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Protest Woman Sentenced to Death By Stoning in Sudan ACTION
World  (tags: Sudan, al-Bashir, Humanitarian aid, human rights, violence, conflict, stoning, adultery )

Nancy
- 343 days ago - forcechange.com
A twenty-year-old Sudanese woman received a death by stoning sentence for adultery. She is currently imprisoned in Khartoum, where her and her baby son are shackled.
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Pictures: Syria's Lost Generation
World  (tags: Syria, children, war, murder, sadness, human rights )

Giana
- 38 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Photos - sad.
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Is Health Care a Human Right? Should Money Play a Role in Human Rights?
World  (tags: human rights, elf, bill of rights, equal life foundation, equalmoney, equality, oneness, ethics, freedoms, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humans, society, UnitedNations, world, africa, blog, humanrights, politics )

Bernard
- 5 days ago - marlenvargasdelrazo.wordpress.com
By us accepting the fact that we are only part of a Nation and not of the Human Group as a Whole, we tacitly agree to be either well supported like some first world countries in the European Union or be absolutely disenfranchised from our living rights
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When We Kill Without Caring -- Bill Moyers
World  (tags: americans, civil rights, Human rights, conflict, death, ethics, freedoms, government, middle-east, news, violence, world )

Kit
- 101 days ago - readersupportednews.org
The Times told of a Muslim cleric in Yemen named Salem Ahmed bin Ali Jaber, standing in a village mosque denouncing Al Qaeda. It was a brave thing to do - a respected tribal figure, arguing against terrorism. But two days later, when he and a police-->
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Time to Break the Taboo and Say What Gaza Is: A Concentration Camp
World  (tags: Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, violence, society, politics, conflict, freedoms, government, world )

Carrie
- 182 days ago - stopwar.org.uk
It is as if everyone realizes, but will never state, that we are engaged in an elaborate charade, a pageant of gesture and indication, where substance and specific meaning have been banned.
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Anonymous Joins #SudanRevolts
World  (tags: Sudan, al-Bashir, Humanitarian aid, human rights, violence, conflict, stoning, adultery, anonymous )

Nancy
- 322 days ago - girifna.com
Anonymous answered the call of Sudanese activists to get the world's attention on the current protests that started on June 16 and are still going on now.
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Stop Use of Child Soldiers By Extremist Groups in Mali
World  (tags: Mali, human rights, children, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, corruption, crime, death, ethics, africa, terrorism, violence, war, world, Islam, Muslims, boys )

G
- 123 days ago - forcechange.com
War between the Malian army and Islamist rebel groups wages on. However, in the early weeks of 2013, tensions between these groups and the Malian army became increasingly hostile. Since then, witnesses have reported seeing dozens of children involved in
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Demand Cancellation of the Belo Monte Dam Construction License! ACTION
World  (tags: human rights, Belo Monte Dam, world, indigenous people, Vale Corp, Amazon, environment, habitatdestruction, ecosystems )

Nancy
- 313 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
The indigenous peoples of the Xingu River basin continue to fight for their survival, as their right to free, prior, and informed consent around construction of the Belo Monte Dam continues to be systematically violated.
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The Shots Heard Round the World: Argentina's Radical Banking Reforms
World  (tags: Argentina, banking, economics, ethics, finance reform, freedoms, government, human rights, politics )

Kit
- 304 days ago - truth-out.org
The reforms, adopted in March, may be the first shots fired in a quiet revolution in monetary policy. If successful, they could threaten to overturn 25 years of conservative central bank policies that have long been considered best practice by the IMF->
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Mission in the Balance: Challenges for U.S. Advisors in Helping to End the LRA
World  (tags: Kony, human rights, Congo, Sudan, Uganda, family, LRA, children )

Nancy
- 362 days ago - enoughproject.org
The time for debate is over -- the LRA has already carried out 53 attacks this year, is responsible for the displacement 445,000 civilians and continues to operate freely in the border area between Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, and South Sudan.
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Amidst Broken Promises, Indigenous Authorities Detain Belo Monte Dam Engineers
World  (tags: human rights, Belo Monte Dam, world, indigenous people, Vale Corp, Amazon, environment, habitatdestruction, ecosystems )

Nancy
- 301 days ago - internationalrivers.org
Three engineers employed by Norte Energia, S.A. (NESA), the company building the Belo Monte Dam on Brazil's Xingu River, were detained Tuesday by Juruna and Arara tribal authorities in the remote village of Muratu after the company failed to live up to...
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Keep Syrian Weapons Dealer Vladimir Lisin Out of the Olympics. ACTION
World  (tags: genocide, Syria, weapons, Lisin, violence, Olympics, death, crime, human rights, ethics )

Nancy
- 301 days ago - secure3.convio.net
We need your help to send a strong message to Lord Lord Sebastian Coe, head of the London Olympics Committee: keep enablers of genocide and mass atrocities out of the Olympics Games.
26 comments
Islam or Death? Egypt's Christians Targeted By New Terror Group
World  (tags: Egyptian Islamists, Coptic Christians threatened with death, religious rights, human rights, Islamic theocracy )

Beth
- 87 days ago - foxnews.com
According to El Balad, the threats are from a new group in Egypt, Jihad al-Kufr, which translates to Jihad against non-believers or non-Muslims. The group targets non-Muslims, and reportedly pressures them to convert to Islam.
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EGYPT: Over 500 Christian Girls Kidnapped By Muslims in Egypt Since Revolution
World  (tags: Egypt, Muslims kidnapping Christians, forcible conversions, forced marriage to Salafists, human rights )

Beth
- 93 days ago - barnabasfund.org
Over 500 Christian girls have been abducted in Egypt since the revolution of January 2011; they are taken by Salafists who forcibly convert them to Islam and marry them to Muslim men against their will.
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Stop the Belo Monte Monster Dam ACTIONS
World  (tags: Brazil, human rights, Belo Monte Dam, world, indigenous people, Vale Corp, Amazon, environment, habitatdestruction, ecosystems )

Nancy
- 313 days ago - amazonwatch.org
Please explore all of the actions at the Amazon Watch site. Thank You.
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