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Child Soldiers / KONY 2012   video
World  (tags: uganda, warcrimes, religious fanatism, cristianity, weapons, child soldiers, mutilations, rape, child abuse, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, slaughter, killing, crime, cruelty, abuse, terrorism, politics, HumanRights, freedoms, africa )

Xil
- 79 days ago - youtube.com
KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice. 30 years kidnapping children to make soldiers.Sign&share
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ACTION ALERT: Tell Saudi Arabia Not to Behead People For Sorcery! PLEASE SIGN !
World  (tags: barbaric, beheading, cruelty, sorcery, saudi arabia, women, violence, government, human rights )

Simone
- 164 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Amina Bint Abdulhalim Nassar, a Saudi Arabian woman, was beheaded on Monday after being found guilty for sorcery. The chief of the religious police, Abdullah al-Mohsen, claimed that Amina's natural remedies were plans to trick people into thinking
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ACTION ALERT: Put An End to Child Abuse in the US! PLEASE SIGN !
World  (tags: america, rights, children, protection, children abused, cruelty, legalisation )

Simone
- 215 days ago - forcechange.com
Each day, around the world, 26,000 children under the age of five are dying from treatable and preventable causes. Here in the United States, we are letting our children die from abuse and neglect.
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Failed Al Qaeda Plot Involved Sewing Bombs Inside Dogs for US-Bound Plane
World  (tags: horrifc, al qaeda operative, us bound plane, stray dogs, bombs, violence, cruelty )

Simone
- 565 days ago - heraldsun.com.au
AL-QAEDA operatives in Iraq tried to unleash deadly terror in the skies by deploying a pair of dogs on a US-bound plane, it has emerged. The plot failed because the bombs were so badly stitched inside the dogs that they died, according to a report in
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Bloodless Bullfighting in Name of Religion Must End
World  (tags: bloodless bullfighting, suffering, abuse exploitation, religion, cruelty )

Simone
- 619 days ago - opposingviews.com
Bloodless bullfighting has been legal in California since 1957 as long as it is "held in connection with religious celebrations or festivals" (California Penal Code section 597m). Absent a religious connection-it is illegal, a misdemeanor and animal
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Wildlife: Illegal $20 Bn Wildlife Trade, the World's Third Largest Illicit Business
World  (tags: wildife, trafficking, smuggling, poaching, illicit business, greed, cruelty, humans, wildlife trade )

Simone
- 830 days ago - ionglobaltrends.blogspot.com
With an estimated value of up to 20 billion dollars a year, the booming illegal trade in wildlife, which is vital to the whole system of life including human life, is reported to be the world's third largest illicit business after arms and drugs.
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Teens Slaughter Dolphins in Denmark as Rite of Passage- VIDEO
World  (tags: denark, tradition, cruelty, teenagers, dolphin slaughter, outrage )

Simone
- 843 days ago - opposingviews.com
Denmark is known for its general civility and high standard of living. However, teens from the Faroe Islands in Denmark engage in a brutal dolphin slaughter that may turn some heads. Considered a rite of passage, this video captures a blood-soaked ritual
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Europeans Not Buying Products From Canada's Annual Seal Hunt? Canada Tries to Sell to China, Instead
World  (tags: canada harp seal hunt, cruelty, europeans, not buying, seal products, china )

Simone
- 862 days ago - ethiopianreview.com
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Canada's fisheries minister courted Chinese officials in a bid to secure new markets for the country's controversial seal industry as other nations shut their doors on the maligned products.
23 comments
Dozens of Crew Missing, Thousands of Animals Drowned as Cattle Ship Sinks Off Lebanon
World  (tags: animal trade, live animal exports, cruelty, stunk, deaths, drowning, lebanon )

Simone
- 889 days ago - blogs.timeslive.co.za
At least 51 people are missing and nearly 40 000 sheep and cattle have drowned after the Panamanian-flagged livestock carrier Danny F II rolled over and sank 11 miles off the coast of Lebanon on Thursday night. The ship was en route from Montevideo,
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Baby Elephants Go to School...But Is It Cruel?
World  (tags: cruelty ringling bros, cruelty, baby elephants, peta, animal cruelty )

Simone
- 891 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Ringling Brothers breeds and trains baby elephants at a special center in Florida. PETA says these pictures show the training is inhumane. A Ringling trainer says they are "classic pictures of professional elephant training."
2 comments
Sgn Petition: Call on Nepal's Prime Minister to Provide Justice for Maina Sunuwar
World  (tags: world, amnesty, international, nepal, justice, Maina Sunuwar, torture, crime, death, cruelty, violence, HumanRights, freedoms, government, corruption, children, electric, shocks, drowning )

Tom
- 1021 days ago - amnesty.org
In 2004, the Nepal Army took 15 year-old Maina Sunuwar from her home and repeatedly pushed her head under water and applied electric shocks to her wet hands and feet. She died after an hour and a half of torture. They buried her body in a secret grave.
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Sign Petition: Support Sudanese Woman's Rights - Lubna Hussien
World  (tags: world, violence, public, order, police, journalist, Lubna, Hussien, trousers, flogging, lashes, women's, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty, law, bashir, war, criminal, icc, darfur, crime, Khartoum )

Tom
- 1021 days ago - iamlubna.com.venus.dnstemplate.com
This is Lubna's petition to eliminate article 152 from Sudan's criminal law. Article 152 has been implemented in Sudan since 1991. It stipulates that any conduct or clothes in violation of public decency should be punished with 40 lashes or bail or both.
33 comments
Sign Petition: End Domestic Violence in the Muslim World
World  (tags: world, middle-east, sharia, law, africa, muslim, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, girls, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 1021 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Assaults on women and young girls, especially domestic violence, acid attacks, honor killings, FGM and forced marriage that have become a growing problem in some Muslim countries, are barbaric, inhumane and completely contrary to Islamic teachings.
26 comments
Sign Petition: International Coalition for Women's Rights
World  (tags: society, culture, world, muslim, sharia, law, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, children, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 1021 days ago - petitiononline.com
Sharia law deems a woman unequal and subordinate to her husband. Under Sharia, women's testimony is worth half that of men's, women have limited rights to divorce and child custody and women can be executed for apostasy or stoned to death for adultery.
27 comments
Pakistan Moves to Outlaw Domestic Violence
World  (tags: world, middle-east, pakistan, muslim, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, girls, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 1021 days ago - google.com
Pakistan moved towards outlawing domestic violence when lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that will punish those found guilty of beating women or children with jail terms and fines. The law, passed unanimously, was called a "big day" for Pakistani women.
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