
win Hamids freedom. Amnesty International worked with Antonella
to create an effective strategy to win Hamids freedom without
putting him at further risk. You supported all of Amnestys work
with Antonella. You helped save a life.
YOU STOOD IN SOLIDARITY WITH
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
In 2013 Amnesty International Canada continued to campaign
for a national action plan to address violence against Indigenous
women in Canada. Amnesty also stood with First Nations people
protecting their land and water rights and the rights of First
Nations children.
YOU EXPOSED CANADIAN COMPANIES
ENDANGERING HUMAN RIGHTS ABROAD
Amnesty continued to highlight the need for greater accountability
for Canadian mining, oil and gas companies operating around
the world. In 2013, Amnesty was particularly concerned that
several Canadian mining companies operating in Guatemala were
imperilling human rights, especially in Indigenous communities.
Amnesty International Canada supporters
marching in solidarity with endangered
Indigenous peoples in Colombia.
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YOU SUPPORTED A THRIVING COMMUNITY
OF ACTIVISTS ACROSS CANADA
Amnesty International is the largest activist-based human rights
organization in Canada with Amnesty activists taking action for
human rights across the country. Amnesty groups, eldworkers and
coordinators promote human rights in their communities. Amnesty
Canadas Youth and Student program engages a new generation of
Canadians in over 400 schools
and colleges. In 2013, members
of the Urgent Action Network
letter-writing network responded
to hundreds of appeals, helping
to protect people at imminent
risk of human rights abuses,
including torture. These appeals
often saved lives.
YOUR VICTORY: AN ARMS TRADE TREATY
Many thousands of Canadians backed the 20-year campaign for an
Arms Trade Treaty. On April 2, 2013, governments at the United
Nations voted for a treaty that will stop conventional weapons being
sold to countries when they might be used to commit atrocities.
Amnesty supporters can be proud of an achievement that, two
decades ago, we only just dared to believe was possible.
Antonella and Hamid at Write For Rights in Toronto.
They tried to silence me.
But you spoke for me.
The only way I can thank
you now is to join your
voices for those who are
still being silenced.
Antonella Mega thanks Amnesty
supporters for their help in saving
the life of her husband Hamid
Ghassemi-Shall in Iran.
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INCREASED
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COMMUNICATIONS
& MEDIA
EDUCATION
AND
TRAINING
BUILD
HUMAN RIGHTS
RESEARCH
MISSIONS
INVESTIGATE AND
EXPOSE
THE TRUTH
HUMAN RIGHTS
REPORTS
ARE RESPECTED &
TRUSTED
INTERNATIONALLY
GLOBAL
CAMPAIGNS
FOCUS ATTENTION
ON PRESSING HUMAN
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PRESSURE
PUT ON
GOVERNMENTS
AND OTHERS
TO STOP ABUSES
SUMMARIZED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Please contact the Ottawa Ofce
at 613-744-7667 or email
members@amnesty.ca to receive
the complete audited statements.
Statement of Financial Position
As at December 31, 2013
2013 2012
ASSETS $ $
Cash 1,177,407 1,149,966
Short-term
investments 140,619 132,152
Accounts
receivable 80,793 125,237
Current portion of
loan receivable 10,000
Prepaid
expenses 89,658 133,576
1,498,477 1,540,931
Loan receivable 40,000
Investments 419,925 408,273
Capital assets 1,751,235 1,865,451
3,709,637 3,814,655
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable
and accrued
liabilities 481,068 583,533
Current portion of
long-term debt 85,266 80,192
Current portion of
obligations under
capital lease 17,575 15,675
583,909 679,400
Long-term debt 245,853 331,119
Obligations under
capital lease 56,066 73,641
885,828 1,084,160
NET ASSETS
General Fund
Unrestricted 199,659 82,906
Invested in
capital assets 1,346,475 1,364,824
Internally
restricted funds 843,575 870,688
Externally
restricted funds 434,100 412,077
2,823,809 2,730,495
3,709,637 3,814,655
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Statement of Operations
As at December 31, 2013
Amnesty International Canadian Section (English Speaking)
(Incorporated under the laws of Canada)
Bette Hall Adlington Herbert H. Beck F. Roy Blair Elli Andrea Boisvert Eileen D. Brown Herbert Buchanan Kate R. Clifford
Ethel Cofn Raya Cole Wallace Compton Cindy Cowan Doreen and Bernard Crook Philip Crosthwait Dr. Bruce A. Davis
Katherine M. Demarest William Desmond Bernard Roy Evans Marjorie Jean Evans Mary J. Gardhouse Margaret Glide
Mary Jane Hale Terri Hammond Joan E. Heriot Betty Howden Vera Jacyk Dorothy Janes Edith E. Johns Joyce Jones
Marie Veronica Kenny Joyce Lewis Alexander MacKinnon Joyce Minhinnick Ruby Faye Mitchell Einar Oiglane Keith Parry
Gerald F. Peters Ruth L. Price Verna Marie Reid Scottie Hunt Robertson Gail Rusnell Oswald Schmidt Geraldine M. Schweitzer
George Shane Christina Sharp Alan Richard Travers Marieke VandenBosch
BEQUESTS KEEP THE CANDLE BRIGHT
Amnesty International gratefully acknowledges the gifts received during the past year from the following estates.
We honour the memory of these dedicated Amnesty supporters. Their nal gifts serve as a lasting legacy of
their commitment to protecting human rights worldwide.
2013
ANNUAL REVIEW 2013 15
Statement of Financial Position
As at December 31, 2013
Revenue
Resource development
revenue 11,403,197 11,403,197 13,690 11,416,887 11,558,923
Less resource development
expense (3,567,111) (3,567,111) (3,567,111) (3,810,690)
7,836,086 7,836,086 13,690 7,849,776 7,748,233
Groups / networks 45,480 2,673 48,153 48,153 57,484
Merchandise sales 21,140 21,140 21,140 23,219
Publication sales 4,276 4,276 4,276 449
Event revenue 32,138 32,138 32,138 37,765
Investment revenue 6,364 6,364 14,430 20,794 21,148
Miscellaneous 7,987 7,987 7,987 57,839
7,953,471 2,673 7,956,144 28,120 7,984,264 7,946,137
Expenses
Action strategies 2,074,435 1,721 2,076,156 20,097 2,096,253 2,069,076
Grassroots activism 2,219,566 8,324 2,227,890 2,227,890 2,144,020
Communications and
marketing 2,400,512 2,400,512 2,400,512 2,406,275
Information Technology 298,964 298,964 298,964 400,537
Organization 845,590 21,741 867,331 867,331 875,177
7,839,067 31,786 7,870,853 20,097 7,890,950 7,895,085
Excess (deciency) of
revenue over expenses 114,404 (29,113) 85,291 8,023 93,314 51,052
General
fund
$
Internally
restricted
funds
$
Total general
and internally
restricted funds
$
Externally
restricted
funds
$
Total
2013
$
Total
2012
$
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Making Colombias hidden emergency visible in Canada
In 2013, many hundreds of people across Canada took part in
a unique art project and stood in solidarity with endangered
Indigenous peoples in Colombia who are experiencing deadly
assaults on their lives and lands. Tens of thousands of Canadians
also signed postcard petitions to President Santos of Colombia,
petitioned Canadas Foreign Minister, and wrote to their Members
of Parliament and Canadas International Trade Minister. In total,
more than 65,000 people signed actions calling for immediate
measures to protect the rights and survival of Indigenous peoples
on their lands in Colombia. Photos by: Sergio Mendoza, Paul Thompson