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We Act Together, a global campaign to shed light on the global refugee crisis by iACT

iACT is launching We Act Together, a global campaign to shed light on the global refugee crisis and inspire action towards peace. In their recent Newsletter, we can read more details about their campaign, and the organization: In 2005, iACT’s Co-founder and Executive Director...

The Heart of Nuba is opening in cities across the United States this week!

On December 2016 we organized in Paris the screening of The Heart of Nuba, in the presence of the movie’s Director Kenneth A. Carlson. The powerful documentary film is telling the story of American doctor Tom Catena serving one million patients in the war-torn Nuba Mountains of...

Organizations express their concern regarding the recent arrests of journalists and human rights defenders in Ethiopia

Freedom of the press and freedom of expression in Ethiopia are complicated to say the least. Last month we were happy to announce that jailed Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega had been released, read our post here for more details on his story. In the post we wrote that this...

Open letter concerning the crackdown on peaceful protests in Sudan

In September 2017, we signed the letter by The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) with other NGOs calling for strong, action-oriented resolution on Sudan at UN Human Rights Council. Read our post here. Once again, Sudanese security forces have arrested scores of people...

Valentine’s Day: The Hidden Cost of Jewelry – Jewelers Should Come Clean (HRW)

Each year on February 14th, many people celebrate Valentine’s Day, the day of romance. They exchange cards or gifts with their ‘valentine’. This day is today and it is the perfect occasion to draw attention to a very sensible topic: conflict minerals. This is not new on the...

Support Ensaf Haidar and take action for Saudi blogger Raif Badawi!

Ensaf Haidar, wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, was in France over the weekend. As you know, we have been supporting his husband for years, advocating for his release and rallying for his freedom. Last week we tweeted about taking action and we also sent a Newsletter to our...

Letters to Deputy Secretary of State and to Congress regarding the Sudan Regime

Last week, Act for Sudan published two letters: one to Deputy Secretary of State: Humanitarian Aid for the People of Sudan, the other one to Congress: Ongoing Human Rights and International Law Violations by the Sudan Regime. Extract from the first letter addressed to Mr. John J....

La Chaîne de l’Espoir lance un appel pour Keon, 4 ans

Il y a quelques semaines La Chaîne de l’Espoir lançait un appel pour Keon, 4 ans, qui est en grand danger : le petit garçon souffre en effet d’une terrible maladie de naissance, la maladie de Hirschprung. On peut lire sur le site que cette maladie de naissance qui touche le...

Celebrate Human Rights Day and #StandUp4HumanRights!

This week has been a very busy week, and we’re glad many of you could celebrate Human Rights Week with us. We published articles related to Human Rights: Celebrate Human Rights Week with The MagkaSama Project! Orange Day 2017 : Unissons-nous contre les violences dans l’espace...

Human Rights Watch: Lighting the Way for Human Rights

We started this Human Rights Week on the MagkaSama Project celebrating Orange Day (read our post here, in French) and now we wanted to let you know about an initiative by Human Rights Watch: Lighting the Way for Human Rights – 24 Landmarks Around the World to Serve as Beacons of...