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Reinstate Malalai Joya to Afghanistan's Parliament: Feminist Banned for Honesty

Joya at a UNIFEM conference, Photo: AfghanKabul, 2007
Authors: Human Rights Watch

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The Work Unfinished: Remembering Hilda Silverman

Hilda Silverman, Winter 2006, during filming of a video on Jewish activism for peace with justice in Israel/Palestine Photo: Linda and Steven Brion-Meisels
Authors: Jennifer Bing-Canar

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We're left without our moral compass.

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Anti-TortureActivists Convicted: Guantánamo Prison Put On Trial

The thirty five defendants stand in front of Superior Court, Photo: Bill Ofenlach, www.witnesstorture.org
Authors: Frida Berrigan

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We have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and Guantánamo Bay prison is beyond grievous.

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Human Rights and "Asian" Values

Authors: Amartya Sen

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When Zilu asks him "how to serve a prince," Confucius replies, "Tell him the truth even if it offends him."

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The Burmese Cyclone, Nonviolent Action, and the Responsibility to Empower

Pushing the relief truck out of the mud, photo: Beyond Rangoon Project, May 17, 2008
Authors: Patrick Meier

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It is not acceptable to let regimes like Burma's dictate the rules of humanitarian intervention.

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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

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

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Fighting Repression with Love: The Traumatic Effects on Women who Speak Out

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Authors: Women of Zimbabwe Arise

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Instead of addressing the issues that the women are protesting about, the government has responded by using brutal force and attacking anybody who engages in peaceful demonstrations and protests, even peaceful ones.

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