4.04.03 refusals to comply or stalling compliance

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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Assisting Burmese Cyclone Survivors: Defying the Government to Save Lives

A generous monk who shared relief supplies with his entire region stands in front of the village's damaged monastery photo: © Beyond Rangoon Project, May 17, 2008
Authors: Beyond Rangoon Project

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When we made it to villages farther down the road, we found that a monk had shared the rice for his village with all the surrounding villages, which had received no aid and were starving.

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The Suffering CO of Baghdad

Authors: Jim Loney

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War Tax Boycott 2008: Withhold from War, Pay for Peace!

War Tax poster
Authors: Ruth Benn

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Congress continues to fund the war. Some of us won't.

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Conscientious Objection in Turkey: Struggling to Emerge

Turkish Antimilitarism Demonstration
Authors: Andreas Speck

Summary:

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

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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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Vietnamese Lawyer Jailed for Union Advocacy

Authors: the Committee to Protect Vietnamese Workers and Le Thi Cong Nhan

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The state-owned union is not interested in organizing strikes. When workers initiate strikes, they're classified as illegal.

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