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Abahlali baseMjondolo
2011-06-15, Issue 535
South Africans are still recovering from the heavy rains that caused a lot of damage and flooding especially to poor communities. In Siyanda people have to deal with fire as well as flood. The Shange family, the Buthelezi family and one other family have all been left homeless after a fire that destroyed three shacks in Siyanda B Settlement on Saturday, 11 June 2011 during the broad day light.
Israel–Palestine: Writer and academic detained without charge
Rapid Action Network
2011-06-16, Issue 535
The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International is seriously concerned about the detention of prominent Palestinian writer and academic Dr Ahmad Qatamesh, who has been held without charge by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank since 21 April 2011.
African farmers gathered to discuss agroecology in Zimbabwe
Via Campesina
2011-06-16, Issue 535
'Zimbabwean farmers’ organizations are hosting a training meeting on agroecology, an encounter organized by La Via Campesina (LVC) Africa in Masvingo province in Zimbabwe, from June 13 to 19. The training workshop brings together LVC member organizations in the continent, key allies including academics, NGOs, social science practioners, and small-scale farmers.'
Namibia: Death threat for AVID accused
NAMRIGHTS
2011-06-16, Issue 535
NAMRIGHTS is alarmed by what appear to be renewed death threats directed at one of the seven key accused persons in the alleged AVID Investments Corporation-Social Security Commission (AVID-SSC) financial fraud, suspected to come from people fearing their involvement in the case will be exposed.
Stop tar sands in Madagascar - write to Total's CEO now!
World Development Movement
2011-06-16, Issue 535
Madagascar, its unique biodiversity and its people, are under threat. French oil company Total is deciding whether to mine highly polluting tar sands in one of the poorest areas of Madagascar. Please act now to help stop this. Email Total’s chief executive today and call on him to abandon his company’s destructive plans.
Final call for organisations to sign the Dakar Appeal against Land Grabbing!
2011-06-09, Issue 534
During the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal, in February 2011, social movements and organisations released a collective appeal against land grabbing. Over 150 organisations have already signed. If your organisation would also like to support this appeal, please do so before 15 June 2011. The Dakar Appeal, together with the names of organisations endorsing it, will be presented during the mobilizations against the G20 Agriculture Ministers' meeting in Paris on 22-23 June. Read and sign the petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/dakar/petition.html
Hundreds of youth detained in Equatorial Guinea
EG Justice
2011-06-09, Issue 534
Security forces in Equatorial Guinea have detained more than 200 youth in the past week. The reasons for the detentions remain unclear, although government authorities chastised parents for giving their children too much liberty, writes EG Justice.
Stand up for Africa! Stand up for climate justice!
Africa Trade Network et al
2011-06-08, Issue 534
@ IRINDeveloped countries must become carbon neutral well before 2050, undertake ambitious nationally appropriate mitigation actions, pay their adaptation debts and discontinue carbon market mechanisms. These are some of the conclusions reached by delegates who attended a meeting on the climate crisis in Johannesburg between 24-26 May.
Support the Free Maxwell Dlamini Campaign
Swazi student leader tortured and forced to sign confession
Free Maxwell Dlamini Campaign
2011-06-08, Issue 534
The President of the Swaziland National Union of Students, Maxwell Dlamini, has been detained, tortured, and forced by Swaziland’s regime to sign a confession that says he was in possession of explosives during the April 12 Swazi Uprising - a movement inspired by similar uprisings in North Africa and The Middle East.
Reduction of prices of basic commodities
Open letter to the President and Prime Minister of Kenya
Unga Revoution Steering Committee
2011-06-09, Issue 534
The Unga Revolution, a ‘self motivated and non-violent movement of the people of Kenya aimed at realising all the rights and privileges as enshrined in the constitution of Kenya’ has called on the government to ensure that all citizens are guaranteed their right to food, shelter, healthcare, education and social security, as enshrined in Article 43 of the country’s constitution, in part by reducing the prices of basic commodities.
Statement on the UK Government’s military involvement in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
UK WILPF
2011-06-09, Issue 534
UK WILPF ‘is extremely troubled by the worsening situation in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. In particular we are concerned with NATO’s excessive military aggression and with the UK government’s actions, which are fuelling a civil war in the North African country.’
Call for action: Tell IGLYO to get out of Israel
Palestinian Queer Groups
2011-06-08, Issue 534
We Palestinian queer activists from alQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian society, Aswat — Palestinian Gay Women, and PQBDS (Palestinian Queers for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions), are writing to you to express our disappointment with the International Gay and Lesbian Youth Organization’s [IGLYO] decision to hold its General Assembly for 2011, this December, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
ANC threatens attack on the Makause settlement
Abahlali baseMjondolo
2011-06-01, Issue 532
Abahlali baseMjondolo stands in full solidarity with the democratically elected leadership of the Makause settlement as they face threats of violence from the ANC branch in Primrose. We are far away in distance but close in spirit and we will do all that we can to mobilise support for the comrades in Makause as their community politic faces the threat of repression from the party politic. As our experience shows very well these threats must be taken very seriously by all democrats.
High Court: Anti-eviction communities with Mitchell's Plain Backyarders
Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign
2011-06-02, Issue 532
Anti-Eviction communities who are facing eviction and whose homes have been flooded by the recent rains (more on this soon), are joining backyarders from Tafelsig who are at the Cape High Court today.
