School of the Americas Watch leader Fr. Roy Bourgeois
By: artadriso
Posted: Oct 4 08
Witnessed: 416 times
United States
Food & health & development, Poverty, War crimes
bolivia, Latin America, military, US Army School of the Americas, US Defense Department, zapatista
School of the Americas Watch leader Fr. Roy Bourgeois
Food prices still relevant on World Food Day
Developing countries are still hit hard by food costs.
As World Food Day is marked, human rights groups claim the current agricultural system needs to be reconsidered if the hungry are to be fed.
Food & health & development, Poverty, Water
Poverty forces Afghan children into smuggling
Poverty in Afghanistan is driving some families to take desperate measures.
They are sending boys as young as five across the border into Pakistan, to buy cheap flour, and smuggle it back home.
Afghanistan, Pakistan
Child labor, Food & health & development, Poverty
US veterans demonstrate against the Iraq war
Anti-war activists are making it clear that the Iraq war is a central issue in the US presidential elections.
Iraq, United States
Internally displaced persons, Refugees, War crimes
Zimbabwe still lacking leadership and food
Four days after a supposedly historic power-sharing deal was signed, Zimbabwe is still without a new government.
Zimbabwe
Food & health & development, Poverty
Registering Homeless Voters
During National Homeless and Low-Income Voter Registration Week, NLCHP's Civil Rights Program Director and Legal Intern offer a workshop on voter registration laws and register homeless voters.
United States
Poverty
OpenMinds XChange
OpenMinds Xchange exposes Mental Health Human Rights Violations in the United States.
United States
Mental disability rights, Poverty, Torture/ill treatment
SKID ROW - Raise Awareness, Inspire Action!
Los Angeles has the largest homeless population in the United States, but it a mirror for the homeless crisis facing most urban centers....
United States
Drugs & human rights, Poverty, Shelter
Ms. Foundation for Women
Founded in 1973, the Ms. Foundation for Women is the first and leading women’s fund and the foundation engaged across the United States to build women’s collective power to ignite change. The Ms....
United States
Minorities, Poverty, Women's rights
Genocide Intervention Network
The Genocide Intervention Network is most actively focused on the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
Global
Genocide, Rape and sexual abuse, War crimes
Culture Project
A venue for acclaimed, prize-winning performance, Culture Project is also a magnet for today's best talent including Meryl Streep, Danny Glover, Mary J....
Iraq, United States
Freedom of opinion & expression, Internally displaced persons, Refugees
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