South-Eastern Asia

Help Bring Justice to Timor-Leste: A Sample Letter

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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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Indonesia's Arms Appetite

Authors: Frida Berrigan

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The checks on US military aid are gone, and now the floodgates have opened.

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What Do You Do When a Child is Burning?: A review of the film The Camden 28

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She could now understand her protesting son, because the trial revealed the lies which killed her other son.

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Camden 28 Trial Opening Statement

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Breathing Life into the Struggle: Victories for Indigenous Peoples & Transnational Allies

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Authors: Paula Palmer

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Winning the right to decide if resource extraction should take place.

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Nike Supplier Closes Unionized Factory, Shifts Work to Vietnam

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On February 22, 2007, the unionized BJ&B garment factory in the Dominican Republic suddenly announced that it was closing and would lay off all workers. The owners of the factory are shifting the work to Vietnam, where independent unions are banned, and possibly to Bangladesh, where unions are banned in "export processing zones."

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Vietnamese Lawyer Jailed for Union Advocacy

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

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Released from Vietnamese Prison After 26 Years, Buddhist Monk Reissues Call for Democracy

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The prison authorities never informed Thich Thien Minh's family. His brother thought he had died in the camp.

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Manifesto for Democracy in Vietnam

Authors: Bloc 8406

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The one-party political regime must be buried, once and for all, in the dustbin of history.

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