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October 2007

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31.10.2007 "Da un'Europa sconvolta dai recenti conflitti nei Balcani ad un Europa che, valorizzando etnie, lingue e religioni, sappia cogliere le tante opportunità anche attraverso l'allargamento dell'Unione". E' questo l'appello che è emerso dalle relatrici alla Conferenza internazionale promossa venerdì scorso a Bolzano dalla World Social Agenda nell'ambito della manifestazione "Libera Europa–Freies Europa". La conferenza ha concluso il ciclo di riflessione quadriennale sui continenti nei quali donne dell'Africa, America Latina, dell'Asia, dell’Europa dell’Est e dei Balcani hanno presentato le loro attività e la loro visione di un mondo "diverso, multiplo, mescolato". Dal prossimo anno, la World Social Agenda proporrà percorsi, dibattiti e eventi a Padova, Trento e Bolzano sugli "Obiettivi del Millennio" proposti dall'Onu.
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Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Economy] [Civil rights] [Religion] [Social exclusion] [Civil society] [Conflict]
Buddhist monks in Myanmar, formerly Burma. (Photo: nkenji/flickr)(
30.10.2007 British MPs pledge not to forget Burma, via a YouTube video.
And following performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, OId Vic and Soho Theatre, the dramatised story of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, The Lady Of Burma, comes to London's Riverside Studios from 7 November.

+ Children Bought and Sold by Army Recruiters
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From: Burma Campaign
Related topics/regions: [Myanmar] [United Kingdom]
Image: Buddhist monks in Myanmar, formerly Burma. (Photo: nkenji/flickr)( © nkenji (flickr)
Colin Challen MP
27.10.2007 The UK Government must act on UNEP Global Environment Outlook, says 'climate change' MP.
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Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change]
Image: Colin Challen MP
RTI poster
27.10.2007 A small Indian village in the western state of Gujarat discovers the power of the Right to Information (RTI). After four years of complaints on the lack of health care services, a few straight questions to the Public Information Officer make things move.

