English Blog http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/ en en Copyright 2008 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:11:10 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Canada Elections Ads -- The first batch For the last two years, the Harper government has done everything it could to wreck the world's efforts to fix climate change. At UN negotiations, Canada has been voted the WORST country in the world on climate change 3 times! Now, it's election time, and we have to make sure that Harper pays the price at the polls for his reckless and un-Canadian climate policy. Avaaz is targeting 3 of Harper's top lieutenants (including Environment Minister John Baird) where it will hurt them the most -- at the grass roots. Together, we will try to stop their re-election with ad campaigns telling their constituents just how irresponsible they've been in the name of all Canadians. We'll beat them not by supporting any one party, but by appealing to all voters to help save the planet by voting for the candidate most likely to beat the Conservatives. Below, are the first two of a series of ads we will be running. To help launch the campaign and run the ads, please click here to donate!

Avaaz Canada Elections Ad -- worst leader

Avaaz Canada Elections Ad -- Take Our Ball]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/iain/2008/09/canada_elections_ads_the_first_batch.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/iain/2008/09/canada_elections_ads_the_first_batch.php Climate Change Print Ads Canada canadian elections climate change harper Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:11:10 -0500 Olympic Handshake Ads - Mobile Billboards NYC & SF Handshake campaign to spread a powerful, unambiguous message of peace, friendship and dialogue to the Olympics and countries around the world. The ads spent a few days in the Chinatowns of these cities and then drove around the city centres. Check out the photos, below: ]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/iain/2008/08/olympic_handshake_ads_mobile_billboards_nyc_sf.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/iain/2008/08/olympic_handshake_ads_mobile_billboards_nyc_sf.php Burma Darfur Human Rights Olympics Print Ads Tibet advertisement avaaz burma darfur handshake Olympics Tibet Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:54:36 -0500 Olympics handshake ads Avaaz Olympic handshake ad - English

In Chinese (click image to download print-ready PDF):
Avaaz Olympic handshake ad - Chinese

]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/benwikler/2008/08/olympics_handshake_ads.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/benwikler/2008/08/olympics_handshake_ads.php Burma Darfur Dialogue with Power Print Ads Tibet Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:48:02 -0500 Olympic Handshake Ads - The London Adwalkers Handshake campaign to spread a powerful, unambiguous message of peace, friendship and dialogue to the Olympics and countries around the world. The adwalkers walked through Chinatown and then headed up to Trafalgar Square where the launch of the 2008 Olympics was being shown on jumbo Tv screens. Check out the photos, below: ]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/iain/2008/08/olympic_handshake_ads_the_london_adwalkers.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/iain/2008/08/olympic_handshake_ads_the_london_adwalkers.php Burma Darfur Global Avaaz Human Rights Olympics Print Ads Tibet advertisement avaaz Dalai Lama handshake London Olympics peace press Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:41:58 -0500 Introducing the Avaaz handshake T-shirts To get your shirt now, click on the image below!
Give Peace a Hand - Avaaz.org shirt
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**20% of the cost of your shirt will go towards Avaaz campaign efforts to make our world a better place. ]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/iain/2008/08/introducing_the_avaaz_handshake_tshirts.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/iain/2008/08/introducing_the_avaaz_handshake_tshirts.php Human Rights The Avaaz community Tibet Avaaz merchandise China Dalai Lama Global handshake Olympics Tshirts Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:22:03 -0500 The Hanshake Ads: Love China, Love Tibet, Darfur and Burma
The handshake attempted to take the Olympic moment back with a powerful, unambiguous message of peace, friendship and dialogue. It began with the Dalai Lama, passing through the streets of London, and then it went online where hundreds of thousands of people joined in. Finally, the message was spread further around the world through a massive Olympic media campaign before the closing ceremonies. The ads appeared on billboards and in newspapers from San Francisco to London, Athens to Singapore.

Love China, Love Tibet:
The Handshake: Love China, Love Tibet (Various Publications, Aug 2008)

Love China, Love Darfur
The Handshake: Love China, Love Darfur (Various Publications, Aug 2008)

