4.01 nonviolent protest and persuasion

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

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

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The Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change

Authors: A coalition of Syrian democrats

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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
Authors: Dr. Radwan Ziadeh

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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
Authors: Ammar Abdulhamid

Summary:

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

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Honoring a Pioneer of Women's Health: Barbara Seaman (1935-2008)

Barbara Seaman
Authors: the National Women's Health Network

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"In 1969, Barbara Seaman proved that women can talk back to doctors - calmly, rationally, and scientifically. For many of us, women's liberation began at that moment."

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Majora League:An Interview with Majora Carter, Founder of Sustainable South Bronx

Majora Carter
Authors: Majora Carter

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The debate has to examine how environmental improvements to low-income communities lift up the economy, the safety, and the morale - not just locally, but regionally and nationally.

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The Zimbabwe We Want

Authors: the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe the Zimbabwe Council of Churches Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference

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Zimbabwe needs a new national vision to restore our self-confidence, dignity, and hope.

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A Declaration by Zimbabwe Civil Society

Beach Vigil
Authors: the Kubatana Trust of Zimbabwe

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We observe with great concern the continued abuse of executive and military powers to subvert the expressed will of the people.

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Coming to Terms: Bereaved Families Take Action Against the War

War is Not the Answer
Authors: Gilda Carbanaro

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This country must come to terms with what was done in our name. I will make this my life's work if need be.

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Silence the Violence: A Healing Vigil in Oakland

Authors: The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

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