Jimmy Mubenga RIP - when will it end?

28 October, 2010 - 12:30
Photo: Graeme RobertsonOn 12 October 2010 Jimmy Mubenga died during a forced deportation from the UK to Angola. He was handcuffed and restrained by three G4S security guards on a BA flight from Heathrow. Before he died, Jimmy was heard by other passengers repeatedly crying out for help.
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Campaign for the Bushmen's right to water in their ancestral home

20 October, 2010 - 22:45
Botswana’s government won’t let the Kalahari Bushmen use their own well, but tourism company Wilderness Safaris has built a luxury lodge on their land with a bar and swimming pool. Sign the petition for the Bushmen to return to their homeland and live in peace.
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Scientists call for axe to fall on Nuclear Weapons Research

13 October, 2010 - 12:57
36 scientists including ex-Royal Society head Sir Michael Atiyah and Nobel Prize winner Sir Harold Kroto have called on the Prime Minister to protect core scientific research by cutting development in new nuclear weapons. £2bn a year, over 25% of the government’s total scientific R&D budget, is currently spent by the MoD.
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Elders commit to ending child marriage

4 October, 2010 - 22:29
Six of the eight Millenium Development Goals are directly affected by the prevalence of child marriage. In the developing world, one in three girls is married before she is 18 and one in seven before she is 15. This not only harms the young brides, but also impedes the development of their communities and societies as a whole.
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Is the Digital Economy Act a blank cheque for extortion?

4 October, 2010 - 16:37
ACS:Law have wrongly accused thousands of internet users for breach of copyright, and those accusations have been exposed along with vast amounts of leaked personal data. They are now considering using the Digital Economy Act to pursue “adult” file-sharers.
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Lib Dems vote against UK arms sales

22 September, 2010 - 13:50
The Liberal Democrat party conference voted to include an “end to Government promotion of and support for the arms trade including shutting the export promotion unit, the UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation” (UKTI DSO) and ending export credits for military goods” in the party’s policy on international development.
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Add your photo for Burma's political prisoners

6 August, 2010 - 18:41
The Arch‘Please use your liberty to promote ours’ says Aung San Suu Kyi. Upload your photo to the collection which Amnesty will take to Brussels for the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on October 4th-5th, demanding freedom for political prisoners and real human rights improvements across Burma.
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Fight Factory Farming!

2 August, 2010 - 15:09
Animal and environment groups warn that US-style factory farms are being considered by Lincolnshire County Council. Factory farming relies on huge quantities of imported feed from areas where rainforests are under increasing threat. Cows are kept inside all year round, and industrialised milk production threatens organic dairy farms.
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UKBA accused of intimidating campaigners

23 July, 2010 - 12:07
Anne McLaughlin MSP has formally complained to the UKBA over their “threatening behaviour” against campaigners opposing the deportation of Florence Mhango and her 10 year old daughter Precious to Malawi.
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County Mayo Activists oppose Shell's raw gas pipeline

12 July, 2010 - 15:37
Mass opposition is ramping up against Shell’s €100m tunnel linking an offshore pipeline with a gas refinery, avoiding land where local activists were jailed 5 years ago. Shell is planning up to 80 boreholes to survey the Sruth Fhada Chonn estuary, part of the Broadhaven Bay Special Area of Conservation.
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