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About Group 133

Group 133 is one of 4,000 local and student Amnesty International groups in the U.S. Based in Somerville, MA, Group 133 has been active for 22 years. Since its founding, the group has worked on behalf of prisoners in Indonesia, Ghana, the former USSR, Chile, the former East Germany, East Timor, Argentina, Uganda, Burundi, and other countries. During 1990-1993 the group focused its efforts on obtaining asylum for Jose Mercedes Sotz Cate, a Guatemalan trade unionist, and his son Jose Estuardo Sotz Alvarez.

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• Attend a meeting
  The whole group meets once a month, on every second Tuesday. Action Teams carry out human rights work that is focused on a particular concern or region. Check out the events calendar to find when they're meeting.
   
• Make a tax-deductible contribution
  Help support the work of the group financially. Please visit Communityroom.net to make a donation online.
   
• Read the Group 133 Bylaws
  How we conduct our business, or at least try to.
   
• Add yourself to our email lists (see below)
  There are also e-mail lists maintained by the individual Action Teams. Contact the Action Team coordinators to sign up for those.