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VIictims of war - Iraqi children and families - Depleted uranium and trauma

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 10:10am

Riyadh describes, "The years of sanctions have deeply affected Iraqi society and people have learned to survive individually and have lost the sense of community and caring for others."

"As a result of the 1991 Gulf War the province of Al Muthanna is littered with thousands of unexploded landmines and missiles." "There are many heartbreaking of disabled children in Iraq."

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The Human Rights Alliance

Students Without Borders

Wheelchairs for Kids

Al Munthanna

Basra

WGAR News: Complaint against ‘racist’ Alice Springs TV advertisements

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 10/03/2011 - 9:58am

Newsletter date: 10 March 2011

Contents:
* Complaint against ‘racist’ Alice Springs TV advertisements
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Jude Kelly invites Kevin Rudd to Aboriginal Tent Embassy
* Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra speaks about Aboriginal Customary Law
* “The biggest failure in our health system”

COMPLAINT AGAINST 'RACIST' ALICE SPRINGS TV ADVERTISEMENTS:

- Statement / Report

Rollback the Intervention - Statements/Reports:
Intervention Rollback Action Group Response to ‘Action for Alice’

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Northern Territory Intervention

Filipino workers criticize shortcomings of EDSA (1)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 09/03/2011 - 12:55am

The Partido ng Manggagawa (PM - Labor Party - Philippines) criticized the shortcomings of EDSA 1 as the government commemorates the 25th anniversary of the first people power uprising. “The people power uprising of 1986 turns silver today but it shines no more. That is because the social deficit outweighs the political benefits of simple political turnover between factions of the elite, which is the main achievement of the post-EDSA dispensation,” declared Renato Magtubo, PM chair.

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10th of March: Worldwide solidarity action day with the 300 hunger strikers immigrants-workers in Greece

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 08/03/2011 - 8:48am

DON’T VISIT GREECE!

10th of March: Worldwide solidarity action day with the 300 hunger strikers immigrants-workers in Greece

Please publish, print and spread the following text

Latest Greece travel advises:

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PHILIPPINES: Marcos' legacy cannot be rehabilitated

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/03/2011 - 12:57pm

Akbayan Youth on the 25th Anniversary of EDSA and the Marcos burial issue

The corpse of Ferdinand Marcos remains preserved in a mausoleum. It is a spectral remnant of a past that refuses to let go: a time when Marcos fashioned himself to be a leader who used “utopian causes” to centralize power and justify his authoritarianism.

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Rally to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the Chinese occupation of Tibet

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 1:52pm

Rally: Thursday, 10 March 2011 at 1.30pm
in front of the Chinese Consulate, 45 Brown Street, East Perth

Tibetans and their supporters living in free parts of the world, annually organise rallies to commemorate the anniversary of the Chinese occupation of Tibet.

These rallies send a clear message to the government of China to immediately restore human rights in Tibet and give the Tibetan people their freedom.

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Perth

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protest

human rights

WGAR News: Indigenous survival: Where to from here? - Symposium on the 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 10:50am

Newsletter date: 3 March 2011

Contents:
* Indigenous survival: Where to from here? - Symposium on the 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
* The Desecration of The Sacred Alum Mountain
* ACTU Indigenous Conference in Darwin
* Two Surveys on racial relations in Australia
(1) Challenging Racism: The Anti-Racism Research Project
(2) Australian Reconciliation Barometer

INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL: WHERE TO FROM HERE?
- SYMPOSIUM ON THE 2007 DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research:

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Northern Territory Intervention

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

PHILIPPINES: Marcos' legacy cannot be rehabilitated

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:21am

Akbayan Youth on the 25th Anniversary of EDSA and the Marcos burial issue

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WGAR News: Legislation passes enabling a nuclear waste dump to be built at Muckaty, NT

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 01/03/2011 - 8:11am

Newsletter date: 1 March 2011

Contents:
* Legislation enabling a nuclear waste dump to be built at Muckaty passes House of Representatives
* Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump
* Aboriginal 'Freedom Ride' re-enacted
* Activist Jude Kelly from the Aboriginal Tent embassy gives up citizenship
* Importance of bilingual education in remote Indigenous schools
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

LEGISLATION ENABLING A NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP TO BE BUILT AT MUCKATY PASSES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

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radioactive waste dump

WGAR News: The NT Intervention and the UN Universal Periodic Review of Australia 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 27/02/2011 - 12:01pm

Newsletter date: 27 Feb 2011

Contents:
* UN Universal Periodic Review of Australia 2011
* WCC Statement on the Situation of Indigenous Peoples of Australia
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

UNITED NATIONS:
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF AUSTRALIA 2011

- Special Compilations

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Human Rights Law Resource Centre:
http://www.hrlrc.org.au/content/universal-periodic-review-of-australia/

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Northern Territory Intervention

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