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The Advocacy Project seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice
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Community Justice Thrives in the Villages of Eastern Congo »
Posted by: AP101 4 months ago in News
August 6, 2009, Luvungi, Democratic Republic of Congo: Amid the chaos and lawlessness of Eastern Congo, a local organization has developed an innovative approach to ...
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Advocacy Project - Appointment of New Labor Judges Promises Justice for Palestinian Workers, July 24, 2009 »
Posted by: AP101 4 months, 1 week ago in News
West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Palestinian workers who are wronged by their employers now have a better chance at justice, after the appointment of several ...
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Advocacy Project - Women from Serbia and Bosnia Find Common Ground at Srebrenica Gravesite »
Posted by: AP101 4 months, 2 weeks ago in News
July 17, 2009, Srebrenica, Bosnia and Washington, DC : Serbian and Bosnian women joined hands last week at the scene of Europe's worst modern-day massacre ...
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Advocacy Project - Minorities Disillusioned by Iran's Democracy Movement »
Posted by: AP101 5 months ago in News
July 7, 2009, Vancouver, Canada: Iran's large Azerbaijani minority feels disappointed and ignored by the pro-democracy movement, which has been widely praised internationally for ...
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Advocacy Project - New Women's Network Seeks to End Gun Violence in the Home, June 18, 2009 »
Posted by: AP101 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
London, UK: Twenty-eight-year-old Paulina Kenamuni recently moved out of her boyfriend's house in Otjiwarongo, Namibia to escape their abusive relationship. On June 4, the ...
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Advocacy Project - Alternative Fuel Saves Money and Trees in War-Torn Congo, June 10, 2009 »
Posted by: AP101 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Uvira, DRC: Banana peels, sugar cane and manioc are widely found in the trash piles that collect outside of homes in the eastern Democratic Republic ...
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Advocacy Project - 45 Peace Fellows to Support Community Advocates in 26 Countries, June 3, 2009 »
Posted by: AP101 5 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Washington, DC: During the school year, Kate Cummings is a graduate student at Tufts University in Boston. For three months this summer, she will be ...
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Survivors Say "Never Again" to Genocide, Call for Darfur Resolution »
Posted by: AP101 7 months, 1 week ago in News
Survivors of some of history's worst mass killings have united behind a powerful global campaign to prevent genocide and end the violence in Darfur ...
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Roma Alarmed by Attacks in Czech Republic »
Posted by: AP101 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Roma communities in the Czech Republic are facing increased threats as extremist groups step up attacks and demonstrations against the ethnic minority.
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Whale watching in Victoria, BC »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
You will not regret booking your vacation in Canada. It is a wonderful country filled with hundreds of fun things to do. There are many ...
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Dalit "Witches" Face Extreme Violence in Nepal's Villages »
Posted by: AP101 8 months ago in News
Advocates for the Dalit in Nepal are calling for government action to stop attacks against lower-caste women accused of witchcraft, following the brutal beating of ...
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President Barack Obama rejects allegations that US at war with Islam - Telegraph »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 8 months ago in News
"So let me say this as clearly as I can: the United States is not and
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will never be at war with Islam," he said.Read (1740) | Share | Discuss (270) | Read Full Story at telegraph.co.uk
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Advocates for Women in Afghanistan and the Congo Honored in Washington »
Posted by: AP101 8 months, 1 week ago in News
Vital Voices, an organization for women in business and leadership, awarded one of its highest honors to Sadiqa Basiri Saleem, a leading advocate for girl ...
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Memorial Quilt Puts a Human Face on Srebrenica Massacre »
Posted by: AP101 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
For the past three weeks, scores of Bosnians who died in the notorious 1995 massacre at Srebrenica, Bosnia, have reached out to Bosnians in the ...
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Israeli Group Calls for Gaza Investigation »
Posted by: AP101 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The leading Israeli human rights group, B'Tselem, is calling for an impartial investigation into Israel's recent military operation in the Gaza Strip, which ...
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