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Help Bring Justice to Timor-Leste: A Sample Letter

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Conscientious Objection in Turkey: Struggling to Emerge

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Authors: Andreas Speck

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Anyone who discourages military service can face prosecution. Birgul Ozbaris could face 21 years in jail.

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The Pakistan Emergency: Letter from a Local Activist

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Authors: Abira Ashfaq

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The lawyers' demands shook the core of the military establishment.

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PIECES

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Summary:Events, Gatherings, Opportunities, Resources, Campaigns

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Zimbabwean Dissidents Unite in Prayer for Peace

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The police officer said the meeting was banned. It was a prayer service, came the reply. "Who were you praying for?" "For you."

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The Power of Love Conquers the Love of Power: Women of Zimbabwe Challenge Mugabe's Regime

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On Valentine's Day, 2003, WOZA held its first demonstrations, calling on Zimbabwe to "Learn to love again." Valentine's Day was chosen as a significant date in the WOZA calendar because of the association with love -- love of self, of family, of community and of country.

On that day in Bulawayo, fourteen women and one man were arrested and held in appalling conditions for 24 hours. They were charged under the Public Order Security Act and then released. The Harare protest was conducted outside the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office. Riot police arrested over 49 members, including a 65-year-old Dominican nun. Only one WOZA member, Jennifer Williams, was charged and all members were released within hours of arrest.

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Activist Forum: Films for Organizers

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Peacework asked activists across the country to fill in the blank, "If I could show one under-appreciated film or video to a room full of potential organizers, I'd show..." and explain why or how they'd use that film.

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Russia's Secret Heroes

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The logic of murder is a logic that is understood by the government and propagated by it. The way things are, you need to kill to become a Hero.

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