Love China, Love Burma/Myanmar
The Handshake: Love China, Love Burma/Myanmar (Various publications, Aug 2008)]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/iain/2008/08/the_hanshake_ads_love_china_love_tibet_darfur_and_burma.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/iain/2008/08/the_hanshake_ads_love_china_love_tibet_darfur_and_burma.php Burma Darfur Olympics Print Ads Tibet Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:38:54 -0500 Hope through justice for Darfur Check our ad campaign to support ICC initiative: Save Darfur: Al Bashir Ads (Various Publications, July 2008)]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/graziela/2008/07/hope_through_justice_for_darfur.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/graziela/2008/07/hope_through_justice_for_darfur.php Darfur Human Rights Press Hits Print Ads Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:58:14 -0500 STREET FIGHTER 2 AD IN FINANCIAL TIMES Financial Times newspaper (9 July, 2008). Click here to download a print-ready PDF file.
]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/benwikler/2008/07/street_fighter_2_ad_in_financial_times.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/benwikler/2008/07/street_fighter_2_ad_in_financial_times.php G8 Poverty Press Hits Print Ads Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:13:56 -0500 Avaaz ad climate ad in FT: "Hello, Kiddies" Click here for a print-ready huge PDF.)
]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/benwikler/2008/07/avaaz_ad_climate_ad_in_ft_hello_kiddies.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/benwikler/2008/07/avaaz_ad_climate_ad_in_ft_hello_kiddies.php Climate Change G8 Press Hits Print Ads Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:31:06 -0500 Climate change, Bali, and Australia: humour and politics BALI Read more about Avaaz campaigning at Bali.
Check out our Titanic ad:
 ...and the Asahi Shimbun article about its impact:

AUSTRALIA

For photos and stories about the Avaaz-GetUp campaigning about climate targets at Australia's APEC summit, click here -- and check out this video:
...and also have a look at GetUp's "Be Climate Clever-Er" ad, broadcast in a huge nationwide push:
...all of which sets the stage for the new Avaaz "Hello Kiddies" ad!]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/benwikler/2008/07/climate_change_bali_and_australia_humour_and_politics.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/benwikler/2008/07/climate_change_bali_and_australia_humour_and_politics.php Climate Change Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:52:36 -0500 G8 ad campaign in the Financial Times Financial Times today (Monday, July 7, 2008). A print-ready, 3.8MB PDF file can be accessed at this link. The press release is online here.

