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April 2007

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Labour and civil society activists arrested for protest in Harare
04/25/2007 Faced with unemployment in their failing tea estates, about two years ago, tea pluckers in the rolling highlands of this southern state responded by forming cooperatives to buy out their former employers Tata Tea and turn the gardens into profitable enterprises.
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Related: [Development] [Labor] [Human Rights] [MDGs]
Image: Labour and civil society activists arrested for protest in Harare © Kubatana
04/18/2007 Actos de intimidacion contra Sonia Pierre constituyen señales de una intolerancia y de una denegación de integración de la comunidad de ascendencia haitiana, expresan las organizaciones de defensa de derechos humanos a las conferencias episcopales catolicas romanas, haitiana y dominicana, reunidas en Puerto Principe del 15 al 17 de abril de 2007.
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From: Groupe Medialternatif
Related: [Haiti] [Dominican Republic] [Migration] [Human Rights]
04/16/2007 Helicópteros rondan las favelas (villas miseria) durante toda la madrugada y un cerco militar alrededor de los barrios populares impide a los habitantes trasladarse, ir a trabajar, llevar a sus hijos a la escuela y hasta buscar agua.
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From: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina
Related: [Haiti] [Human Rights] [Arms & Military]
04/16/2007 Balraj Puri from the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) says that terrorism in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has dwarfed the human rights of orphans, widows, handicapped, weaker sections, displaced persons and many others. He says that it is a high time that people took notice of these rights also.
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Related: [South Asia] [India] [Poverty] [Human Rights] [Governance]
© Centre for Science and Environment - Progress and the environment
04/16/2007 Anti-poverty agency ActionAid is calling on central government to prevent the state from violating environmental guidelines and denying the voices of local people in a hearing on projects proposed by Korean steel giant POSCO which are set to displace seven villages.
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Related: [India] [South Asia] [Environment] [Civil Rights] [Democracy] [Governance]
Image: © Centre for Science and Environment - Progress and the environment
04/11/2007 Si chiama "Breaking Stereotypes" ("Un taglio agli stereotipi"), nasce nell’Anno europeo delle pari opportunità per tutti ed è parte integrante della campagna "Sì alle diversità No alle discriminazioni" il concorso al quale potranno partecipare gli studenti di fotografia provenienti da tutta l’Europa: iscrizioni aperto fino al 30 giugno. Intanto la Conferenza Mediterranea della Croce Rossa, che si è svolta fino al 31 marzo ad Atene, chiede che il dramma dei migranti sia all'attenzione dei Governi, della società civile e degli operatori umanitari internazionali. La discriminazione può essere vinta solo con la formazione delle comunità locali e dei giovani che devono divenire veri e propri mediatori culturali.
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Related: [Migration] [Civil Rights] [Civil Society]
Amnesty International warns Croatia about child rights abuses.
04/10/2007 With two of every three children facing some form of physical abuse, an official study, "Child Abuse: India 2007," has suggested that the issue be placed on the national agenda. Fifty percent of the abusers are people known to the child or in a position of trust and responsibility.
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Related: [Development] [Children] [Human Rights] [MDGs]
Image: Amnesty International warns Croatia about child rights abuses.
Art Against Predudice
04/04/2007 Just before International Roma Day - to be celebrated on 8 April - the Council of Europe and the European Commission will organize a regional arts festival for the Roma, "Art against prejudice " at the International Culture Centre of Tirana, April 5-7.
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Related: [Albania] [Poverty] [Culture]
Image: Art Against Predudice

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Action Without Borders, Inc.
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Refugees International
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In Motion Magazine
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NetAid
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NetAid educates, inspires and empowers young people to fight global poverty. It is creating a movement of young Americans who are champions for the world’s poor, with the long-term goal of establishing a strong U.S. constituency that supports international development.
Advocacy Project
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The Advocacy Project, a nonprofit organization formed in 1998, seeks to help community-based organizations produce, disseminate, and use information in their efforts to become more effective advocates for social justice and human rights.
Arts Engine, Inc
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PDHRE, People's Movement for Human Rights Learning
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MADRE
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ENTITY: Kitega Community center is a registered Non- governmental organization, it is also a not for profit Organization. Established under the inspiration of the church. Kitega Community Center was established in March 2000 to cater for various problems in the community. Kitega Community Center started under the umbrella body Uganda Association for the Mentally Handicapped. In 2004 Kitega Community Center registered as ... Read more

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