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07.05.2008 Zimbabweans are increasingly harnessing new technologies -- notably cell phones and the internet -- to challenge the ever more dictatorial nature of Mugabe's regime.
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From: Global Voices Online
Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] [Communication] [Freedom of expression] [ICT] [Internet] [Governance]
A pro-immigration demonstration; May 2006.
05.05.2008 Over 30,000 passionate protesters took to the streets last week to oppose immigration raids and deportations, reflecting a revitalized unity and fervor in the immigrants' rights community, writes Roberto Lovato.
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From: New America Media
Related topics/regions: [United States] [Migration] [Civil rights] [Governance]
Image: A pro-immigration demonstration; May 2006. © Independent Media Center
Haitian farmers.
05.05.2008 Peasants' and other grassroots organizations are promoting change in Haiti, write two agricultural activists who paid a visit to the Caribbean island, where they found food scarcity, environmental damage, and general insecurity are widespread.
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From: Grassroots International
Related topics/regions: [Haiti] [Agriculture] [Food] [Labour] [Poverty] [Forests]
Image: Haitian farmers. © Grassroots International
The staff of an organization promoting peace and human rights in East Timor.
05.05.2008 A peace building and human rights program uses creative and therapeutic learning to help East Timorese heal and move beyond the violence that pervades their young country's history.
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From: Peace X Peace
Related topics/regions: [Timor-Leste] [Human rights] [Culture] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution]
Image: The staff of an organization promoting peace and human rights in East Timor. © Peace X Peace

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