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TAKE ACTION --- Nasrin Sotoudeh: Detained for Her Peaceful Work in Iran
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', iran, freedoms, PETITION, Nasrin Sotoudeh )

Lynn
- 24 days ago - e-activist.com
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and mother of two, was arrested, unfairly tried and jailed in Iran for her fearless but peaceful defence of women and children - acts deemed to be critical of the government. This was in September 2010.
48 comments
Stop Human Trafficking in Thailand - TAKE ACTION!
World  (tags: petition, Royal Government of Thailand, stop human trafficking )

Judy
- 30 days ago - forcechange.com
Thailand is particularly notorious for its high volume of human trafficking. It is estimated that eight billion dollars were generated from human trafficking in the last year alone.
37 comments
TAKE ACTION! Stop the Exploitation in the Mountains of Tanzania!
World  (tags: Tanzania, exploitation of resources, petition, africa )

Giana
- 61 days ago - rainforest-rescue.org
Ample natural resources in poor countries can more often be a curse than a blessing. Ruthless companies are coming and taking away these resources regardless of the environment and the local residents.
30 comments
**TAKE ACTION**Tell Ugandan President Museveni: Promise to Veto the "Kill the Gays" Bill**
World  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', petition, conflict, death, freedoms, gov, politics, society, terror, violence, world )

Kit
- 173 days ago - act.credoaction.com
Conservative lawmakers in the Ugandan Parliament are once again pushing a bill that would make being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender a crime that is punishable by death. **PLEASE SIGN**
41 comments
Support Constitutional Recognition for All Australians: Petition
World  (tags: constitutional recognition, petition, discrimination, Australia, indigenous, first people, Aboriginals, Torres Strait Islanders, constitution, law )

Thubten
- 180 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
When our Constitution was first drafted, it made no mention of the special place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first Australians. They were effectively excluded from our founding document of law. More than 100 years on...
18 comments
Free Assange
World  (tags: Petition, Julian Assange, Free Assange, whistleblower, wiki leaks, asylum, Ecuador, London )

Dandelion
- 215 days ago - freeassange.org
"You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way we can get anywhere. Because any decision making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion." Julian Assange
18 comments
Threat to the Tasmanian Devils' Existence- Take Action! Say No to Tarkine Mining
World  (tags: GetUp, opencut mining, Tarkine Forest, Tasmanian Devil, Tasmania, Australia, petition, wilderness, TonyBurke )

Thubten
- 223 days ago - getup.org.au
Burke has refused to grant Emergency Heritage listing for the Tarkine wilderness of Tasmania despite the threat of massive new open cut mine, and has now granted a weak assessment process for the three of those mines. The fate of the Tas' Devil hangs
13 comments
Justice for US Military Rape : Please TAKE ACTION @ Avaaz.Org
World  (tags: usa, violence, humanrights, crime, US military, Japan, Yokosuka, rape, justice, TAKE ACTION, avaaz, petition, urgent )

Naoko
- 264 days ago - avaaz.org
In 2002, Australian Catharine "Jane" FIsher was forced into the back of a van and brutally raped, but because her attacker was a US navy sailor stationed in Yokosuka, he's still not been brought to justice.
63 comments
Playing for Peace-Athletes From the Democratic Republic of Congo.
World  (tags: Kony, human rights, Congo, Sudan, petition, family, athletes, Olympics, London )

Nancy
- 288 days ago - pinterest.com
"Because of the [girls' soccer] matches we play, I have met many new friends from areas outside my village. I say to my family that I am the example of gender equality because I go to play matches all over Bunyakiri."
7 comments
Julian Assange Interviews President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa
World  (tags: Julian Assange, President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, World Tomorrow, interview, petition, Latin America, national debt )

Dandelion
- 310 days ago - assange.rt.com
Taking office in 2007, he has taken unprecedented moves to revolutionize the Latin American country. In 2008, he declared Ecuador's national debt illegitimate. His defiant stance led to a favourable renegotiation of Ecuador's repayment terms.
19 comments
**TAKE ACTION**Protect Internet Freedom And Seek Justice for Richard O'Dwyer**PLEASE SIGN**
World  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Petition, Social Justice, ethics, freedoms )

Kit
- 311 days ago - act.demandprogress.org
Join Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales: Protect Internet Freedom And Seek Justice for Richard O'Dwyer
32 comments
What Government Kidnaps a 6-Yr-Old Boy? Free the Panchen Lama - TAKE ACTION
World  (tags: China, Panchen Lama, Zhu Weiqun, Tibet, petition, child )

Thubten
- 381 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
After almost 2 decades, China wants the world to forget the Panchen Lama. But we will never let this happen. Send a letter to Vice-Minister Zhu Weiqun, China's official spokesperson on Tibetan affairs, calling for the Panchen Lama's freedom.
24 comments
Stop Racism in The Healthcare Industry - Equality in Nursing
World  (tags: world, usa, PETITION, Racism, Nurses )

Rose
- 405 days ago - gopetition.com
There is too much racism in the Health Care Industry. Nurses of Color and of different origin are being discriminated against needlessly and losing their jobs.
21 comments
Beyond Kony: Spotlight On Central Africa ACTION
World  (tags: Kony, human rights, Congo, Sudan, Uganda, petition, family, disease )

Nancy
- 426 days ago - thehungersite.com
We condemn the actions of Joseph Kony; and at the same time, emphasize the need for attention on the other important issues there -- like malaria, access to clean water, and nodding disease, which ails thousands of children.
24 comments
End the Use of Child Soldiers ACTION
World  (tags: Kony, human rights, Congo, Sudan, Uganda, petition, family, LRA, children )

Nancy
- 427 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
While the United States is supporting efforts to apprehend LRA leader Joseph Kony, it must also ensure that other armed groups and governments in the region cease recruiting child soldiers and help rehabilitate the children who are already soldiers.
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