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Churches Denounce African Children as "Witches"
World  (tags: children, conflict, corruption, crime, death, ethics, freedoms, HumanRights, violence, religion, murder, family, Churches, Churches denounce African children as "w, witches, Steping Stones Nigeria, Children's Rights and Rehabilitation Net )

Kelli
- 36 days ago - childwitches.blogspot.com
The nine-year-old boy lay on a bloodstained hospital sheet crawling with ants, staring blindly at the wall. His family pastor had accused him of being a witch, and his father then tried to force acid down his throat as an exorcism.
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Mexico Massacre Convicts Set Free
World  (tags: Government, Mexico, Mexican legal system, Supreme Court, released convicts, guilty, violence, death, family, children, human rights )

Dee
- 102 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Mexico's Supreme Court has ordered the immediate release of 20 men jailed for the massacre of 45 indigenous villagers more than a decade ago.
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Man Must Choose Between Selling Kidney or Child
World  (tags: world, Pakistan, society, debts, economy, fears, threats, landlord, housing, conflict, HumanRights, family )

Dee
- 130 days ago - cnn.com
SARGODA, Pakistan (CNN) -- Mohammed Iqbal said he has been told by his landlord to pay up on debts and is left with a choice facing others in this impoverished corner of Pakistan: Sell your children or a kidney.
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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
- 144 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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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
- 177 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
- 177 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
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
- 193 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
Poll: Women Immigrants Keeping Families Together
World  (tags: immigrant, women, United States, US, single-parent, households, family )

Susty
- 193 days ago - us.oneworld.net
Immigrant women are taking charge in keeping their families together. At a time when more than one-third of families in the United States are single-parent households, 90 percent of women immigrants interviewed report that their families are intact
4 comments
Saudi Arabia Mulls Underage Marriage Ban
World  (tags: world, middle-east, saudi arabia, government, politics, freedoms, ethics, humanrights, society, children, brides, marriage, law, culture, family, women, rights )

Tom
- 204 days ago - islamonline.net
Coming under local and international criticism after a series of marriages of young girls to men at the age of their fathers, Saudi Arabia is considering a total ban on underage marriages. Currently, Saudi Arabia has no legal age limit for marriage.
12 comments
ICAHK Action Alert: CANADA: Stop the Deportation of Roohi Tabassum
World  (tags: 'honour' killings, horror, death, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Pakistan, society, humans, violence, adultery, crime, culture, discrimination, education, family, gender discrimination, killing, murder )

Madalena
- 216 days ago - stophonourkillings.com
Roohi Tabassum faces deportation to Pakistan in just seven days, where she is at risk of so-called 'honour' killings, as was reporetd recently in the Toronto Sun. Roohi's supporters are asking you to contact the following people and organisations and tel
10 comments
Sign Pledge: Send Bed Nets to Refugees in Africa for World Malaria Day
World  (tags: world, africa, malaria, bed, nets, UN Refugee Agency, refugees, health, prevention, fundraising, rescue, humans, children, family, medicine, illness, disease, risks, safety, prevention )

Tom
- 216 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
From now until World Malaria Day, April 25, the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign is working with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to send 275,000 life-saving nets to protect African refugees from malaria--the #1 killer of refugees in Africa.
8 comments
International Meeting Applaud's Australia's Support for Indigenous Peoples
World  (tags: Indigenous Peoples, Australia, CBD, americans, ethics, freedoms, GoodNews, humans, interesting, news, rights, safety, politics, law, government, family, culture, ethics, government, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world, Refugees&Relief )

Kat
- 235 days ago - indigenousportal.com
At today's international meeting under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), being held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Australia was given spontaneous applause following the announcement that Australia has supported the Declaration on the...
13 comments
Sign Petition: Commit to Peace!
World  (tags: world, peace, freedom, HumanRights, humans, family, culture, children, society, women, men )

Tom
- 251 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Care2 is proud to have a global community. If each of us takes a step towards promoting peace in our local areas, we can spread peace all over the world! Join us in our commitment to peace, and share how you intend to work towards peace today.
18 comments
Argentina:New Law on Violence Against Women
World  (tags: Women, Argentina, law, rights, interesting, humans, abuse, culture, ethics, family, freedoms, government, goodnews, safety, society, women, violence, news, world, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict )

Monica
- 253 days ago - ipsnews.net
"was necessary, in order to continue making progress, and to send out a clear message to the justice system, that it must act quickly."
12 comments
Celebrating Women
World  (tags: Women, culture, activists, family, goodnews, humans, interesting, news, rights, society, world, humans, society )

Monica
- 261 days ago - portal.unesco.org
Hundreds, if not thousands of festivals on every continent celebrate women by means of parades, parties,competitions and religious ceremonies
3 comments
 
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