Posted in Africa, African Union, Alaskan native women, American, Amnesty International, Blackwater, Burundi, Darfur, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iraq War, Macedonia, Nepal, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, United Nations, activism, human rights, injustice, international, internet, migrants, native Americans, peace, racial profiling, rape, take action, trafficked women, war, what you can do, tagged Alaska native women, Blackwater, Burundi, Darfur, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, health care, Indonesia, Iraq, Macedonia, migrant workers, native Americans, Nepal, Pakistan, peace, racial profiling, rape, Sudan, trafficked women, U.S., UN-African Union peackeeping force, war on January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From the Amnesty International USA website, http://www.amnestyusa.org/, under the “What You Can Do Section”, “Online Action Center,” are a list of various human rights issues and the online actions you can take about them, http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/c.jhKPIXPCIoE/b.2590179/siteapps/advocacy/ActionCenter.aspx:
Urge your Senator or Representative to co-sponsor the End Racial Profiling Act of 2007
Congress recently introduced the End Racial Profiling Act [...]
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Posted in Africa, Horn Relief, Islamist movement, Oxfam, Somalia, displaced people, humanitarian aid, inter-clan fighting, peace talks, warlords, tagged United Nations, humanitarian organizations, Oxfam, Somalia, displaced persons, misery, starvation, rape, disease, conflict, Africa, Horn Relief, aid workers, sanitation, poor, inter-clan fighting, dictator, warlords, clans, Islamist movement, Ethiopia, Mogadishu, Saudi Arabia, African troops, Human Rights Watch, insurgents, peace talks, interim government, on November 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From the Tuesday, September 18, 2007, Toronto Star, World & Comment section, pages AA-AA4, an article about the displacement and misery of thousands of people in Somalia.
As Oxfam is one of the humanitarian organizations mentioned in the article, here is the web address of the Take Action page at Oxfam, which includes 10 actions you can [...]
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