Thanks to the Committee to Protect Journalists, you can send a digital postcard to one of the many journalists around the world who have been imprisoned for doing their job…
Human Rights
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#FreeValsero: A prominent Cameroonian hip-hop artist and human rights activist has been imprisoned, alongside 130 other activists, since participating in a nonviolent protest in January!! He is currently facing 8…
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To be an activist in my homecountry BRAZIL is life-threatening experience and one more was assassinated: Marielle Franco, defender of black women, LGBT, struggle in the slums. she fought against…
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On the 15th anniversary of the US’s invasion of Iraq, our allies at the Center for Constitutional Rights are calling for reparations for the war’s survivors!
by adminIn a statement to the media today, they wrote: “The hardships have not stopped activists in Iraq from fighting for justice and for progressive issues, even in the face of…
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Upon turning 18, Mohammad Kalhor was sentenced to death, despite a medical examiner’s report stating that he was not mentally mature when he allegedly committed murder at age 15. “According…
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https://hyperallergic.com/…/signs-of-creative-resistance-a…/ For more creative resistance, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CulturesResist! [Photo credit: Vlad Tchompalov, Unsplash.com.]
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Throughout Europe, the Roma people, often known as “gypsies,” are treated as second-class citizens, facing prejudice, hatred, and violence.
by adminThey are forced to leave their homes, provided with poor education, and segregated from the rest of society. Roma comprise one of Europe’s largest minorities, with between 10 and 12…
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BANGLADESH: release award-winning photographer and activist Shahidul Alam and end violent crackdown on student protests!!!
by adminShahidul Alam’s arrest on 5 August 2018 shines a light on the dangerous escalation of the government’s crackdown on dissenting voices! https://www.amnesty.org/…/bangladesh-release-photographer-…/ [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]
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Our friends at Freemuse are campaigning to free Ferhat Tunç, who has been the target of numerous government investigations because of his music. Despite a February 2015 ruling by the…
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Ramón Esono Ebalé, an illustrator and comics author from Equatorial Guinea, has been held in detention without charge since September 16. Our friends at Freemuse, Amnesty International, and Human Rights…