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Related topics/regions: [India] [Civil rights] [Knowledge] [Corruption & transparency] [Law]
Image: RTI poster
26.10.2007 Hip hop yhteiskunnallisena protestimusiikkina ei ole kuollut - ainakaan Afrikassa. Uusi dokumentti kuvaa senegalilaisia hoppareita ja heidän rooliaan viime vuosien kamppailuissa demokratian puolesta.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Senegal] [Youth]
Image: © Christopher Moore / African Underground
Bouks from the Sen Kumpe crew (Medine, Dakar, Senegal).
26.10.2007 WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (OneWorld) - Hip-Hop is not dead, at least not in Africa. That was the consensus after a recent screening here of the forthcoming documentary, "African Underground: Democracy in Dakar."
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Senegal] [Poverty] [Culture] [Activism] [Governance]
Image: Bouks from the Sen Kumpe crew (Medine, Dakar, Senegal). © Christopher Moore / African Underground
Proteste per la liberazione di Aung San Suu Kyi
24.10.2007 Nel giorno in cui le Nazioni Unite celebrano il loro 62° anniversario, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, leader della Lega nazionale per la democrazia, è entrata nel suo 12° anno di arresti domiciliari. Per l'occasione, Amnesty International ha nuovamente chiesto al governo di Myanmar/Birmania di rilasciare immediatamente le migliaia di persone arrestate per aver preso parte alle più recenti manifestazioni pacifiche, così come tutti i prigionieri di coscienza in carcere da anni, tra cui la stessa Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. “La premio Nobel per la pace è il simbolo della resistenza politica di Myanmar: il suo rilascio rappresenterebbe un importante segnale positivo” – ha dichiarato Irene Khan, Segretaria generale di Amnesty International.
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Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Activism] [Conflict]
Image: Proteste per la liberazione di Aung San Suu Kyi
23.10.2007 Concerned intellectuals in Delhi during the launch of a book, Alternative Economic Survey 2006-07, held the government’s neo-liberal policies responsible for ever widening rich-poor divide. Obsessed with what they describe as “growth fundamentalism”, they blamed the government for the sufferings of majority of the people in this country.
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Labour] [Poverty] [Economy] [Social exclusion]
Gustavo Petro
22.10.2007 WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (OneWorld) - A Colombian senator pushing for justice and peace has been honored in the United States for his human rights activism, accepting a prestigious award alongside co-honorees from the United States challenging the war in Iraq and Washington, DC's "taxation without representation."
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [United States] [Civil rights] [Activism] [Civil society] [Corruption & transparency] [Ethics & value systems] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution] [Peace]
Image: Gustavo Petro © Independent Media Center
17.10.2007 Nepalilla on edessään kaksi vaihtoehtoista tietä: toinen vie uuteen Nepaliin, toinen poliittiseen katastrofiin. Näin sanoo Suomessa vieraileva Shyam Shrestha, joka kuuluu Nepalin kansalaisyhteiskunnan vaikuttajiin.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related topics/regions: [Nepal] [Politics]
16.10.2007 Irfan Mufti from Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) feels society has to be organised and mobilized to influence policy. The change may not be immediate, but political influence is bound to grow in future.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Poverty] [Social exclusion] [Economy] [Infant mortality] [Human rights] [Gender] [Indigenous rights] [Social exclusion] [Civil society] [Governance] [MDGs]
15.10.2007 Pakistanin entinen pääministeri Benazir Bhutto on tekemässä paluuta kotimaahansa ja pyrkii Pakistanin ohjaksiin luvatuissa demokrattisissa vaaleissa. Valtaan päästessään Bhutto haluaa työntää armeijaa kauemmaksi yhteiskunnan valta-asemista.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Politics]
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12.10.2007 Suomi ja Nepal kävivät ensimmäiset kahdenväliset neuvottelunsa neljän vuoden tauon jälkeen viime perjantaina. Samana päivänä Nepal päätti lykätä vaalejaan. Tänään perjantaina on määrä päättää, milloin perustuslakia säätävä kansalliskokous voidaan valita.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related topics/regions: [Nepal] [Peace]
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Minar Pimple of Millennium Campaign
11.10.2007 Millennium Campaign Asia Deputy Director Minar Pimple spoke to OneWorld South Asia (OWSA) on how the Stand Up campaign in South Asia is making a difference by changing the perspectives of people on how they are being governed, and how they would like to be governed.
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Poverty] [Social exclusion] [Human rights] [Freedom of expression] [Governance] [United Nations] [MDGs]
Image: Minar Pimple of Millennium Campaign
09.10.2007 Burman kansannousun rohkeus ja toiveikkuus on vaihtunut pelkoon. Poliisi uhkailee, pelottelee ja pidättää mielenosoituksiin millään tavoin osallistuneita ihmisiä.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Myanmar] [Human rights]
Burqini (Why democracy?)
04.10.2007 Why Democracy? is a documentary project using film to start a global conversation about democracy.
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Image: Burqini (Why democracy?)
Vladimir Putin
03.10.2007 As the outcome of the Ukrainian election threatens to peel away the orange revolution, Misha Kechaqmadze traces the success of post-Soviet regimes to stamp out the march to democracy.
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Related topics/regions: [Belarus] [Georgia] [Kyrgyzstan] [Russian Federation] [Ukraine]
Image: Vladimir Putin © Radio Netherlands
02.10.2007 Events to mark the 8th anniversary of the founding of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), the main opposition party in Zimbabwe, have been violently disrupted by pro-government militias. Ontibile Kababongwe reports from Masvingo.
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Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe]
Myanmar: monaci buddisti durante le manifestazioni
02.10.2007 Dopo aver chiesto al Consiglio di sicurezza dell'Onu di imporre immediatamente "un embargo totale e obbligatorio sulle armi a Myanmar", Amnesty International ha sollecitato oggi il Consiglio Onu dei diritti umani a pretendere dal governo di Myanmar il rilascio di tutte le persone arrestate nel corso delle manifestazioni pacifiche degli ultimi giorni. Secondo Amnesty il rischio che i manifestanti arrestati subiscano torture è elevato data la persistenza di questo fenomeno da decenni accompagnato dall’impunità più totale. Sarebbero almeno 700 i monaci e 500 le persone arrestate in tutto il paese. Prosegue intanto la raccolta di firme per l’appello per la scarcerazione dei manifestanti arrestati nei giorni scorsi e domani, mercoledì 3 ottobre, si terrà a Napoli una nuova manifestazione di Amnesty International.
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Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Activism] [Civil society] [United Nations]
Image: Myanmar: monaci buddisti durante le manifestazioni
Mahatma Gandhi at his spinning wheel
02.10.2007 The Indian Prime Minister said the value of non-violence as preached by Mahatma Gandhi is still relevant today. The 138th birth anniversary of the Mahatma on October 2 has been declared as the International Day of Non-violence.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [South Asia] [Politics] [Ethics & value systems] [Peace] [United Nations]
Image: Mahatma Gandhi at his spinning wheel
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