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• Blogacción por los Derechos Humanos en Cuba: Unidos por los Derechos de Todos

  
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  Nosotros, cubanos en el exilio, unidos en una cadena internacional por la libertad y la democracia en Cuba, hemos acordado manifestar hoy 5 de diciembre de 2009, junto a nuestros amigos en cada ciudad, nuestro rechazo a las reiteradas y flagrantes violaciones de los derechos humanos en Cuba. Es por ello que en más ...
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• Legacy of Prison Soccer, Part II

  
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  Soccer is a game loved the world over. It’s fun to play and entertaining to watch. But, in South Africa, soccer is more than just a sport. Soccer was instrumental in the democratization of South Africa. The National Party felt mounting anti-apartheid pressure when South Africa became the first country in the world ...
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• Chrysler TV ad says ” Free political prisoner “.

  
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  Commercial pushes for release of Burmese political captive PRESS RELEASE: Chrysler Brand Joins Effort to Free 1991 Nobel Peace Laureate in New TV Film • Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Laureate, has been in and out of house arrest since 1989 • Film to break on brand’s Web ...
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• Blogacción por los Derechos Humanos en Cuba

  
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  Blogacción por los Derechos Humanos en Cuba Unidos por los Derechos de Todos, Semana del 5 al 12.12.2009 Type: Causes - Protest Network: Global Start Time: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 11:00pm End Time: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 12:00am Location: Blogs, Facebook, Twitter ...
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• Former President Makes a Political Comeback in Argentina

  
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  Former President Néstor Kirchner, whose wife is president now, was sworn in to Congress on Thursday in Buenos Aires.
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• Amenaza Seguridad del Estado a amigo de la familia del Dr. Darsi Ferrer.

  
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  Via email: Amenaza Seguridad del Estado a amigo de la familia del Dr. Darsi Ferrer. Por Jaime Leygonier. Agentes de la Seguridad del Estado citaron el 2° de diciembre para la Unidad policial de Acosta a Pedro Moisés Calderín Tápanes y allí lo amenazaron por su amistad con la familia del preso ...
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• 5 Youth Arrested Overnight in Mass Military Invasion of Beit Ommar

  
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  At approximately 2am Wednesday, December 3, 25 Israeli military jeeps, carrying over 100 soldiers, entered the village of Beit Ommar in the Hebron District. They then set up three checkpoints inside the village, one on the north-west side of town near the city council building, and two in the center of the village. ...
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• Driver who killed teens loses appeal

  
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  A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...
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• Los absurdos kafkianos de la causa contra el Dr. Darsi Ferrer.

  
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  Via correo electronico: Los absurdos kafkianos de la causa contra el Dr. Darsi Ferrer. Por Jaime Leygonier. La causa contra el médico disidente Darsi Ferrer, preso sin juicio desde el 21 de julio, es tan absurda por su violación de las leyes vigentes que asombra !incluso en Cuba! cuya dictadura castiga a los ...
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• Confiscan a preso Dr. Ferrer medicinas y carta "contrarrevolucionaria" de antirracista Abdias Nascimento

  
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  Via correo electronico: Confiscan a preso Dr. Ferrer medicinas y carta "contrarrevolucionaria" de antirracista Abdias Nascimento. Por Jaime Leygonier. Las autoridades penitenciarias del penal habanero de Valle Grande niegan al preso de conciencia Dr. Darsi Ferrer que reciba una carta de solidaridad que le dirigió ...
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• Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills

  
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  The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...
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• Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM

  
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  Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
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• Iran: Death Sentence for Zeynab Jalalian Confirmed by the Supreme Court

  
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  Reports coming from Iran indicate that the death sentence of Zeynab Jalalian, a female Kurdish political prisoner, has been confirmed by the Iranian Supreme Court. Zeynab was arrested in May 2008 in Kermanshah and held by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Intelligence Office ever since. On January 2009 Zeynab was ...
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• World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Trial of Opposition Leader Suspended

  
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  The judge in the trial of Roy Bennett suspended proceedings until next year.
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• IMEMC: This Week in Palestine, November 27, 2009

  
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  Israel announced this week it would halt construction works in illegal settlements for a period of 10 months, while military attacks on Gaza and the West Bank left four dead and six injured. These stories and more in this week’s update. This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for ...
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• Op-Ed Columnist: Iranians in Exile

  
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  Roger Cohen
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• Israel’s appalling denial of entry to Palestine for African American activists Dhoruba Bin Wahad and Naji Mujahid

  
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  USPCN stands with African American activists against Israeli racism Israel’s appalling denial of entry to Palestine for African American activists Dhoruba Bin Wahad and  Naji Mujahid comes as no surprise.   The state of Israel, inherently racist and exclusionary, has always found common cause with other racist ...
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• Free speech trial of two Western Saharan students in Morocco postponed

  
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  Baba Ali Toumi and Abdellah Dihani The Court of Appeal in Casablanca has postponed the verdict on two Saharawi students, Baba Ali Toumi and Abdellah Dihani to next week. The trial resumed today Thursday, 26 November 2009, in the absence of the complainant and witnesses, still the president of the court refused to ...
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• Pat Levasseur: Lynne Stewart is in Jail!

  
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  Updates on the jailing of people’s laywer Lynne Stewart.LYNNE’S BAIL REVOKEDLynne’s bail has been revoked, and she is now being held in jail after the Second Circuit ruled on her and the government’s appeals on Tuesday, November 17, 2009.DECEMBER 2Court date – Pack the Court!At 10:30am United States ...
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• Review: A Woman’s Journey Underground and Back

  
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  Suzy Subways suggested posting the following piece (which originally appeared on Toward Freedom. (Nov. 25, 2009)Purpose in the Struggle:A Woman’s Journey Underground and Backby Dana Barnett Reviewed: Arm the Spirit: A Woman’s Journey Underground and Back, by Diana Block. Published by AK Press, 2009.“We had gone ...
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