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Indonesia's Aceh Province OKs Stoning for Adulterers
World  (tags: world, Indonesia, muslims, crime, sharia, law, adultery, stoning, hanging, lashing, homosexuality, prison, beheading, beating, humanrights, freedoms, crime, asia, humanrights, civilliberties, middle-east, death, violence, society, culture )

Tom
- 53 days ago - latimes.com
Offending married couples can be punished by a minimum of 100 lashings and a maximum of stoning to death. It also imposes severe prison terms for homosexuality, which will be punishable by public lashings and more than eight years in prison.
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MONGOLIA'S 'REINDEER' PEOPLE JUMP INTO THE FUTURE
World  (tags: humans, interesting, world, culture )

Cal
- 65 days ago - worldblog.msnbc.msn.com
On the edge of subsistence living, the Tsaatan rely on the reindeer for all their basic needs - the milk, which is also used to make cheese (it tastes, by the way, like a very sharp Parmesan); the antlers, which they use to make tools; and transport.
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Child Divorcee Struggles With Fallout
World  (tags: world, Yemen, religion, government, society, culture, child brides, freedoms, human rights )

Dee
- 66 days ago - inthefield.blogs.cnn.com
Looking back at my first impression of Nujood Ali and her incredible act of defiance, I was very naive.
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Millions Of Afghan Women Will Be Denied Vote Due To Female Staff Shortage
World  (tags: world, Afghanistan, society, culture, Islam, women, vote, elections, politics, middle-east, humanrights, freedoms, government, law )

Tom
- 82 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Millions of Afghan women will be denied their chance to vote in presidential elections this week because there aren't enough female officials to staff the women-only polling stations. Strict cultural norms mean women can't vote in male-run stations.
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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
- 91 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.
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Nigeria Police: 55 Dead in Islamist Attacks
World  (tags: conflict, religion, culture, politics, world, news, africa )

Cal
- 102 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Followers ready to die to ensure institution of their strict religious values
3 comments
Sign Petition: Tell Congress to Help Afghan Girls
World  (tags: world, afghanistan, usa, war, troops, obama, politics, military, government, americans, girls, rights, freedoms, culture, family, education, health, food, protection, medicine, safety )

Tom
- 127 days ago - thehungersite.com
Schools torched. Classrooms hit with poison gas. Acid thrown in their faces. Girls risk life and limb to learn even as attacks by insurgents mount. You can help: The Afghan Women Empowerment Act would fund educational opportunities and keep them safe.
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OPP Brutally Attacks Peaceful Bocakade in Tyendinaga
World  (tags: Mohawk Nation, OPP, Canada, Genocide, Police State, Rights, Ethics, Politics, culture, society, rights, police, news, freedoms, blog, politics, violence )

Kat
- 146 days ago - letstalknativepride.blogspot.com
6:30 AM, June 12, 2009 In an early morning raid of the Mohawk blockade of the Skyway Bridge in Tyendinaga, swarms of OPP officers attacked and brutally assaulted demonstrators. The blockade was undertaken for a couple of reasons. One was to show of.
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Take a Stand Against Wrongful Eviction
World  (tags: world, poverty, poor, shelter, homeless, water, sanitation, disease, suffering, health, harassment, corruption, discrimination, women, children, human, rights, safety, prevention, culture, humans, government )

Tom
- 149 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
For the more than 1.6 billion people suffering from some sort of shelter deprivation in the world, that future is bleak. Without access to adequate shelter, clean water or sanitation, upwards of 10 million people die each year from preventable diseases.
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~Take Action~ 25,000 Children Are Forced Into Marriage Everyday
World  (tags: children, abuse, corruption, crime, culture, education, government, humans, rights, sadness, safety, society, politics, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', world )

Barb
- 158 days ago - care2.com
Building on the conference's success, our goal now is to make sure every member of Congress becomes a supporter of the child marriage law. Please, send a quick note to your elected officials encouraging them to stand up for girls' rights. That action...
8 comments
Sign Petition: Tell Congress the World's Poorest Need Clean Water
World  (tags: world, humanitarian, relief, human, rights, water, humans, safety, risks, health, children, disease, illness, pollution, environment, culture, society, government, family, poverty, poor, cholera, typhoid, malaria )

Tom
- 161 days ago - humanitarianrelief.change.org
One in five people worldwide go without access to safe and reliable water sources every day. Double that number go without basic sanitation services, such as latrines or even a place to wash their hands, contaminating water supplies.
26 comments
Sign Petition: Marginalized People in Sri Lanka - Help Protect Their Human Rights
World  (tags: world, humanitarian, aid, human rights, women, children, sri lanka, water, humans, safety, risks, health, children, disease, illness, pollution, environment, culture, society, government, family, poverty, poor, cholera, typhoid, malaria )

Tom
- 161 days ago - change.org
The people of Sri Lanka have suffered immeasurable, untold violations of their fundamental human rights. The worst of these abuses are horrific acts of torture and the systematic abuse of women and children. Much work needs to done to get justice.
21 comments
Pledge to Observe Genocide Prevention Month : TAKE ACTION!
World  (tags: Indigenous People, Genocide, culture, society, humans, death, rights, ethics, GoodNews, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world )

Kat
- 162 days ago - genocidepreventionmonth.org
We are working with genocide survivor organizations and other anti-genocide advocates around the world to stage Genocide Prevention Month in April - a time to remember the past and call for an end to mass atrocity crimes now and in the future...
19 comments
Sign Petition: End Child Trafficking, Exploitation in Haiti
World  (tags: world, haiti, children, victims, prostitutes, sexual, abuse, violence, child, slavery, poverty, hunger, crime, freedoms, family, culture, society, rights, safety, sadness, abuse )

Tom
- 176 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
With 80 percent of Haitians living in poverty -- and half of them on less than a dollar a day -- a huge number of children are forced to work against their will in homes, fields, gangs and as prostitutes. As many as 200,000 children are victims.
18 comments
5 Minutes to Midnight
World  (tags: news, research, science, tech, technology, doomsday clock, nuclear, atomic, scientists, biological warfare, chemistry, world, society, culture, health, politics, government, religion, mega-disasters, global crisis, pandemic, wmd, alert, environment )

SirRobert
- 178 days ago - thebulletin.org
Humanity stands upon the brink of utter destruction and must become aware of the precarious situation that lies ahead, in order to effect radical paradigm shifts of 'real' change immediately! The Doomsday Clock gauges how close mankind is to meltdown.
19 comments
 
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