5. Countering Oppression, Organizing, Building Alternatives

Reinstate Malalai Joya to Afghanistan's Parliament: Feminist Banned for Honesty

Joya at a UNIFEM conference, Photo: AfghanKabul, 2007
Authors: Human Rights Watch

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In Memory of Saudi Feminist Blogger Hadeel Alhodaif

Authors: HAMSA

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The Work Unfinished: Remembering Hilda Silverman

Hilda Silverman, Winter 2006, during filming of a video on Jewish activism for peace with justice in Israel/Palestine Photo: Linda and Steven Brion-Meisels
Authors: Jennifer Bing-Canar

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We're left without our moral compass.

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Anti-TortureActivists Convicted: Guantánamo Prison Put On Trial

The thirty five defendants stand in front of Superior Court, Photo: Bill Ofenlach, www.witnesstorture.org
Authors: Frida Berrigan

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We have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and Guantánamo Bay prison is beyond grievous.

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Human Rights and "Asian" Values

Authors: Amartya Sen

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When Zilu asks him "how to serve a prince," Confucius replies, "Tell him the truth even if it offends him."

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The Burmese Cyclone, Nonviolent Action, and the Responsibility to Empower

Pushing the relief truck out of the mud, photo: Beyond Rangoon Project, May 17, 2008
Authors: Patrick Meier

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It is not acceptable to let regimes like Burma's dictate the rules of humanitarian intervention.

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Assisting Burmese Cyclone Survivors: Defying the Government to Save Lives

A generous monk who shared relief supplies with his entire region stands in front of the village's damaged monastery photo: © Beyond Rangoon Project, May 17, 2008
Authors: Beyond Rangoon Project

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When we made it to villages farther down the road, we found that a monk had shared the rice for his village with all the surrounding villages, which had received no aid and were starving.

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Stop the Killing: Arab Activists Call for Ending the Death Penalty in Arab Countries

Egyptian labor bloggers Hossam el-Hamalawy and Kareem el-Beheiry. Kareem was jailed from April to early June 2008 after promoting and covering an April 6 general strike (partially organized via Facebook!) and ongoing independent labor union activism cente
Authors: Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

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Sharia'a law insists that room be left for forgiveness and reconciliation.

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A Politics of Inclusion: An Interview with Egyptian Democracy Advocate Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Following a fire in the Qale't el-Kabsh slum of Cairo, residents were promised replacement housing and compensation, but many received nothing. After a prosecutor told residents and the Egyptian Center for Housing Rights that they would not pursue
Authors: Saad Eddin Ibrahim

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Women got upset and marched to the Royal Palace. The King called me and said, 'Saad, do you see what is happening?' I said, 'Yes, but that is democracy, your Majesty.'

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The Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change

Authors: A coalition of Syrian democrats

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The process of change has begun. It is not directed against anyone, but requires everyone's efforts.

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