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Petition - GUINEA: STOP THE CRACKDOWN! - No Sanctions for Massacre and Rape
World  (tags: humanrights, rape, murder, violence, crime, death, conflict, terrorism, war, freedoms, ethics )

David
- 32 days ago - avaaz.org
The military gunned down civilians attending a peaceful pro-democracy rally in the West African country of Guinea. Over one hundred and fifty people were killed and women were stripped and raped in the streets. Please sign the petition to help stop this?
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Italy Grapples With Priest Sex Abuse Accusations
World  (tags: italy, priest, rape, boys, deaf, children )

Lone
- 55 days ago - news.yahoo.com
VERONA, Italy - It happened night after night, the deaf man said, sometimes in the priest's bedroom, sometimes in the bathroom, even in the confessional
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Clinton Presents Plan to Fight Sexual Violence in Congo
World  (tags: USA, Hillary Clinton, Congo, eastern congo, Congolese Women, gang-rape, brutality, rape, rape epidemic )

Thankful
- 88 days ago - nytimes.com
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came face2face with the consequences of the brutality in eastern Congo on Tues afternoon when she met a Congolese woman who had been gang-raped while she was 8 mos pregnant...the fetus died.
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Sign Petition: End Domestic Violence in the Muslim World
World  (tags: world, middle-east, sharia, law, africa, muslim, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, girls, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 91 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Assaults on women and young girls, especially domestic violence, acid attacks, honor killings, FGM and forced marriage that have become a growing problem in some Muslim countries, are barbaric, inhumane and completely contrary to Islamic teachings.
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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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Pakistan Moves to Outlaw Domestic Violence
World  (tags: world, middle-east, pakistan, muslim, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, girls, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 91 days ago - google.com
Pakistan moved towards outlawing domestic violence when lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that will punish those found guilty of beating women or children with jail terms and fines. The law, passed unanimously, was called a "big day" for Pakistani women.
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U.S. Reshaping Darfur Policy
World  (tags: world, violence, darfur, sudan, genocide, crime, death, conflict, human, rights, starvation, rape, flogging, stoning, sharia, women, freedom, obama, politics )

Tom
- 95 days ago - latimes.com
The Obama administration is working on a new approach that may soften some sanctions against the Sudan government. Obama's UN ambassador, Susan Rice, who helped draft the sanctions, argues for a tougher stance, declaring that genocide continues in Darfur.
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Western Feminists Mute on Ravages of Shariah
World  (tags: world, sudan, government, africa, middle-east, violence, flogging, whipping, stoning, honor, killings, rape, beatings, islamic, sharia, law, women, human, rights, western, feminists, freedom, repression )

Tom
- 95 days ago - network.nationalpost.com
An angry Khartoum journalist who works for the UN in Sudan started a campaign against shariah law by elevating a local police matter into an international embarrassment: She's invited the world to witness her judicial flogging. Where are the feminists?
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Appalling Levels of Child Abuse Found in Aborigine Communities
World  (tags: world, Australia, Aboriginal, women, indigenous, people, genocide, imperialism, colonialism, rights, women, children, abuse, rape, violence, prime, minister, john, howard, politics, government, racism )

Tom
- 124 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Children in Australia's aboriginal communities are six times more likely to be abused or neglected than the country's non-indigenous children. Young girls are also routinely raped, often by packs of men, amidst an entrenched culture of silence.
27 comments
I Was Tortured - Sister Dianna Ortiz, OSU - "My Heart Pounds and I Want To Recoil" - Many Americans Wear a Blindfold - Video
World  (tags: humanrights, rape, very sick people, violence, crime, ethics, usa, world, freedoms )

David
- 171 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
Sister Ortiz relates her personal experiences and tell us that U.S. personnel were present in interrogation and torture rooms," in Guatemala in 1989 when she was kidnapped, taken to a secret prison and repeatedly raped and tortured by troops.
11 comments
Global Campaign Condemns Japanese Rape Videogame
World  (tags: rape, Japan, international, human rights, global campaign, government, ban )

Susty
- 183 days ago - us.oneworld.net
An international human rights group has launched a global campaign demanding the Japanese government ban a video game in which players simulate the rape of a woman and her two daughters.
14 comments
Take Action: Sign the Open Letter to President Obama
World  (tags: World, UN, politics, obama, government, aid, ICC, Hague, Africa, Arab League, Khartoum, Sudan, Darfur, Bashir, janjaweed, violence, rape, murder, genocide, arrest, war crimes, terrorism, starvation, extermination )

Tom
- 185 days ago - action.savedarfur.org
With the rainy season in Darfur approaching and aid yet to be restored, we're calling for bold, agenda-setting leadership on Sudan. The Save Darfur Coalition, ENOUGH Project, and GI-NET have issued a letter outlining a plan of action for President Obama.
15 comments
Sign Petition: Urge the Government of Sudan to Reinstate Humanitarian Aid to Darfur
World  (tags: world, violence, sudan, darfur, al-bashir, united nations, war crimes, rape, murder, starvation, suffering, africa, conflict, human rights, civilians, genocide, icc, aid, medicine, disease, men, woman, children )

Tom
- 191 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Without the food, water, and medicine provided by aid groups, millions of vulnerable men, women, and children in Darfur and throughout Sudan face starvation and disease. Act now to get these agencies urgently reinstated. The alternative is unthinkable.
31 comments
Sign Petition: Fully Deploy UNAMID In Darfur
World  (tags: World, darfur, UNAMID, politics, obama, government, aid, ICC, Hague, Africa, Arab League, Sudan, Darfur, Bashir, janjaweed, violence, rape, murder, genocide, arrest, war crimes, terrorism, starvation, extermination )

Tom
- 207 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Last year a UN-African Union peacekeeping force (UNAMID) was deployed to Darfur to protect civilians. Many countries pledged troops and military hardware, yet over a year later UNAMID remains severely under-resourced with just over 60% deployed.
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Genocide Watch: The Eight Stages of Genocide
World  (tags: world, genocide, war, crimes, torture, death, extermination, holocaust, conflict, violence, rape, murder, terrorism, starvation, human rights, freedom, africa, asia, middle-east, europe, usa, UN, culture, society )

Tom
- 208 days ago - genocidewatch.org
Genocide develops in eight stages that are predictable but not inexorable. At each stage, preventive measures can stop it. The process is not linear. Logically, later stages must be preceded by earlier stages. All stages operate throughout the process.
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