We’ve all seen the horrific images of hundreds of innocent women burned or crushed to death in factories while making our clothes. In the next few days we can get companies to stop it happening again. Big fashion brands source from hundreds of factories in Bangladesh.Two brands, including Calvin Klein, have signed a very strong building [...]
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We are following Avaaz, leader of the global web movement. Avaaz empowers millions of people from all walks of life to take action on pressing global, regional and national issues, from corruption and poverty to conflict and climate change. Fairplanet.net reports on the major campaigns.Horror in paradise
It’s hard to believe, but a 15-year-old rape survivor has been sentenced to be whipped 100 times in public! Let’s put an end to this lunacy by hitting the Maldives government where it hurts: the tourism industry. The girl’s stepfather is accused of raping her for years and murdering the baby she bore. Now the court says [...]
No more impunity for oil giants?
If oil spills destroyed the land you depend on to feed your children, you’d want justice. Now, after years of legal wrangling, a Nigerian farmer whose livelihood was ruined by the negligence of Royal Dutch Shell has finally won against the oil giant. And even though a court in the Netherlands dismissed several similar complaints [...]
Stop the Elephant Slaughter
Across Africa, elephants are being slaughtered by poachers in record numbers — and their tusks hacked off with chainsaws — to make luxury items, statues and trinkets in Asia. But in days, Thailand will host a key global summit on illegal trade in endangered species, giving us a rare chance to stop this futile massacre. [...]
Somalia: No authority to rape
My name is Laila and I’m a journalist. I recently wrote a story about a young woman brutally gang-raped by government soldiers in Somalia, hoping that her bravery in telling such a painful story would bring attention to the awful rape problem there. Instead, the government used my article to jail a rape victim and another journalist covering [...]
Will ‘crazy bad’ air pollution force China to open up?
Air quality so bad that it’s literally off the charts has settled in once again over Beijing and much of eastern China. The return of the foul smog brings with it the familiar rituals of pedestrians sporting face masks, airlines cancelling flights and authorities advising people to stay indoors to protect their health. But is it sparking [...]
Oil showdown in the Amazon
There’s an indigenous community in Ecuador that lives in a part of the Amazon where there are jaguars and more animal life than the whole of North America! It’s an incredibly pristine, remote area and the whole ecosystem has been preserved. But the government is threatening to go in and look for oil. The local tribe [...]
Stop the Frankenfish attack
The US is about to treat the world to the first genetically modified meat: a mutant salmon that could wipe out wild salmon populations and threaten human health – but we can stop it now before our plates are filled with suspicious Frankenfish. The new fake salmon grows twice as fast as real salmon, and not [...]
The final straw
A 23-year-old student has died after being gang raped on a bus for hours. This is the last straw in the global war on women. Join massive protests in India, and call on the government to strengthen laws and launch a major public education campaign to challenge and shame the grotesque attitudes that led to [...]
Sklave mit nur fünf Jahren…
Das indische Parlament schließt zum Jahresende, ohne das schärfste Gesetz gegen Kinderarbeit seiner Geschichte zu verabschieden. Das Gesetz wird von der Mehrheit der Parlamentarier unterstützt, doch es liegt seit Wochen auf Eis, weil das Parlament der Ansicht ist, dass es keine ‘Priorität’ hat!
Hours for Palestine
Update: The UN General Assembly has decided with a majority of 138 of 193 votes: From now on, Palestine holds a “non-member observer state” which means a huge step towards a stronger self-determination for Palestinians and another step towards a two-state solution. ***************************************************************************************************************************** In hours, the UN will face a historic vote on Palestinian statehood. While extremists in Israel [...]
Hours to stop Uganda’s horrific anti-gay law
The Ugandan Parliament is set to pass a brutal law that may carry the death penalty for homosexuality. If they do, thousands of Ugandans could face execution or life imprisonment – just for being gay. We’ve helped stop this bill before, and we can do it again. After a massive global outcry last year, Ugandan President Museveni [...]
