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Shoot on Sight

Watch "Shoot on Sight" and contact Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon to demand UN Security Council action on Eastern Burma and to exert immediate pressure on the military junta in Burma to stop violence a...

Burma, Thailand

Internally displaced persons, Mass killings, Refugees

Witnessed: 382 times

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Saudi Arabia: Facebooking a Hunger Strike for 11 Detained Activists

In this video interview, Saudi journalist Ebtihal Mubarak discusses how Saudi activists are harnessing online tools to call for justice within Saudi Arabia....

Saudi Arabia

Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression

Witnessed: 858 times

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Human Rights Defenders in Cambodia 2007

Cambodia is a dangerous place for human rights defenders....

Cambodia

Arbitrary arrest, Humanitarian, Internally displaced persons

Witnessed: 409 times

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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

Witnessed: 187 times

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Roundup: Highlights this week on the Hub

Several interesting items uploaded to the Hub this week!  Be sure to check out these three:

Bosnia, Canada, United States

Education, Indigenous peoples, War crimes

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Mexico: Police attack Indigenous farmers, killing six

On October 3, 2008, federal and state police in Chiapas, Mexico, carried out a violent operation that left six people dead, 17 injured, and 36 more detained, almost all of whom were inhabitants of the...

Indigenous peoples, Police brutality

Witnessed: 262 times

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Police attack Algonquin families at peaceful blockade

On Monday, October 6, Police officers in Quebec, Canada, used tear gas and "pain compliance" techniques on Algonquin families from Barriere Lake First Nation, who had erected a peaceful blockade to ...

Canada

Freedom of opinion & expression, Indigenous peoples, Police brutality

Witnessed: 401 times

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