4.04.01 calls for resistance

The Burmese Cyclone, Nonviolent Action, and the Responsibility to Empower

Pushing the relief truck out of the mud, photo: Beyond Rangoon Project, May 17, 2008
Authors: Patrick Meier

Summary:

It is not acceptable to let regimes like Burma's dictate the rules of humanitarian intervention.

From

Stop the Killing: Arab Activists Call for Ending the Death Penalty in Arab Countries

Egyptian labor bloggers Hossam el-Hamalawy and Kareem el-Beheiry. Kareem was jailed from April to early June 2008 after promoting and covering an April 6 general strike (partially organized via Facebook!) and ongoing independent labor union activism cente
Authors: Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

Summary:

Sharia'a law insists that room be left for forgiveness and reconciliation.

From

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

Syrian stamps celebrating the UN Declaration of Human Rights, Photo: Joseph Morris
Authors: Dr. Radwan Ziadeh

Summary:

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.

From

Help Bring Justice to Timor-Leste: A Sample Letter

Authors:

Summary:

From

Camden 28 Trial Opening Statement

Authors: Father Mike Doyle

Summary:

From

A New Vision of Security: Remembering Randall Forsberg

Randall Forsberg
Authors: Randy Kehler

Summary:

The Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign was her brainchild.

From

Women's Pentagon Action Unity Statement

Authors: Grace Paley and the Women's Pentagon Action

Summary:

We have come here to mourn and rage and defy the Pentagon.

From

Vietnamese Lawyer Jailed for Union Advocacy

Authors: the Committee to Protect Vietnamese Workers and Le Thi Cong Nhan

Summary:

The state-owned union is not interested in organizing strikes. When workers initiate strikes, they're classified as illegal.

From

Reclaiming Our Civil Liberties - Again

Man being detained by police.
Authors: Brian Corr

Summary:

There is a growing sense that our country is on the wrong track, and that we are being asked to sacrifice our basic rights for a false sense of security.

From
123next ›last »
Syndicate content