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Open Letter to the Director-General of UNESCO
2010-02-26, Issue 471
We, the undersigned Equatoguinean and international scholars and professionals write to you with the hope that UNESCO will reconsider its decision to establish the UNESCO-Obiang Nguema International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences, and abolish this award named for and funded by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea.
Sign the petition for Mumia Abu-Jamal and the global abolition of the death penalty
2010-02-04, Issue 468
This petition urges all to speak out against the death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal, and all the men, women and children facing execution around the world. This ultimate form of punishment is unacceptable in a civilized society and undermines human dignity. (U.N. General Assembly, Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty, Resolution 62/149, Dec. 18, 2007; reaffirmed, Resolution 63/168, Dec. 18, 2008.)
Stop Rwanda's proposals to criminalise homosexuality
Horizon Community Association
2009-12-17, Issue 462
Horizon Community Association (HOCA), an LGBTI organisation in Rwanda, in collaboration with the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) calls on all human rights defenders, organisations, governments, civil society, globally, to immediately take action against a proposed article in the draft Penal Code Act in Rwanda which would criminalise homosexuality. The lower house of the Rwandan Parliament will hold its final debate on this draft code Wednesday 16 December 2009. A vote on this draft code will occur before the end of this week.
Reconsider Symphony Way's eviction to Blikkiesdorp
2009-10-07, Issue 451
On 7 October 2009 at 10:00 am, the Symphony Way pavement dwellers will appear in the Western Cape High Court. The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) has sent a letter to Mayor Dan Plato calling on the ci...
Kenyatta university student leader hospitalised after attack
2009-10-07, Issue 451
Following the students unrest on early march in Kenyatta University, four students and a lecturer were arrested after getting their suspension and expulsion letters charged with incitement and obstructing police from doing its duties....
Democracy under attack in Kennedy Road
Bishop Rubin Phillip
2009-10-01, Issue 450
Bishop Rubin Phillip testifies to the brutality of the local Sydenham police in attacking Abahlali baseMjondolo members in his and other church leaders' presence. Phillip suggests three main courses of action for how to proceed: 1) the wide publicising of the attack; 2) conveying concerns to political leaders; and 3) donations made to relief funds, such as that administered by the Anglican Diocese of Natal.
Uganda: Journalist arrested and beaten
2009-09-17, Issue 448
International PEN's Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) has received disturbing news of the arrest of journalist, filmmaker and talk show host, Kalundi Serumaga, on 11 September 2009. It is reported that he has suffered severe beatings, requiring hosp...
S.O.S from Dar Es Salaam!
From a reliable source
2009-07-09, Issue 441
‘Six villagers were shot, two fatally, by security guards at the North Mara Gold Mine in Tarime district. The incident happened this afternoon in circumstances that remain unclear. It brings to 11 the number of villagers who have been shot dead at th...
Ghana: Ruling party thugs vandalise radio station, attack three persons
2009-05-29, Issue 435
A group of armed supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Techiman, a town in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana on May 28, 2009 besieged the premises of privately-owned Classic FM physically attacked three persons and vandal...
Sign the petition for Mau Mau reparations
Kenya Human Rights Commission
2009-05-21, Issue 433
The Kenya Human Rights Commission is calling for people to sign a petition in support of reparations for Mau Mau veterans who suffered torture and unlawful imprisonment under the British officers during the repression of the Kenyan liberation movement in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Demand release of Zimbabwean activists
PASSOP
2009-05-07, Issue 431
Campaign groups in Cape Town have demanded the release of Zimbabwean civil society and opposition activists, describing their safety as ‘of grave concern’. Calling for South Africa to take action against ‘the Mugabe regime’, the group held a protest outside parliament to make the point that many Zimbabweans are refugees, not just economic migrants.
Global: Will Obama keep promise to Black farmers?
2009-05-08, Issue 431
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a long and ugly history of discrimination against Black people. The Department’s new Secretary, Tom Vilsack, recently said “Some folks refer to USDA as the last plantation.” Across the South, White local an...
Assault on lesbians in Nairobi
Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya
2009-04-22, Issue 429
The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya in solidarity with Minority Women In Action are profoundly concerned about the increasing violence, discrimination and violation of lesbian, ...
Direct lawsuits break down freedom of opinion and expression in Egypt
Arab Program of Human Rights Activists
2009-04-09, Issue 427
Following the arrest and trial of novelist Magdy El-Shafei on grounds of ‘publishing and distributing publications incompatible with public morals’, the Arab Program of Human Rights Activists is calling for the Egyptian government to drop the charges against the writer, which violate the freedom of opinion and expression, and to amend the existing criminal legislation to ensure the practice of freedom of opinion and expression.
Urge President Obama to send official US delegation to Durban Review Conference
TransAfrica Forum
2009-04-09, Issue 427
TransAfrica is encouraging people to contact US President Barack Obama to urge him to send an official US delegation to the 20-24 April 2009 Durban Review Conference, the follow-up to the 2001 World Conference on Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance.
