5.02.12 human rights organizing

Israelis and Palestinians Call for a Ceasefire

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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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The African Activist Archive Project: Preserving the History of the Solidarity Movement

Bury Apartheid
Authors: Richard Knight

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The two employees formed the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement, which demanded that the company disengage from South Africa and contribute its profits made in South Africa to recognized African liberation movements.

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Justice Is Indivisible: Non-Discrimination Must Include Gender Identity

Yogyakarta Principles sign
Authors: Donna Rose

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Why I resigned from the Board of an organization I love.

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The Suffering CO of Baghdad

Authors: Jim Loney

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Conscientious Objection in Turkey: Struggling to Emerge

Turkish Antimilitarism Demonstration
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

Demonstrators with flowers
Authors: Abira Ashfaq

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

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Rule of Force vs. Rule of Law in Pakistan

Bush Musharraf cartoon
Authors: Zia Mian

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Musharraf has destroyed the constitution, the judiciary, and his own credibility. Time for him to go.

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