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Act to end Discrimination Against Palestinian Arab Children in Israel's Schools

Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel make up nearly one-quarter of Israel's schoolchildren. Yet Palestinian Arab children receive an education that is inferior in nearly every respect when compared to Jewish children. Write to the Israeli Minister of Education. Contact key members of the Israeli Knesset.

http://hrw.org/campaigns/israel/schools/index.htm

(Added: Tue Oct 03 2006   Hits: 282)

BANGLADESH: Press freedom undermined

Sumi Khan, a 34-year-old journalist working with local and national magazines and based in the city of Chittagong, has been attacked and received death threats as a result of her investigative journalism for the past two years. She was stabbed in an attack in 2004, and her attackers remain at large. Sumi Khan has written investigative articles alleging the involvement of local politicians and religious groups in attacks on members of minority communities, and about kidnapping and land-grabbing by landlords. Please write, calling on the authorities to undertake a full, impartial and independent investigation into the threats and attack against Sumi Khan and to bring the perpetrators to justice.

http://web.amnesty.org/appeals/index/bgd-010207-wwa-eng

(Added: Fri Feb 09 2007   Hits: 169)

Cool Investing: Making Your Money Work for Change

Through the money you deposit in your bank accounts, trust funds, GICs or retirement funds, money is being invested in your name. You have the right (and some would argue, obligation) to ensure that that money you've entrusted to financial managers and institutions is being invested in ways you feel comfortable about (Pacific People's Partnership)

http://www.pacificpeoplespartnership.org/takeaction/responsible_investing.html

(Added: Tue Dec 11 2007   Hits: 62)

EngageMedia.org

EngageMedia.org is a website distributing video about social and environmental justice issues in Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific. It's a space for critical documentary, fiction, artistic and experimental works that challenge the one-way communication of the mainstream media. EngageMedia aims to demystify and provide access to new video distribution technologies, create an online archive of independent video productions using Open Content licenses and form a peer network of video makers, educators and screening organisations. The website welcome contributions that give context to the actions and issues of our times, in a variety of styles and genres, whether it's documentary, fiction or experimental. The site is moderated but very much participant driven.

http://www.engagemedia.org/

(Added: Fri Dec 08 2006   Hits: 393)

Four Development Organizations Raided

On April 5, 2007, in the middle of the night, three development organizations in Guatemala were raided. Assailants broke through two metal doors to gain access to the offices of TROCAIRE, an Irish development agency; ACSUR Las Segovias, a Spanish non-governmental organization; and Colectivo Poder y Desarrollo Local (CPDL), a Guatemalan development agency. These break-ins have crippled the capacity of these organizations to execute their projects and vital endeavors. These attacks seem to be intended to intimidate the four development organizations and to halt their programs to bring about a more just, democratic, and sustainable Guatemala. Their ability to perform this work is now greatly reduced. TAKE ACTION HERE! (Resource Centre of the Americas).

http://www.americas.org/item_31489

(Added: Mon Jul 09 2007   Hits: 168)

Google censorship: take action to defend freedom of information

Google is aiding the repression of freedom of information and expression in China. Early in 2006 Google launched a self-censoring Chinese search engine, google.cn. This version of Google (called "Gu Ge" in Chinese) affects Chinese users by restricting search results for topics such as "human rights", "political reform", "Tiananmen Square" and "Falun Gong", among others. Write to the Write to the Chairman and CEO of Google, Mr Schmidt, to tell him what you think about this.

http://web.amnesty.org/pages/internet-110506-action-eng

(Added: Fri Jul 21 2006   Hits: 215)

Irrepressible.Info

Irrepressible Adj. 1) Impossible to repress or control. Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information. The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments - with the help of some of the biggest IT companies in the world - are cracking down on freedom of expression. Amnesty International, with the support of The Observer, is launching a campaign to show that online or offline the human voice and human rights are impossible to repress.

http://irrepressible.info/

(Added: Wed Jun 07 2006   Modified: Wed Jun 21 2006   Hits: 262)

Petition: Release the source code for MS Win98 for non-profit community organisations

Sign the petition calling for Microsoft to release the source code for Microsoft Win9x (Win95, Win98, WinME) to non-profit community organisations.

http://new.petitiononline.com/msw9x4np/petition.html

(Added: Fri Nov 11 2005   Modified: Thu Jun 15 2006   Hits: 309)

Save PBS from partisan operatives

Kenneth Tomlinson, the Republican board member of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) -- the government-funded organization that was designed to shield PBS from political pressure -- is aggressively pressing PBS to correct what he considers "liberal bias." Sign this petition to demand that Congress, the CPB and PBS station managers remove Tomlinson and support town meetings in your community on the future of PBS. (Freepress)

http://www.freepress.net/action/pbs

(Added: Mon May 28 2007   Hits: 130)

Sign the Petition -- Don't Let Congress Ruin the Internet

Right now Congress is pushing a law that would abandon the First Amendment of the Internet -- a principle called "network neutrality" that preserves the free and open Internet. Congress needs to hear from you today or they will hand over control of what you do online to companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.

http://action.freepress.net/campaign/savethenet

(Added: Thu Jun 22 2006   Modified: Fri Dec 21 2007   Hits: 219)

Stop the Export of U.S.-Funded Abstinence-Only HIV/AIDS Programs

'Abstinence-only' programs teach that abstaining from sex until marriage is the only effective way to prevent contracting HIV through sex. They deny young people critical information about condoms and other safer sex strategies, and promote marriage as a safeguard against HIV infection. These programs do not work, they violate kids' right to complete information about HIV/AIDS and leave young people at risk of contracting HIV in marriage, particularly women and girls. But the U.S. government is exporting them all over the world as part of President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Support Ugandan AIDS activists by adding your name to a sign-on letter to their Ministry of Health. Write to President Bush and Ambassador Randall Tobias

http://hrw.org/campaigns/aids/2005/uganda/

(Added: Tue Oct 03 2006   Hits: 309)

Take action to free Shi Tao

Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist, is serving a ten-year prison sentence in China for sending an email from his Yahoo account. Yahoo China provided account-holder information that led to his sentencing. Take action to free Shi Tao.

http://web.amnesty.org/pages/chn-310106-action-eng

(Added: Fri Jul 21 2006   Hits: 338)

Tell the Cell Phone Industry Its Recycling Effort is 'Incomplete'

In September, the wireless industry meets in Los Angeles to promote new wireless technologies. Unfortunately, the major wireless providers still have not taken adequate efforts to recycle their old technology. Please take action! Send a letter to the CTIA - (the wireless trade association) telling them that they need to make a stronger commitment to cell phone recycling.

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/earthworks/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5195

(Added: Mon Sep 18 2006   Hits: 205)

Urge Microsoft not to assist human rights abuses

Internet companies have an invaluable role to play in the realization of freedom of expression and information. But in China and elsewhere, Microsoft is instead aiding repression, censorship, and violation of fundamental freedoms. Write to Bill Gates to tell him what you think about this.

http://web.amnesty.org/pages/ec-110506-action-eng

(Added: Fri Jul 21 2006   Hits: 208)