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'Alternative Nobel Prize' winners announced

29.09.2005 Activists from Botswana, Canada, Malaysia and Mexico have won this year's Right Livelihood Award - the "alternative Nobel Peace Prize".

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Related topics/regions: [Mexico] [Malaysia] [Canada] [Botswana] [Activism]

Indigenous Guatemalans Successfully Protest Privatization

26.09.2005 Some 15,000 Guatemalans shut down the Inter-American Highway earlier this month, protesting the fact that they've been shut out of Congressional debate over water privatization. The Congress subsequently called off consideration of the new policies and pledged to involve all groups in the decision-making process.

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From: Cultural Survival, Inc.
Related topics/regions: [Guatemala] [Water/sanitation] [Indigenous rights] [Activism]

Death squads target youth gangs

09.09.2005 Off-duty police in Honduras and Guatemala have been killing suspected members of youth gangs, human rights groups report.

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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Honduras] [Guatemala] [Human rights] [Conflict]