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241. Stop Genocide in Zimbabwe 
April 28, 2006
Driving through Zimbabwe listening to the radio, or watching television in the evenings, all you see or hear is Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, the state controlled media. "They will tell you there is no choice as a journalist as there is just nowhere to work and times are hard - so in the end they just take their salary and lie.
The government knows that it has the votes wrapped up because it can get to them with radio and television and it has absolutely prohibited any form of opposition in that territory. When Zimbabweans start to demonstrate the papers are not going to say they have killed demonstraters.
President Mugabe has banned BBC and other foreign journalists from the country, what is he hidding?. All broadcasters transmitting from Zimbabwean soil and the main newspapers are state-controlled and toe the government line. The private press, relatively vigorous in its criticism of the government, has come under severe pressure.
State-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) operates the country's only TV and radio stations. ZBC formerly had two TV channels; its second network was leased to private station Joy TV which closed in 2002. Some of its programmes were said to have ruffled government feathers.
Radio is the main source of information for many Zimbabweans. Although there are no private stations, the country is targeted by overseas-based operations. The Voice of the People, set up by former ZBC staff with funding from the Soros Foundation and a Dutch NGO, operates using a leased shortwave transmitter in Madagascar. Another station, the UK-based SW Radio Africa, aims to give listeners in Zimbabwe "unbiased information". The station's signal was jammed in March 2005, a period coinciding with the run-up to parliamentary elections.
From the US, the government-funded Voice of America (VOA) operates Studio 7, a twice-daily service for listeners in Zimbabwe which aims to be a source of "objective and balanced news". But the rural community has no access to information at all and Mugabe wants it that way he is the onlyone who can tell them everything and anything including lies.
242. Extortion by Nipost Nigeria
March 12, 2006
I registered a pair of shirt, addressed to my brother, with the postal charges fully paid here in Sweden.
To my chalgrin, at the post office, the person at the counter demanded 500 naira from the recipient without otherwise threatens to return the package back to Sweden. It is a shame.
243. Register Madaraka Party of Kenya
February 17, 2006
The "Register Madaraka Party of Kenya" Petition to be sent to "H.E President Mwai Kibaki, Attorney General Amos Wako, and Registrar of Societies"
Madaraka Party of Kenya was formed on June 11, 2005 to champion for the rights of youth, unemployed, poor workers, and peasants. On July 15, 2005, Madaraka Party submitted application for registration to the Registrar of Societies, Nairobi, Kenya.
On January 20, 2006, the Deputy Registrar informed Madaraka officials that "the government has put on hold registration of all political parties till further notice."
On January 29, 2006, the party wrote to the registrar seeking the following information:
1. "Who or which office in the government made the decision to put on hold the registration of political parties in Kenya?
2. Why has the government decided to put a hold on registration of political parties?
3. For how long will the hold be in place?
4. What is to happen to trigger the lifting of the hold on registration of political parties?
5. Under which law has the government based its decision to put on hold registration of political parties? Lastly, Is Kenya still a multiparty democracy or democracy is also on hold till further notice?"
There has been no response as of February 17, 2006.
244. Promote HIV/AIDS Education and Relief of Poverty in Africa
January 26, 2006
The Mother and Child African Relief Organization (MACARO), a non-profit organization registered in New York (1992) under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code, is accorded special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) (1997), and is also registered in Freetown, Sierra Leone as an International Non-Governmental Organization.
In addition, the process of registering the organization in Monrovia, Liberia is now in progress.
The organisation wishes to promote HIV/AIDS education and the relief of poverty.
245. Mark Boucher To Play For Australia
January 21, 2006
Adam Gilchrist hasn't been in form lately for the aussies & Brad Haddin isn't good enough to play at international level but Mark Boucher (South Africa) is the best wicket keeper in the whole world & is good enough to play for the aussies, not only is he good with the gloves, he bats very well.
I want him in & want all you aussies out there to help me lure this talented cricketer to Australia!! Let's make him an aussie.
246. Appel suppression du Rallye Dakar
Décembre 2005 - Janvier 2007
28 ans déjà. 29 ans déjà.
