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Videos
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Know Your Rights: Univ. Dec. of Human Rights on US Passports
Nobel Peace prize-winning Aung San Suu Kyi, Prime Minister elect of Burma, has been censored, monitored and put under house arrest for the last 16 years by the military regime. Human rights are broken every day all over the world. Printing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, written by Eleanor Roosevelt and ratified by the U.N. in 1948, is the first step for everyone in the world to know and defend their rights.
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"In the Quiet land" - A poem by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
This is a poem written by Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and a prisoner of consience in her own country.
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"Free bird towards a free Burma" - A poem by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
This is another poem written by Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and a prisoner of consience in her own country.
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Marijuana. It's an ongoing debate. In this Cause in 60 cannabis supporters fight for their rights to use a natural medicine while others stand firm on their beliefs to criminalize the use of mind altering substances. What do you think? Should it be legal for recreational use, regulated, and taxed to fix our economy? Or should those who inhale deep be put in prison? Share your thoughts at http://causecast.org/marijuana Cause in 60 is a video mashup of videos, photos, and tweets provided by the community of contributing members on Causecast. (Additional footage credit: Creative Commons, public domain film "Reefer Madness")
Articles
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Female Iraqi Prisoners May Be Brutally Suffering in US Prisons
Reports have surfaced accusing the United States of holding hundreds of Iraqi women in custody without charging the women.
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HIV/AIDS Risk High Among Political Prisoners
Political prisoners in Burma run a high risk of contracting HIV/AIDS because of unhygienic medical treatment, according to reports.
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Kingsley prison grows tons of food for poor
Camp Pugsley, the minimum security state prison camp near Kingsley, Michigan, generated over 18,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables for local food banks.
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Music used in prisons to 'break' inmates
Blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate in his tiny cell in Iraq, the blistering rock from Nine Inch Nails hit Prisoner No. 200343 like a sonic bludgeon.
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South African prisoners embrace yoga
The prisoners at Groenpunt Maximum Security prison in Free State province are among the most violent in South Africa.
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Roxana Saberi, American Journalist, Released From Iranian Prison
American journalist Roxana Saberi was released from an Iranian prison more than three months after being detained under suspicion of espionage.
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Bowe Bergdahl: Taliban Prisoner or U.S. Military Deserter?
As Private Bergdahl is held hostage in Afghanistan, the debate rages on about how he ended up in that situation and what should be done to bring him home.
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126 Politial Prisoners Released In Burma
The Burmese government, following months of international pressure, has recently set free some 126 political prisoners, including several prominent activists.
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37,000 Die From Hospital Super Bug
Causecast recently reported that bacteria MRSA was running rampant in prison hospitals. Now we can report that it’s also causing the high rates of deaths in ... -
Hundreds Of Inmates On Death Row In Nigeria Are Innocent
Is there anything scarier than being innocent and on death row in Nigeria?
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Afghan Sentenced To Death For Asking About Women's Rights
Parwez Kambakhsh, a 24 year-old student was sentenced to death in Afghanistan because he asked about about women's rights in one of his classes.
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Ex-Slave Wins Landmark Slavery Case In Niger
Sold into slavery at the age of 12, Hadijatou Mani has won a landmark case in Niger.
Events
- 2009 Annual Meeting Seizing the Moment, Building the Movement Location: The 2009 AGM will be held in Boston, MA, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, from March 27-29, 2009.
- Annual Fast and Vigil to End the Death Penalty Location: Supreme Court, Washington D.C.
- FLASH MOB FOR BURMA Location: Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA Between California and Millwood
- Amnesty International's Global Write-a-thon Location: everywhere
People
- GiboyASSKFreedom Dublin, IRELAND
- Richard Soquel, CALIFORNIA,
- Bryan Callen
- Anunnaki_Nathan San Diego, CA
- Maxie1953 San Bernardino, CA
Blog posts
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Express Your Support for Parole for Native American Leader and Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier! Hearing Scheduled for July 27 Your Letter Must Be Received Before July 14 Click here t...
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Burma's Ambassador to the UN promises amnesty for political prisoners: I'm unsure about this...
Burma's (or Myanmar's) permanent Ambassador at the United Nations announced to the Security Council in its headquarters in New York that the military junta will release prisoners before the planned...
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The I Live Here Foundation is born!
I Live Here came out of a creeping realization that I knew little of how most of the world lived. My ignorance felt selfish. After nine months of intensive reading, I made my first research trip...
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1. We want freedom and the social, political and economic development and empowerment of our families and communities; and for all women, men and children throughout the world. 2. We want equal ...
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"I LIVE HERE" the book launches October 14!
It's hard to believe that I LIVE HERE is done. When I first met with Michael Simons and Paul Shoebridge in a café in Vancouver, I told them this would be an easy project and would take seven months...
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An update from Mia and the I Live Here team
Hi- I Live Here has been out for a month now and Paul, Mike, James and I are amazed by the response so far. The reviews have been great, cool publications are writing about what we're doing, and...
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The real surge, not the one in Iraq, for human rights came at the end of the last century. Communism disappeared without bullets flying. Southern Africans had majority rule. Military dictators had ...
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Who Will Save Burma's Women and Children?
By Nilar Thein Published on June 19, 2008 (The Nation) I woke up from a dream in the middle of the night. I was with my daughter, playing in a small garden. We were playing hide and seek. I ...
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The real surge, not the one in Iraq, for human rights came at the end of the last century. Communism disappeared without bullets flying. Southern Africans had majority rule. Military dictators had ...
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Burma’s Unsung Hero
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (pronounced Daw Aung Sawn Sue Chee) is one of the world’s most renowned freedom fighters and advocates of nonviolence, having served as the figurehead for Burma’s struggle for ...
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Here is the link for the story at Reuters http://af.reuters.com/article/drcNews/idAFLN34164620090123 Please read my friend Seans encounter with Nkunda in the DRC before he started his organi...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOVE IS COMING TO TOWN: A BENEFIT FOR FALLING WHISTLES Dallas, TX, January 19, 2009--LOVE is coming to Dallas Saturday, February 7, 2009. This is a unique event uniting ar...
