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World News tagged with petition

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
- 9 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
- 10 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
- 10 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
- 12 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
- 16 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
- 17 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
- 17 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
- 18 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
- 35 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
- 41 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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Take Action: HDI/Continental Minerals: Stop Mining Tibet!
World  (tags: petition, humanrights, freedoms, china, tibet, politics )

Daphna
- 50 days ago - actionnetwork.org
Under Chinese occupation, Tibetans have been denied the right to determine the use of their own land and resources. Any Tibetan who dares to speak out against the devastating consequences of Chinese-sponsored mine operations faces risk of arrest, imprison
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Take Action: China: Stop the Executions!
World  (tags: humanrights, petition, government, freedoms, china, violence, world, tibet )

Daphna
- 50 days ago - actionnetwork.org
On April 8th, China sentenced two Tibetans, Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak, to death for their alleged involvement in last year's protests in Lhasa. Without a reprieve, they could be executed at any time.
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Save Darfur | Don't Forget Darfur Photo Petition
World  (tags: darfur, action, human rights, crime, Refugees, petition )

Jelica
- 66 days ago - savedarfur.org
Our Darfur/Darfur exhibit will bring the people of Darfur face to face with world leaders. Now is your chance to go face to face with them as well. Will you add your picture to our "Don't Forget Darfur" photo petition? Your photos will create a mosaic tha
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Jewish Voice for Peace
World  (tags: humanrights, israel, peace activist, civil society, academic freedoms, free speech, petition )

Jelica
- 74 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
On Thursday, August 20 the LA Times published an op-ed in which Ben Gurion University Professor Neve Gordon, a prominent political scientist and long-time peace activist, wrote that the question that kept him up at night, both as a parent and as an Israel
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Petition - IRAN: STOP THE CRACKDOWN
World  (tags: iran, crackdown, violence, democracy, democratic, petition, avaaz, humans, protesters, activists, death, fear, iranian, government, world, elections, corruption, HumanRights, freedoms, rights, children, conflict, ethics, humanrights, middle-east )

SirRobert
- 137 days ago - avaaz.org
No matter who won the elections in Iran, our hearts and hopes are with the democratic demonstrators facing uncertain levels of violence, while fighting for the future of Iran as well as for the rest of the world! PLZ Sign petition and send a clear message
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