Zimbabwe: Harare Central Prison has run out of food
Sokwanele
2009-03-26, Issue 425
We were advised at the beginning of this week that two prisons in Harare had cut rations to a quarter of what prisoners were meant to receive; two days later, we were told that food had completely run out. There are between 1,300 and 1,500 inmates in...
Global: Urgent action for visas for families of Cuban Five
2009-03-27, Issue 425
On April 10th, family members of the Cuban Five imprisoned in the United States have an appointment in the U.S. Interests Section in Havana , Cuba , to request their visas. This will be the tenth time that Adriana Perez, wife of Gerardo Hernandez, wi...
Sierra Leone violence against women in political clashes condemned
2009-03-19, Issue 424
Women’s groups in Sierra Leone have signed a statement condemning the use of violence against women during a political clash which took place in Freetown on 16 March. The statement calls for the police to ensure that those responsible for the violence be brought to justice and for government and political party leaders to publicly condemn violence against women, including in a political context.
To US Senator Russell D. Feingold
Statement for the record of Congress
Mars Group Kenya
2009-03-19, Issue 424
Mr President, two human rights defenders, Oscar Kamau King’ara and John Paul Oulu, were murdered in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, two weeks ago. I was deeply saddened to learn of these murders and join the call of US Ambassador Michael E. Ranneberge...
Sierra Leone: Unprecedented political violence
2009-03-20, Issue 424
The West African Network for Peacebuilding-Sierra Leone (WANEP-SL) is concerned and completely disturbed about the spate of unprecedented political violence that erupted and continues to erupt in Pujehun, Koidu, Kenema and Freetown leaving propertie...
Kenya: Another silent genocide: Human rights violations in Samburu
2009-03-20, Issue 424
On Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 Somali bandits raided the Samburu tribe near Lerata, Kenya, a small community between Archer's Post and Wamba located in the Samburu District, northern Kenya, once known as the Northern Frontier District. Bandits took hundr...
Ethiopia: Opposition party leader Mideksa re-arrested
2009-03-13, Issue 423
Judge Birtukan Mideksa, head of an opposition party in Ethiopia and a truly inspiring figure who is a staunch advocate of human rights, was re-arrested following her refusal to comply with a demand by the Ethiopian government that she revoke a statem...
Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai injured and Susan killed in crash
2009-03-06, Issue 422
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was injured and his wife killed in a car crash today outside Harare, officials from his Movement for Democratic Change party said....
Fax and phone campaign to support Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim
Free the San Francisco 8
2009-02-18, Issue 420
To all celebrating Black History Month: Black History Month is a time to not only celebrate, educate and embrace Afrikan contributions, but a time to continue upholding the legacy of our unsung Afrikan heroes, many of whom sacrificed a great deal ...
Maize flour and roses: Urgent call for action
Shailja Patel
2009-02-19, Issue 420
And they asked him: Why do you sing? And he answered, as they seized him: I sing because I sing And they searched his chest But could only find his heart And they searched his heart But could only find his people And they searched his voic...
Kenyan activists beaten and arrested for peaceful demonstrations
Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice (KPTJ)
2009-02-19, Issue 420
Three Kenyan activists have been arrested and beaten by the Kenyan police after peacefully standing outside parliament. The three were among a handful of Kenyans hoping to grab the attention of Minister for Agriculture William Ruto and Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta to plead with them to act swiftly to prevent more deaths from starvation in the looming famine that is threatening 10 million Kenyans....
Guadeloupe : Union Activist Shot Dead at Barricade
2009-02-19, Issue 420
A man in his 50s was killed by gunshot fired "from a barricade manned by youths" on Tuesday night in Pointe-à-Pitre, according to the Prefecture's crisis unit, confirming a report made on Europe 1 radio....
Bringing home Kenya’s Abdulmalik Mohamed from Guantánamo Bay
Help the prisoner, help the president
Reprieve and the Muslim Human Rights Forum (Kenya)
2009-02-12, Issue 419
On Monday 9 February Reprieve (UK) and the Muslim Human Rights Forum (Kenya) released a report on Abdulmalik Mohamed, the Kenyan detained at Guantánamo Bay. The report is supplied here together with a press release urging the Kenyan government to do the right thing and appeal to the US government on Abdulmalik's behalf. Reprieve and the Muslim Human Rights Forum appeal to you to lend your voice to the calls for the return to Kenya of Abdulmalik and the upholding of his legal and human rights.
Seizing the final opportunity
Sudanese civil society call for national conference
2009-02-05, Issue 418
Representatives of independent Sudanese civil society organizations, media and rights activists called on Sudanese government, political actors and civil society members to urgently convene a conference to discuss the crisis brought on by the Sudanes...
Global: Firestone: Tell the NFL to stop its foul play!
2009-01-30, Issue 417
This year's Super Bowl Halftime show is sponsored by the Bridgestone Firestone tire company. For over 80 years, Firestone has exploited workers and the environment on its rubber plantation in Liberia. After a long campaign for justice, workers on the...
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