5.02.12 human rights organizing

With Sadness, Myers Center Closes: Announces Awards for Outstanding Titles in Human Rights

Authors: Loretta J. Williams

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May our relationships and commitment to building a just and equitable future continue, for in the struggle for justice is the hope of the future.

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Trauma and Resilience: Covering the Colombian Civil War

October 2008. La Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres is a coalition of over 200 Colombian womenís organizations. They hold events for peace and nonviolence throughout the year and also coordinate an annual parade, held in different violent regions, to giv
Authors: Jenny Manrique Cortés

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Telling the truth is frequently unpopular, but it is an important way to help communities survive and grow, and heal the wounds opened by war.

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Targeted Divestment: an Approach to Stopping Genocide in Sudan/Darfur

Authors: Sudan Divestment Task Force

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Oil money fuels the genocide. Cut off the flow of money.

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Open Letter to Obama Regarding Darfur: End CIA Involvement, Increase Diplomatic Efforts

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First, cut CIA ties to Sudan's Intelligence agency.

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Closer to a Death-Penalty-Free World: But in 2008: 2390 Known Executions

For the World Day Against the Death Penalty, an anti-death penalty message was projected against the Roman Collosseum, a former public mass execution site. Italy banned the death penalty in 1947. PHOTO: NOVEMBER 30, 2006, FABIO RENZETTI VIA FLICKR
Authors: Amnesty International

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Capital punishment is a legalized process of physical and psychological terror.

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Egyptian Activist Twitters to Freedom: Wael Abbas Used Cell Phone from Custody to Mobilize Support

Egyptian blogger and activist, Wael Abbas, PHOTO: CAIRO, JUNE 18, 2008, E. ZARWAN VIA FLICKR
Authors: Wael Abbas

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I received solidarity messages from China to Argentina.

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"Don't Be So Holy": A Conversation with Two Combatants for Peace

Horse with cart, Gaza
Authors: Bassam Aramin Sara Burke Yaniv Reshef

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I wish I could bring Palestine with me on my shoulders to show people how we live.

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Don't Let the Time Do You: A Survivors' Manual for Prisoners in Isolation Units

Robert King Wilkerson at podium
Authors: Bonnie Kerness

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No matter what name they are given, the purpose of these units is the same as it is in Abu Ghraib or Guantánamo -- the breaking of minds.

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Brick by Brick: Prisoners Use Writing to Find Freedom

Breaking Out Of Prison cover
Authors: Judith McDaniel

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"I must say that writing is a lot safer and much more productive than doing drugs."

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Long-Awaited Change Comes to El Salvador

Voter in El Salvador
Authors: Lisa Fuller

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This was unlike any other election since the end of the civil war in 1992: never before had the FMLN maintained such a steady lead in the opinion polls, and never before had the US government so thoroughly sought to remove its influence from Salvadoran internal politics.

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