Action / Petition

Imprisoned for a Tweet? Tell the Bahraini Government to Free Nabeel Rajab!

Nabeel Rajab, a prominent leader of Bahrain’s human rights movement, was convicted in August 2012 and is currently serving a two-year sentence. Earlier today, TakePart tweeted about Nabeel Rajab: Imprisoned for a TWEET? Unjust! Help us free @NABEELRAJAB by signing our petition here:...

Raise Hope for Congo, a campaign of The Enough Project

Raise Hope for Congo, a campaign of The Enough Project, aims to build a permanent and diverse constituency of activists who will advocate for the human rights of all Congolese citizens and work towards ending the ongoing conflict in eastern Congo. Raise Hope for Congo and the Enough...

End Rape Now

The Global Fund for Women along with grantees in India, the International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict, and sister organizations in the United States* demand the United Nations, under Ban Ki-moon’s leadership, pressures world leaders to make ending sexual...

Rights Groups, Genocide Scholars ask Germany to cancel Sudan Investment Conference

Act for Sudan just published a press release regarding the upcoming ‘Sudan-South Sudan Economic Conference‘ that will take place in Berlin on Tuesday, January 29 2013. Conference will “help to fund more atrocities against civilians,” say groups. Here is the press release...

The Every Human Has Rights Campaign by The Elders / CIVICUS

Every Human Has Rights was launched in 2008 by The Elders as a campaign to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.  The year saw the beginnings of a revival of awareness of the Declaration and its principles, which still hold strong today. To celebrate this...