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Tell Congress: End Global Hunger- Take Action
World  (tags: petition, world, politics, humanrights, government, freedoms, ethics, death, children )

Daphna
- 5 days ago - change.org
Almost 11 million children die each year before their fifth birthday, and 60 percent of those deaths are caused by malnutrition and hunger-related diseases. Worldwide, more than 1 billion people do not have enough to eat.
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Tell US President Barack Obama to Secure Dhondup Wangchen's Release:- Take Action
World  (tags: petition, world, tibet, humanrights, humans, interesting, freedoms, HumanRights, ethics, conflict )

Daphna
- 7 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Dhondup Wangchen, the Tibetan filmmaker who made the remarkable film, Leaving Fear Behind, has been charged with "inciting separatism," and his trial could take place at any time. Dhondup Wangchen's lawyers have been barred from representing
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Take Action: President Obama: Stand Up for Tibet!
World  (tags: petition, world, violence, politics, interesting, humans, humanrights, government, ethics, tibet, conflict, china )

Daphna
- 9 days ago - actionnetwork.org
U.S. President Obama will make his first presidential visit to China on November 15th. This visit presents a critical opportunity for him to take bold and concrete action towards a just and lasting resolution for the Tibetan people.
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END THE HUNGER SCANDAL- Take Action
World  (tags: petition, world, humans, humanrights, death, ethics, interesting, politics )

Daphna
- 9 days ago - avaaz.org
For the first time in human history, the number of people across the world suffering from hunger exceeds 1 billion -- one sixth of the world´s population. Next week, global leaders will meet at the World Food Summit in Rome to address this g
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END THE HUNGER SCANDAL
World  (tags: hunger, food, petition, world food crisis, summit, action, government, world )

Jelica
- 9 days ago - avaaz.org
The world produces enough food to feed everyone. Yet the number of people suffering from chronic hunger across the planet has reached the record-high figure of 1 billion this year. This is a global scandal! Hundreds of billions are spent by wealthy go
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Take Action - Meet the Needs of Displaced People in Sudan
World  (tags: obama, petition, government, ethics, politics, world, violence, HumanRights, freedoms, conflict, Refugees&Relief )

Daphna
- 22 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
While the Obama Administration has announced a plan for peace in Sudan, there still needs to be a greater focus on: - Access for international aid programs and gender-based violence programs in Darfur; - Protection of civilians; - Prioritization of
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Tell the U.N.: The Rapes Must Stop Now! -Take Action
World  (tags: petition, world, UnitedNations, violence, humanrights, government, freedoms, africa, ethics, humans, politics, society )

Daphna
- 22 days ago - change.org
Just weeks ago in the West African country of Guinea, countless women were brutally raped in a public stadium when soldiers stormed a peaceful protest. The world reacted with outrage, but Guinea is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Support Relief Efforts in Asia and the Pacific - The Petition Site
World  (tags: petition, world, UnitedNations, humanrights, Refugees&Relief, humans, death, children, ethics, government )

Daphna
- 22 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
According to estimates, the most recent earthquake in Indonesia killed upward of 500, and the number is expected to rise. In addition, tens of thousands were forced to leave their homes. And because of the back-to-back emergencies, there's be
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Take Action- Call On The U.N. To Act On Goldstone Gaza War Crimes Report
World  (tags: petition, UnitedNations, war, terrorism, israel, middle-east, palestine, humans, humanrights, crime, children, death, violence )

Daphna
- 24 days ago - change.org
On October 16, the United Nation's Human Rights Council in Geneva voted to endorse the Goldstone report -- the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict headed by Justice Richard Goldstone. The Report was the produc
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Take Action - No Funding 4 Rebuilding ANY Nuclear Weapons
World  (tags: petition, world, war, violence, terrorism, politics, ethics, conflict, government )

Daphna
- 28 days ago - change.org
President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize partly because he has advocated ridding the world of nuclear weapons. LIFE and the world need Congress to stand with Obama and with the majority of peoples in the world to make this happen. The USA MUS
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Take Action - Help Free Aung San Suu Kyi
World  (tags: petition, world, news, humans, humanrights, government, ethics, crime, conflict, HumanRights )

Daphna
- 29 days ago - change.org
Aung San Suu Kyi has been found guilty in her trial for "violating the conditions of her house arrest". She has been sentenced to another 18 months of house arrest, keeping her locked away until after Burma's next general election. She has already spent 1
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Take Action- Sign a Petition Asking For The Release Of All Political Prisoners In Burma.
World  (tags: petition, world, violence, politics, humanrights, humans, interesting, government, ethics, corruption, conflict )

Daphna
- 29 days ago - change.org
"Fourteen leading activists of the 88 Generation Students group, including five women, were given 65-year prison sentences in a court in Insein Prison. At the same time, 25 other activists, including five monks and women who took part in the September 200
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Unlock the Camps in Sri Lanka- Take Action
World  (tags: Refugees&Relief, humanrights, humans, Petition, conflict, ethics, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', politics )

Daphna
- 31 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
A quarter of a million displaced Sri Lankans who are being held in de facto detention camps are facing a humanitarian disaster as monsoon rains threaten to flood camps. They cannot leave the camps, which are overcrowded and lack basic sanitation facilitie
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Take Action - Demand Justice for War Crimes in Gaza Conflict
World  (tags: petition, world, violence, terrorism, palestine, middle-east, israel, humanrights, government, freedoms, death, ethics, humans, crime )

Daphna
- 47 days ago - change.org
Eight months after the end of the last round of hostilities last winter in Gaza and southern Israel, both the Israeli and Palestinian sides have completely failed to investigate well-documented violations of international law, including war crimes that we
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Stop Child Offender Executions in Iran-Take Action
World  (tags: petition, world, society, iran, HumanRights, children, death, ethics, middle-east, violence )

Daphna
- 53 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Iran is one of the only countries in the world that still executes children and child offenders. At least 15 child offenders have been executed in Iran in the last two years. On October 16, 2008, The Government of Iran announced an end to this shameful pr
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