Declaration on the condition of the African continent
Group for Research and Initiative for the Liberation of Africa (GRILA)
2011-05-26, Issue 531
'Several major events have taken place on the African continent since the start of 2011, in a particular global context. Already weakened by its unfavourable historic position in the global system, over the past two decades Africa has endured the horrors of neoliberal austerity measures, the pillage of its resources and the privatisation of warfar. Africa is more than ever at a crossroads because of the failure of the neoliberal model, the crisis of capitalism and the exhaustion of neocolonial modes of growth,'writes GRILA, in a statement to mark African Liberation Day on 25 May.
Kenya: 'Unga-30 Bob' Rally
Bunge La Mwananchi
2011-05-26, Issue 531
Do you know that you have a constitutional right to eat a healthy meal everyday? Do you know that you have a constitutional right to have a good house? Do you know that the stste should pay for you if you are unable to pay for yourself? Why do you allow your human and constitutional rights to be violated? Why do we suffer in silence as our leaders watch? For real answers, join all other Kenyans at: 'Unga-30 Bob' Rally Date: 31 May 2011 Time: 1pm Venue: Outside Harambee House, Harambee Avenue President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga are invited to explain to all Kenyans! Email: ungarevolution@gmail.com
Petition: Feminists Demand Let Justice Be Done
Bettina Aptheker
2011-05-26, Issue 531
‘As feminists, we see the arrest of former International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges as an opportunity to increase public awareness and as a wake-up call to renew action against sexual violence, not only in the US where his arrest occurred and in France, where media and many public figures are portraying him as the victim, but around the world.’Sign a petition demanding ‘freedom from sexual assault and harassment’ for women ‘at all strata of society and in all corners of the globe.’
Crisis resolution in Madagascar
CCOC (Collective of Citizens and Civic Organizations)
2011-05-25, Issue 531
Sceptical about the effectiveness of the ‘roadmap’ being implemented by Madagascar’s ‘de facto authorities’, CCOC (Collective of Citizens and Civic Organizations) has issued a memorandum on resolving the country’s two-year crisis.
After local government elections: Evictions and intimidation continue
Abahlali baseMjondolo
2011-05-26, Issue 531
Following last week's municipal elections in South Africa, Abahlali baseMjondolo have issued a statement on the threat posed by the eThekwini Municipality’s Land Invasion Unit.
12 Burkinabe MPs call for inquiry into Sankara assassination
2011-05-18, Issue 530
Since October 1997 – for more than 13 years – the International Justice Committee for Thomas Sankara has called for judicial procedures to be launched in Burkina Faso around the assassination of Thomas Sankara.
Backyarders hosting 'Anti-Vote Election Summit' on 14 May
Mandela Park Backyarders Movement
2011-05-18, Issue 530
With South Africa's municipal elections taking place this week, the Mandela Park Backyarders hosted an 'Anti-Vote Election Summit' on 14 May.
South Africa: Road Blockade in Grahamstown
Unemployed People’s Movement
2011-05-19, Issue 530
Five hundred people from eThembeni and Transit Camp in Grahamstown blockaded a national road on Tuesday, in a demonstration for housing, electricity and water, the Unemployed People’s Movement reports.
Kenya: Disruption of Starehe Unga Rally
Open letter to the Commissioner of Police
2011-05-19, Issue 530
On 8 May, Kenyan police officers illegally cancelled a rally to campaign for economic and social rights in Starehe constituency. This could 'set a bad precedence for future engagements between peaceful citizens and law enforcement officers; in as far as exercising of democratic rights is concerned,' write campaign coordinators the Unga Revolution, in an open letter to the Commissioner of Police.
Cameroonian man sentenced to 36 months in prison for homosexuality
African Activist
2011-05-11, Issue 529
Cameroonian human rights organisations Association for the Defense of Homosexuals (ADEFHO) and Teenagers Against HIV/AIDS (SID’ADO) are reporting that Mbede Roger Jean-Claude has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for homosexuality.
Leave Cutting Edge alone
2011-05-11, Issue 529
Ayanda Kota of UPM defends the Cutting Edge television programme's portrayal of terrible sanitation conditions in Grahamstown, South Africa.
Statement on the rise of homophobia
South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU)
2011-05-12, Issue 529
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) has welcomed the decision by Parliament to set up a national task team to tackle hate crimes against lesbians and gays.
Makhaza land invasion
Abahlali baseMjondolo
2011-05-12, Issue 529
South African shackdwellers’ movement Abahlali baseMjondolo has issued a statement in support of the Makhaza back yard dwellers, whose homes are being demolished by the City of Cape Town without a court order.
The Kennedy 12 return to court for part two of their trial
Abahlali baseMjondolo
2011-05-05, Issue 527
‘It is one thing to be attacked by the police or securities. It is another thing to be attacked by other poor people that have been mobilised, on an ethnic basis, against an independent movement by the ruling party and given the support of the police to attack, to threaten, to demolish homes and to drive all the leading members of a movement out of a community,’ writes South African shackdwellers' movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo.
U.S. Court of Appeals affirms overturning of Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence
Prison Radio News
2011-05-05, Issue 527
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has again declared Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence unconstitutional, on the basis that members of the jury during his trial were given unclear sentencing instructions. The award-winning journalist has been on Pennsylvania’s death row for 29 years. His 1982 murder trial and subsequent conviction has been the subject of great debate.
UN Security Council accused of double standards in Western Sahara ‘travesty’
Western Sahara Campaign
2011-05-03, Issue 527
The failure to establish a mechanism around Western Sahara to monitor human rights comes in sharp contrast to the UK and French position on human rights in other recent resolutions, such as 1970 on Libya, stress the Western Sahara Campaign.
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