More ads will follow on Tuesday and Wednesday.]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/benwikler/2008/07/g8_ad_campaign_in_the_financial_times.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/benwikler/2008/07/g8_ad_campaign_in_the_financial_times.php G8 Press Hits Print Ads Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:38:07 -0500 The Human Stain In an an attempt to cow and intimidate people into voting, Zimbabwe's statesecurity agents had launched "Operation Red Finger" to identify if peoplehad voted by checking if they had indelible ink-stains on their finger.Those who had not voted could be beaten and forced to do so. (Chaz Maviyane-Davies, Photographer/Artist)
]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/graziela/2008/06/the_human_stain.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/graziela/2008/06/the_human_stain.php Zim Rights Alerts Zimbabwe Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:20:05 -0500 African Civil Society letter on Zimbabwe THE DEPTH OF THE CRISIS ZANU-PF responded to President Mugabe's loss in the first round of elections on March 29, 2008, with violent retaliation against the population, characterized by brutal beatings, burning of homes and villages, harassment, arrests, and torture. The violence is largely one-sided, perpetrated by agents of the government and ruling party and the impact has been devastating; indeed, what Zimbabwe is now experiencing is more akin to conflict, than an election. In such conditions, while we salute the determination of the voters to be heard, any election result must lack credibility. The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights states that it has documented so many cases of systematic violent assault and torture that at times its members have been overwhelmed by the numbers. In May alone ZADHR members saw 1007 patients suffering from extensive injuries sustained during these violent attacks. A hospital in Harare says it has seen almost 2000 victims of violence and torture since the first round poll. The opposition MDC states that at least 70 of its supporters have now been killed and 25,000 forced from their homes as a result of the state's campaign of violence. A CONFLICT SITUATION As observed by President Kagame of Rwanda, there is no reason to hold a vote if you do not intend to abide by the outcome. Yet President Mugabe declared that he would refuse to cede power, regardless of the result. He thereby confirms that an election cannot resolve Zimbabwe's crisis. President Mugabe even threatened more violence, warning of "war" if the vote goes against him. Continental leaders and regional neighbours can have no clearer indication of the threat to regional peace and security and the impending and increased danger to civilians, a threat that is even greater if the election is not completed. We call on you to find solutions for Zimbabwe that go beyond merely salvaging the election. NEIGHBOURS AT RISK Regional governments bear a significant burden as a result of the economic and political crisis. Approximately 25% of the people of Zimbabwe have left. Millions of them are now in neighbouring countries and their needs impose a strain on already stretched domestic social services and intensify tensions between the host population and immigrant communities. This flow of people across borders contributes to active instability and conflict in the region as evidenced by the recent xenophobic attacks against immigrant populations in South Africa. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has recognized the threat that the situation in Zimbabwe poses to peace and security in its region by mandating President Thabo Mbeki's efforts to mediate a resolution to the crisis between the ruling party and the opposition. It is time to make resolution of Zimbabwe's problems a priority for the continent. AFRICA'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ZIMBABWE'S CITIZENS Although SADC must be commended for its attempts so far to resolve the crisis in Zimbabwe, its effort has not been repaid. The ruling party is effectively refusing to subject itself to a democratic contest, and waging a violent conflict against its citizens, aggravating a humanitarian crisis. As such it has lost legitimacy, triggering a necessary shift in Africa's stance. Under the Constitutive Act of the African Union, member states are enjoined to "promote and protect human and peoples' rights in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights" and the African Union has an obligation "to intervene in a Member State pursuant to a decision of the Assembly in respect of grave circumstances, namely war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity." There is extensive documentation in Zimbabwe today of torture and killing of named individuals by agents of the ruling party and government who have been described and/or identified. African Union engagement, particularly by the Peace and Security Council, is fully mandated by conditions on the ground and is urgently needed. RECOMMENDATIONS: To SADC: Convene an emergency summit to:- Recognize the failure of the Government of Zimbabwe towards its citizens and the need for an urgent regional, continental, and international response; - Request the AU to assume leadership of a mediation process with support from SADC and the UN; - Authorize and initiate a discussion with international partners about funding humanitarian needs and a recovery plan for Zimbabwe. To the AU Peace and Security Council: Convene an emergency session to: - Establish the responsibility of Zimbabwe's authorities for the situation, confirm AU responsibility to protect civilians and prevent further destabilization of the region; - Authorize deployment of a protection force and additional monitors; - Plan discussions with the United Nations about support, resourcing and deployment of a protection force; - Send a fact-finding mission to determine the level of responsibility of the different branches of the State in the current human rights violations and humanitarian crisis. To the AU Commission: - Include, as an urgent matter, the current situation of Zimbabwe in the agenda of the Sharm El Sheikh Summit and ask the Assembly for a mandate to intervene in the crisis and protect citizens; - Appoint a Special Envoy on Zimbabwe; - Authorise him/her to initiate dialogue with key players and the international community with the objective of establishing a mediation process aimed at achieving a political settlement and associated plan of work for achieving long lasting peace and timetable for return to democracy. The UN Security Council: - Urgently adopt the crisis in Zimbabwe as an official item on the UNSC agenda recognizing the threat it poses to international peace and security and requiring regular political and humanitarian briefings to the Council; - Issue a clear statement indicating GoZ responsibility for the current violence, deploring the tactics used against the population by the GoZ and demanding the facilitation of adequate humanitarian assistance;- Provide support for an AU-led mediation effort and protection force. Respectfully, 1. Action des Chrétiens Activistes des Droits de l'Homme à Shabunda (ACADHOSHA), DRC 2. Aids Law Project, South Africa 3. Botswana Civil Society Solidarity Coalition on Zimbabwe (BOCISCOZ), Botswana 4. Centre for Excellent on Aid Effectiveness, Ghana 5. Centre for Peace and Conflict Management (CAFSO), Nigeria 6. Coalition for Peace In Africa (COPA), Southern Africa 7. Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, Zimbabwe 8. East African Law Society (EALS), East Africa 9. Economic Justice Network of FOCCISA, Southern Africa 10. Environnement, Ressources Naturelles et Développement (ERND), DRC 11. Foster National Cohesion (FONACON), Kenya 12. Global Zimbabwean Forum, Switzerland 13. Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF), South Africa 14. Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA), South Africa 15. Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), Kenya 16. le Centre de Recherche sur l'Environnement, la Démocratie et les Droits de l'Homme (CREDDHO), DRCFor full list of signatories, please follow this link: 17. Legal Assistance Centre (LAC), Namibia 18. Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ), Zimbabwe 19. MISA, Swaziland 20. Muslim Human Rights Forum (MHRF), Kenya 21. National Association of Democractic Lawyers, South Africa 22. Nigeria Bar Association, Nigeria 23. Open Democracy Advice Centre, South Africa 24. Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF), South Africa 25. Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), Southern Africa 26. Positive Life Association of Nigeria (PLAN), Nigeria 27. Protection Enfants Sida, DRC 28. Public Personalities Against AIDS Trust, Zimbabwe 29. Rencontre Africain pour Defence des Droits des L'Hommes (RADDHO), Senegal 30. SANGONeT, South Africa 31. Southern Africa Communications for Development (SACOD), South Africa 32. Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), Southern Africa 33. Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW), Southern Africa 34. Southern African Legal Assistance Network (SALAN), Southern Africa 35. The Botswana Centre for Human Rights - Ditswanelo ¸ Botswana 36. Treatment Action Movement (TAM), Nigeria 37. Trust Africa, Senegal 38. West Africa Bar Association, West Africa 39. West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), West Africa 40. Youth Intercommunity Network, Kenya 41. Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights, Zimbabwe 42. Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development, Zimbabwe 43. Zimbabwe Exiles Forum, South Africa/Zimbabwe 44. Zimbabwe Human Rights Association, Zimbabwe 45. Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, Zimbabwe 46. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZHLR), Zimbabwe 47. Zimbabwe Liberation Veterans Forum ¸ Zimbabwe 48. Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU), Zimbabwe 49. Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum (ZSF), South Africa 50. Zimbabwe Women's Resource Center Network, Zimbabwe 51. The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Kenya]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/graziela/2008/06/african_civil_society_letter_on_zimbabwe.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/graziela/2008/06/african_civil_society_letter_on_zimbabwe.php Zim Rights Alerts Zimbabwe elections Mugabe zimbabwe ZimRights Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:03:11 -0500 Time for Japan and the G8 to act on climate change Climate change will certainly be one of the top agenda items at the G8 summit during the first week of July, but the real question is whether the G8 leaders will actually take decisive action to stop global warming. Leaders from each of the G8 countries have frittered away most of the momentum gained in 2007 and continue to avoid the pressing need to make binding, national targets to decrease carbon emissions. All the important innovations and ideas aimed at reducing global warming--from wind energy to fuel efficiency to changes in consumer behavior --can not be effective unless countries make the firm, immediate, political commitment to reduce carbon emissions. This meeting, a prelude to the broader G8 summit next month, marks a critical juncture at which the world's most powerful-- and polluting-- countries can start to take leadership on the issue.

