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Peace One Day!
World  (tags: Peace activists, world, UnitedNations, GoodNews, humans )

Holly
- 96 days ago - peaceoneday.org
In 1999, filmmaker Jeremy Gilley launched Peace One Day and set out to find a starting point for peace. He had a mission: to document his efforts to establish the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence with a fixed calendar date.
How Islamist Gangs Use Internet to Track & Kill Iraqi Gays - Stop Anwar Basim Saleh's Deportation Back to Iraq
World  (tags: Iraq, LGBT, homophobia, Internet, tracking, hardline extremists, Islamist tactics, militia groups, Iraqi Interior Ministry, Badr Corps, persecution, torture, death sentences, Anwar Basim Saleh, stop deportation, asylum, Holland, France )

Alba
- 97 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Iraqi militias infiltrate internet gay chatrooms to hunt their quarry & hundreds are feared to be victims. Iraqi LGBT org activist arrested for running safe house, met LGBTs sentenced to death for same reason. Fled to Holland where he now faces deportatio
Madonna Booed in Bucharest for Defending Gypsies
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', conflict, discrimination, crime, death, ethics, freedoms, society, violence, world, humans, interesting )

Barb
- 122 days ago - omg.yahoo.com
Despite long-standing efforts to stamp out rampant bias, human rights advocates say Roma probably suffer more humiliation and endure more discrimination than any other people group on the continent...
Afghan Elections Seen as a Setback for Women
World  (tags: afghanistan, womens rights, election )

Eco
- 122 days ago - google.com
KABUL -- For women, Afghanistan's recent elections appear to have been more of a setback than a step forward.
Many Women Believe That It's Okay for Their Husbands to Hit Them
World  (tags: domestic violence, women, men, gender attitudes )

Eco
- 122 days ago - womensrights.change.org
These statistics are very disturbing. Through education, we MUST address and reverse such attitudes among some women. It is NEVER okay for a husband to physically assault his wife.
Senegalese Inquisition Targets Gay People
World  (tags: Senegal, antigay )

Eco
- 122 days ago - voanews.com
Two Senegalese teenagers will stand trial this coming week for allegedly committing homosexual acts. It is the latest in a string of cases targeting gay men and now young boys in Senegal.
The Phenomenon of Corrective Rape in South Africa
World  (tags: corrective rape, south africa, lesbians )

Eco
- 124 days ago - hiphopwired.com
Corrective rape, for those who haven't heard the term (it's less than ten years old, since it was just recently coined by human rights activists) is the criminal phenomenon where LGBT people, especially lesbians, are raped by a member of the opposite sex.
Raped and Killed for Being a Lesbian: South Africa Ignores 'Corrective' Attacks
World  (tags: south africa, rape, lesbian, killing, sexual orientation, gang rape, Eudy Simelane )

Eco
- 124 days ago - guardian.co.uk
A lesbian soccer player gang-raped and stabbed to death by a bunch of men who wanted to correct her sexual orientation.
The Vatican Is Investigating If 59,000 Nuns Support Homosexuality
World  (tags: catholic nuns, gay rights, vatican, gay marriage, homosexuality, investigation )

Eco
- 124 days ago - irishexaminer.com
"Some have taken provocative stands, advocating for female priests or challenging church teaching against abortion rights or gay marriage..."
Romania Stiff-Arms Same-Gender 'Marriage'
World  (tags: Romania, same-gender marriage )

Eco
- 157 days ago - onenewsnow.com
The Alliance Defense Fund claims credit for helping to enshrine "traditional" marriage in the country's legal code.
 
 
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