Petitions-Human issues

[Freesia]

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_tibet_loc/?bOqcQdb&v=30812

Tibetans who refuse to fly the Chinese flag above their homes risk being beaten or shot in the latest attempt to break their spirits. But now is the best moment in ages to bring hope to Tibet's proud, but desperate people.

China’s leaders are mounting an intense campaign to draw a veil over their rights abuses and persuade governments to vote them onto the UN Human Rights Council. So if enough of us shine a light on what’s going on in Tibet -- squashing an ancient religion, banning journalists, dawn arrests -- we can get China to back away from its hard-line policy to be sure of getting the 97 votes it needs.

Let’s show the Tibetan people that the world hasn’t forgotten them. China is feeling the heat as 13 governments just called them out on human rights in Tibet. Sign to stand with Tibet, then share this with everyone. When one million have signed we’ll deliver it to crucial UN delegations, and make it massive in the media:.

 

[Freesia]

http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/Ah_JX/zoN5/BfrTY

 

[Amy SF]

Please sign. What awful laws.

End Moroccan Laws Requiring Women To Marry Their Rapists

 

[Snowcone]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/754/...g-homeless-peoples-possessions/?z00m=20678379

Just in case anyone thought that party lines determined the evil level of US politicians.

 

[Freesia]

http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/Ah6cO/zovN/BfrTY Help save the Great Barrier Reef.

 

[Freesia]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/754/...g-homeless-peoples-possessions/?z00m=20678379

Just in case anyone thought that party lines determined the evil level of US politicians.

Signed.

 

[Freesia]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/747/939/629/ Help to repair lives and limbs.

 

[Freesia]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/814/710/115/ Protect waterways and wildlife from pesticides

 

[KLS52]

Up to date.

 

[Freesia]

http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/twitter-facebook-and-tumblr-stop-creepshots

Please sign.

 

[KLS52]

Signed

 

[SummerRain]

FGM campaigner Fahma Mohamed urges Gove to help end cycle of abuse

Bristol student to call on education secretary to write to schools setting out ways to combat female genital mutilation

 

[ledboots]

FGM campaigner Fahma Mohamed urges Gove to help end cycle of abuse

Bristol student to call on education secretary to write to schools setting out ways to combat female genital mutilation

So sad. I work with pregnant women, and I had a patient who had undergone genital mutilation as a child. She was concerned about her ability to give birth.

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Remove NRA TV from Amazon's Streaming Service & Website

349,095 people signed and won this petition

It’s a 24-hour streaming service with 22 original series that promote the NRA's propaganda, and there’s even an entire segment devoted to how it should be easier to purchase an AR15.

And please share this petition wherever you can....

 

[MadamSarcastra]

March for Our Lives

 

[MadamSarcastra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/974380655109799936

PLEASE SIGN & SHARE! Release Immigrant Rights Activist Alejandra Pablos from Detention | Mijente

 

[MadamSarcastra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/997181113377415170

 

[Amy SF]

Beaten, bloody, and terrified -- this photo went viral in France as a symbol of police brutality... but it's completely fake! There’s a simple solution to false stories like this: get Facebook to show corrections to *everyone* who has seen fake news. Avaaz is meeting top executives at Facebook in hours, so add your name now -- let's make this huge before the meeting!!
SIGN THE PETITION

Dear friends,

This shocking photo of a young woman, left beaten and bleeding by police at a protest, went viral on social media in France.

It’s the sort of thing Avaaz might launch an urgent campaign on. But there’s just one problem -- the image has nothing to do with France. It was taken in Madrid, years ago. It’s fake. Untrue. A lie.

And it’s dangerous.

Disinformation like this has the power to turn protests violent, destroy trust in our democracies and make us hate, even killeach other. But there's a simple solution to this threat: distribute corrections to dangerous fake news -- to EVERYONE who has seen it!

Avaaz has pitched the idea to key decision-makers all over the world, and many of them love it. Facebook is sensitive to its public image, and Avaaz staff are meeting top executives there in hours -- let's get massive public backing from people everywhere for them to correct the record on fake news!

Tell Facebook: Correct the Record!

In many countries newspapers are required to issue corrections if they print false information -- why shouldn’t the same rules apply to Facebook and Twitter, who reach many times more people?

This isn’t about censorship -- no content would be taken down or deleted. Instead, the social media companies would make sure people who had been given false information were provided with the full facts so they can make informed decisions.

The Avaaz team has pitched this idea to politicians across the planet, as well as regulators, experts, academics, free speech advocates, and to social media executives at all the major platforms. Most of them see that this could really work, but it's still missing massive public demand to make it happen.

If Facebook moves, others will follow. Sign the petition calling on Facebook to correct the record on fake news, and when this is huge, we’ll deliver our voices direct to Facebook and to lawmakers all over the world:

Tell Facebook: Correct the Record!

Armies of bots and trolls, often bought and paid for by billionaires and governments, thrive on a social media drowning in their lies. They'll fiercely attack our effort. But Avaaz has always stood for the authentic voice of the people, let's make sure that voice gets heard loud and clear, before more lies are spread.

With hope and determination,

Christoph, Luca, Martyna, Alice, Risalat, Fadi, Ricken, and the rest of the Avaaz team

MORE INFORMATION:
Europe’s most hackable election (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eur...catalonia-european-parliament-disinformation/

Fake news on WhatsApp swayed Brazil’s election. India should be worried (Quartz India)
Fake news on WhatsApp swayed Brazil’s election. India should be worried

EU steps up fight against ‘fake news’ ahead of elections (AP)
EU steps up fight against 'fake news' ahead of elections

Four ways to verify images linked to France’s ‘Yellow Vest’ protests (The Observers)
Four ways to verify images linked to France’s ‘Yellow Vest’ protests

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To contact Avaaz, write to us at Do you have a question? document.location = "https://avaaz.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles"; or call us at +1-888-922-8229 (US).

 

[Amy SF]

Help Us End Hair Discrimination in the Workplace, Schools, and Pools

Currently, it is legal to discriminate against a person in the workplace, schools, and/or pools because of their natural or protective hairstyle in all states except for California, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Colorado, Washington, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware, New Mexico, Nebraska...

campaigns.organizefor.org

 

[Chryssie]

Signed and shared on Facebook.