Host country Japan plays a particularly central role here, and there is some reason for optimism. A recent Pew global attitudes poll showed that the 66% of Japanese citizens are concerned "a great deal" about global warming--the highest total among the countries surveyed (the same figure was 19% in the United States and 26% in Britain) [1]. Within the government, the Environment Ministry supports mandatory, national caps on carbon emissions. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, however, opposes these critical policy changes [2]. Japan's Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda, is the key to shaping his administration's ultimate stance on it, and it looks presently as if he is leaning the wrong way -- on the side of the Trade Ministry [3]. Avaaz members need to show Mr. Fukuda that the global community supports the Japanese public and his colleagues in the Environment Ministry in trying to achieve aggressive policy action in Japan.

Why is this important? Most Avaaz members are well aware of the pressing need for action on climate change, but let's briefly recap. To avoid a greater than 2 degrees Celsius increase in global temperatures over pre-industrial levels, the scientific consensus is that greenhouse gases must be limited to 450 parts per million carbon dioxide over the next century [4]-- though some argue that even this figure may be too high and it should be as low as 350 ppm [5]. To achieve this and avoid environmental catastrophe, action must be taken swiftly [6,7]. Countries would need to reach a 60-80% reduction in carbon emissions over 1990 levels by 2050 [4]. An important graphic from the journal Science, showing clearly that if we continue to fail to act (blue line), the rate of carbon emissions we will need to achieve the desired greenhouse gas level may be out of reach [4]:

Unfortunately, our current trajectory is looking more like the blue line than the red. To get to where we need to be in 2050, the G8 and other highly industrialized countries must reduce carbon emissions 25-40% of 1990 levels by 2020 [8]. While scientific innovation is critical, the key next political step is for each of the G8 countries to take the lead and enact binding (mandatory), national caps on emissions at these levels. The non-EU members-- Russia, Canada, United States, Canada, and Japan-- have been particularly slow to move on this. Other proposals that include voluntary or sectoral caps fail to guarantee that these literally earth-saving emissions reductions can be reached. Although the specific, technical aspects of carbon emissions reductions schemes are debatable, allowing companies to choose to reduce their emissions leaves too little to chance in an area where there is so much at stake. For example, a group of American researchers showed that mandatory caps on two acid rain polluters-- Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides-- each were reduced over 25% from 1991 to 2002 in the United States. In contrast, carbon dioxide, subject to voluntary standards, rose 25% during the same period [9,10]. Clearly, under a voluntary carbon dioxide regime, the United States went in the wrong direction. The experience of Canada also has shown that, despite a relatively strong popular and political will to enact change, voluntary caps failed to achieve its Kyoto goals [11].
Unfortunately, Fukuda's seems to currently favor the Trade Ministry's strategy and is considering largely voluntary, sectoral-- that is, targets set within specific industries rather than at a national level-- targets. Furthermore, they recently announced that they would aim for a 14% reduction from current levels by 2020--a pathetic 4% reduction from 1990 levels and nowhere close to the aggressive action needed [12]. Japan, having both public opinion and its own Environment Ministry on the right side of the issue, is well-positioned to take decisive action, but they need the support of global public opinion to win. Let's get them to immediately declare what scientists have been saying for years now: that their governments must enact mandatory, national caps on carbon emissions to achieve a reduction of 25-40% from 1990 levels by 2020. Let's all work together to help Mr. Fukuda, host to the most powerful and polluting countries in the world, to put mandatory, national carbon caps on the agenda at this meeting-- both for his country and for the rest of the G8.

