Concerns over Ecopetrol’s activity on the U’wa ancestral lands
Two leaders of Colombia’s U’wa community traveled to New York City last week to meet with investment firms, urging them not to buy shares of the Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol. The U’wa leaders spoke with representatives of JPMorgan Chase to voice their concerns over the bank’s [...]

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The government says domestic violence is not an issue for this country. I want both state and society to just acknowledge that this problem exists in Armenia. Survivor of domestic violence.
Over a quarter of women in Armenia have been hit or beaten by a family member and about two thirds [...]

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There are 1.6 million refugees in eastern Congo. The numbers in the refugee camps are multiplying rapidly, approximately 250,000 civilians have been displaced since August, when renewed hostilities broke out between the DR Congo government and rebel forces let by Gen. Laurent Nkunda’s. Violence peaked in late October
At Kibati camp, four kilometers north of Goma, [...]

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Join millions worldwide to STAND UP and TAKE ACTION against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals.
Last year, over 43 million people Stood Up to demand that world leaders keep their promises to end poverty and inequality . This year, help us break that record and send an even louder message to our governments.
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The total number of trade unionists assassinated this year in Colombia has now reached 41 following three further murders this month. The figure is now already higher than the total number killed during the whole of 2007 and ensures that Colombian will retain the macabre title of being the most dangerous country in the world [...]

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“On 21 September, the International Day of Peace, I call on world leaders and peoples around the world to join forces against conflict, poverty and hunger, and for all human rights for all.” - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
The International Day of Peace (”Peace Day”) provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create [...]

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Jack Alderman is the longest serving prisoner on death row in the USA. Sentenced to death in June1975 for the murder of his wife, Jack has been on death row for over 33 years and is scheduled to die by lethal injection on 16th September.
John Brown, a neighbour and former colleague of Jack’s, confessed to [...]

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Human Rights Watch has called on the Chechen authorities to immediately launch a thorough investigation to find the man, 42-year-old Mokhmadsalakh Masaev, and ensure that he is protected from torture and ill-treatment.
Makhmadsalors Delilovich Masaev, was abducted on 3 August in Grozny, capital of the Chechen Republic, by men in camouflage uniform. Makhmadsalors Masaev was in [...]

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On 24th July the Asian Human Rights Commission issued an Urgent Appeal (UA) in the case of the disappearance of a lady doctor. The UA, PAKISTAN/USA: A lady doctor remains missing with her three children five years after her arrest, may be seen at:
http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2008/2947/
The American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), initially admitted that they had [...]

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On the 10 day countdown to the Beijing Olympics (30 July), Amnesty International will be co-ordinating a global, online day of protest against Internet censorship in China. It’s about showing your solidarity for Chinese people who risk censure, arrest, torture and even imprisonment for peacefully speaking out online. The aim is to ‘occupy’ as many [...]

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