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The Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change

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The process of change has begun. It is not directed against anyone, but requires everyone's efforts.

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Syrian Human Rights Defenders Brave Jail: Repression Met with Waves of Resistance

Syrian stamps celebrating the UN Declaration of Human Rights, Photo: Joseph Morris

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Ali Abdullah has been jailed three times. One of his sons is serving a five-year sentence for involvement in a pro-democracy youth group. The other chose exile.

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Diversity is the Revolution: The Tharwa Manifesto for Nonviolent Change in the Middle East

Families of Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian, and Egyptian men who disappeared into Syrian prisons during the Lebanese civil war staged a sit-in protest in front of the UN House in Beirut for more than a year. photo: E. Zarwan,June 27, 2006

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We approach our struggle in the spirit of hope, love, and magnanimity.

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In Timor-Leste, a Legacy of Violence

Authors: John M. Miller

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The failure to achieve justice and accountability for many recent and past crimes has fostered a climate of impunity in Timor-Leste.

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Bush's Visit: The View from Ramallah

Authors: Sam Bahour

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Olmert's blather would have made excellent comedy material -- not to mention President Bush's weird facial expressions as he sought to evade the barrage of questions from reporters.

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Stories from a Siege: A Peace Delegation Reports from the West Bank

Doctor with non-working defibrilators
Authors: Martha Yager

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The level of despair grows daily. Yet the world hears almost nothing of this humanitarian crisis.

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Crimes Against Humanity: A Review of The Language of Empire

Language of Empire cover
Authors: Kate Cloud

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Remember Abu Ghraib?

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Mapping Political Violence: A Review of Bomb after Bomb: A Violent Cartography

Grenada painting
Authors: Ashley Hinson

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Ink craters the pages.

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Military Shipments Obstructed: Olympia Activists Nonviolently Blockade Port

Woman with baby on picket line

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The military cargo was blocked. Demonstrators controlled the entrance.

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