References

  1. Pew Global Attitudes Project. "America's Image Slips, But Allies Share U.S. Concerns Over Iran, Hamas. No Global Warming Alarm in the U.S., China." http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=252.

  2. "Voluntary, then mandatory path for CO2 scheme-Japan." Reuters, October 5, 2007. http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKT14136220071005.

  3. Arita, Eriko. "Are Japan's leaders merely readers on climate change?." Japan Times, March 20, 2008. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fe20080320a1.html.

  4. Doniger, David D., Antonia V. Herzog, and Daniel A. Lashof. "CLIMATE CHANGE: An Ambitious, Centrist Approach to Global Warming Legislation." Science 314, no. 5800 (November 3, 2006): 764-765. doi:10.1126/science.1131558. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/314/5800/764.

  5. Hansen, J., M. Sato, P. Kharecha, D. Beerling, V. Masson-Delmotte, M. Pagani, et al. "Target atmospheric CO2: Where should humanity aim?." 0804.1126 (April 7, 2008). http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126.

  6. O'Neill, Brian C., and Michael Oppenheimer. "CLIMATE CHANGE: Dangerous Climate Impacts and the Kyoto Protocol." Science 296, no. 5575 (June 14, 2002): 1971-1972. doi:10.1126/science.1071238. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/296/5575/1971?ijkey=jVqsttm/anqYc&keytype=ref&siteid=sci.

  7. Wigley, T. M. L. "The Climate Change Commitment." Science 307, no. 5716 (March 18, 2005): 1766-1769. doi:10.1126/science.1103934. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/307/5716/1766.

  9. Griscom, Amanda. "Involuntarism: Study finds mandatory caps work better than voluntary programs to limit pollution." Grist.org, April 21, 2008. http://www.grist.org/news/muck/2004/04/21/griscom-emissions/.

  10. Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies, Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Service Enterprise Group. "Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Generation Owners in the U.S.." http://www.ceres.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=595&srcid=592.

  11. Rivers, Nic, and Mark Jaccard. " Canada's efforts towards greenhouse gas emission reduction: a case study on the limits of voluntary action and subsidies." International Journal of Global Energy Issues 23, no. 4: 307-23.

  12. Chris Fujioka, "Japan puts off interim C02 goal," Reuters, June 9, 2009, http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUST31826220080609?sp=true.
]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/graziela/2008/06/time_for_japan_and_the_g8_to_act_on_climate_change.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/graziela/2008/06/time_for_japan_and_the_g8_to_act_on_climate_change.php Climate Change climate change g8 Japan Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:20:27 -0500 Stop the Harassment to the Christian Student Movement of Zimbabwe Students are being targeted by Mugabe's police, read below: "On Monday this week, the offices of the Student Christian Movement of Zimbabwe were raided at 1pm by heavily armed members of the police, as well as central intelligence and military personnel. During the raid, the police ransacked the offices, confiscating computers, laptops, digital cameras, and a mini bus. Prosper Munatsi, the Movement's General Secretary, as well as other members were arrested in the raid and they were released four days later but had to report to the police every day. In the process they spent the whole day of Thursday 12th of June and Friday 13th of June at the police station where they had to report. We believe they were arrested and continuously harrased for educating Christian students and youth about their rights and responsibilities in the face of a second round of presidential elections. Please tell Mugabe's government to stop harrasing the Christian students, allow them to work and carry out their activities." Send a message to Zim officials to STOP the harassment, click below: http://www.avaaz.org/en/zim_rights_alert_2/]]> http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/graziela/2008/06/stop_the_harassment_to_the_christian_student_movement_of_zimbabwe.php http://www.avaaz.org/blog/en/w/graziela/2008/06/stop_the_harassment_to_the_christian_student_movement_of_zimbabwe.php Zim Rights Alerts Zimbabwe elections human rights Mugabe zimbabwe ZimRights Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:17:45 -0500