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UPDATE: Captain Paul Watson Released On Bail
World  (tags: authorities, released, paul watson, international, rights )

Simone
- 4 days ago - globalanimal.org
Thanks to help from thousands of letters, emails, faxes, and phone calls last week, the Honorable German Ministers of Justice and Foreign Affairs released Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson on bail today.
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ACTION ALERT: Free Captain Paul Watson!!! PLEASE SIGN !
World  (tags: captain paul watson, outrage, conservation, illegal fishing, arrested, rights )

Simone
- 12 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, was on 12 May at Frankfurt Airport was arrested because he tried with his crew in 2002 off the coast of Costa Rica to stop the illegal shark fin fishing.
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Peru Passes Indigenous Rights Law Without Consent of the Indians
World  (tags: world, politics, news, rights, indigenous peoples rights, news )

Cal
- 51 days ago - survivalinternational.org
This week Peru has published the greatly anticipated Prior Consultation Law promised by Ollanta Humala at the beginning of his presidency last year.Contentious points include the decision to consult indigenous peoples about projects that will affect their
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David Wilcock - Love Yourself, End the New World Order   video
World  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humans, society, freedom, happiness, love, rights, peace, time is now )

Henriette
- 61 days ago - youtube.com
David explains how the metaphysical has a role in the evolution and revolution that is underway. The time has come to end the reign of power by those who wish to rule us by keeping us from knowing and loving our true selves, and keeping is from knowing
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Human Rights in Cuba Deteriorate, Warns Amnesty
World  (tags: world, repression, Cuba, rights, human rights, government, freedoms )

Cal
- 64 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Cuba has intensified its repression of dissidents according to Amnesty International
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Bill Hicks - Voice Of Reason In A Mad World   video
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedoms, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world, Peace, Love, laughter, rights, life, humanity )

Henriette
- 79 days ago - youtube.com
My video tribute to the life and message of Bill Hicks (18th anniversary of his death). "I left in love, in laughter & in truth & wherever truth, love & laughter abide, I am there in spirit. Bill Hicks, 16th Dec. 1961 ~ 26th Feb. 1994. It's just a ride!
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Women's Day Is a Day of Solidarity With the Administrative Detainee Hana Al-Shalabi TAKE ACTION
World  (tags: humans, abuse, law, women, rights, israel, middle-east, palestine )

Abdessala
- 81 days ago - ufree-p.net
A call for women,men and feminist organizations to announce Women's Day to be a day of solidarity with the administrative detainee Hana Al-Shalabi and all female prisoners and women in the families of Palestinian prisoners .
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Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Could Lose Exemption From Army Service
World  (tags: politics, religion, rights, israel, news, politics, middle-east, society, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', freedoms, world )

Cal
- 87 days ago - csmonitor.com
A landmark supreme court decision ends exemptions for ultra-Orthodox, a mushrooming group whose devotion to religious study instead of military service has led to accusations of freeloading.
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Ending Slavery in Mauritania Needs Deeper Engagement
World  (tags: humans, violence, women, safety, sadness, ethics, freedoms, children, abuse, crime, rights, world, politics, culture, education, family, government, law, interesting, news, society )

African
- 110 days ago - blog.soros.org
Slavery in Mauritania is not what most people envision when they hear the word. There are no slave markets; people are not bought and sold (although they may be lent out or rented). Most slaves are domestic workers, caught in a social phenomenon dating ba
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Haratin: Protesters Against Slavery Arrested in Mauritania
World  (tags: humans, violence, women, safety, sadness, ethics, freedoms, children, abuse, crime, rights, world, politics, culture, education, family, government, law, interesting, news, society )

African
- 111 days ago - unpo.org
Several campaigners for the abolition of slavery in Mauritania were arrested on 15 January 2012, with all those detained being members of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement, an NGO in Mauritania.
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Disposable People New Slavery in the Global Economy
World  (tags: humans, violence, women, safety, sadness, ethics, freedoms, children, abuse, crime, rights, world, politics, culture, education, family, government, law, interesting, news, society )

African
- 113 days ago - thirdworldtraveler.com
a kind of slavery practiced hundreds of years ago, and now existing nowhere else in the world. Slavery, which has been a significant part of Mauritanian culture for centuries, survives here in a primitive, tribal form.
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Contemporary Slavery: The Case of Mauritania
World  (tags: humans, violence, women, safety, sadness, ethics, freedoms, children, abuse, crime, rights, world, politics, culture, education, family, government, law, interesting, news, society )

African
- 114 days ago - gfbv.de
More than 500,000 Black African Haratin are still considered to be held as slaves in Mauritania.
52 comments
GUATEMALA: Native People Suffer Racism in Employment
World  (tags: rights, native rights, world, politics, news, society, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Cal
- 144 days ago - ipsnews.net
According to official statistics, indigenous people comprise close to 40 percent of Guatemala's population of 14 million, but native organisations put the figure at over 60 percent.
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Arundhati Roy: "The People Who Created the Crisis Will Not Be the Ones That Come Up With a Solution"
World  (tags: congress, corruption, constitution, bushadministration, democrats, economy, ethics, government, goodnews, Govtfearmongering, obama, propaganda, republicans, politics, news, media, americans, activists, dishonesty, environment, freedoms, government, intere )

Michael
- 174 days ago - truth-out.org
"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country."-Thomas Jefferson 1812
111 comments
ACTION ALERT: Stand Up For Children's Rights, America! PLEASE SIGN !
World  (tags: children, america, united nations, children welfare, rights, protection, government )

Simone
- 189 days ago - forcechange.com
In an attempt to protect the welfare of children around the world, the UN held a conference outlining the basic rights of children and the responsibility of the government to enforce these rights.
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