28 ans d'une ruée gigantesque de Blancs pour d'aucuns convaincus d'apporter du rêve en faisant étalage de leur insolente richesse,
28 ans de profits des multinationales de l'automobile et des médias occidentaux,
28 ans de lucre surtout, puisque bien des organisateurs et des sociétés privées émargent au registre des bénéficiaires des subventions publiques payées par le contribuable!
28 ans d'un déversement de toutes les pollutions et atteintes à l'environnement qui ne gênent guère, il ne s'agit que de l'Afrique.
Les médias les plus téméraires parlent à grand-peine des morts africains en fin d'émission, la faute à ces satanés « accidents de circulation » probablement aux torts de ces nègres de piétons.
D'ailleurs, toutes les victimes africaines, tombées jusque-là sous les roues du Paris-Dakar sont anonymes, presque invisibles
A partir d'aujourd'hui, elles ne le seront plus...
Vendredi 13 janvier 2006 Boubacar Diallo (10ans), Guinéen, est tué par un concurrent du Paris-Dakar
Samedi 14 janvier 2006, Mohamed Ndaw (12 ans), Sénégalais est tué par une voiture d'assistance du Paris-Dakar.
Pour ces 2 enfants, Sheraze et les Minots chantent
"Stoppez le Dakar" à Marseille. A écouter et à télécharger sur le site. Vidéos sur Dailymotion et Myspace.
Actions supprimer le Rallye Dakar sur le site
http://www.stop-rallyedakar.com
247. Make Trade Fair: Our Human Rights Can't be traded
The time remaining befre the WTO ministerial affords the people at the grassroots level to have a say on the issues affecting their human rights and their livelihood.
The fifth World Trade Organization's Hong Kong Ministerial will take place in December 2005, where vital TRADE issues/agreements will be decided. The time prior the ministerial affords us the opportunity as the citizens to influence our WTO ministerial not to sign for issues that affects our human rights and that exacerbate the level of poverty in our country and other developing nations.
The WTO has implemented agreements that have had a negative impact on people's human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and other Human Rights instrument such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and cultural rights e.g. The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) that allows the multinational companies the right to patent access to live saving drugs like ARVs (aids DRUGS) for people living with HIV/AIDS, this agreement violates the people's right to health, the Agreement on Agriculture that benefit the developed countries yet violating people in developing countries the right to food and adequate standard of living by allowing the developed nations (e.g. The US and EU) to continue subsidizing their exports flooding the domestic markets of developing nations such as South Africa and therefore resulting in job loses and poverty.
Another agreement that has had a negative effect on the livelihood of the people is the General Agreements of Trade on Service, privatizing essential human needs such as health, water, education and technology thereby increasing the level of poverty and inaccessibility to essential services.
Sign this petition and mandate of government not to sign for any agreement that will negatively affect our human rights as the citizens of the developing nation.
On the upcoming Hong Kong Ministerial the delegation will sign for the new agreement that was put forward by developed nations called the JULY FRAMEWORK, that will give more power to emerged economies to continue to bully the developing nations and to increase subsidies of imported goods in South Africa and thereby causing more job loses and poverty, making our farmers uncompetitive as a result of cheap imported goods that are less than our domestic cost of production.
SIGN FOR FAIR TRADE AND STOP TRADE LIBERALIZATION THAT BENEFIT THE RICH WHILE THE POOR SUFFER.
248. Declaration Condemning Child Rape
The country of South Africa has gained the dubious distinction of becoming "the rape capital of the world". The savage rape and victimization of children is an everyday occurence.
Children as young as just a few months have been gang-raped by groups of men that very often include a relative; one child was raped by a group of men that included her own grandfather.
The pandemic spread of HIV and AIDS in these countries coupled with the Virgin Sex Myth that many believe has led many AIDS infected men to seek to have sex with a virgin, the younger the better, in order to be "healed" of their disease. Other men, while not believing this myth, seek to have sex with virgins in order to avoid contracting AIDS from older, infected women.
As global citizens we must put an end to the barbaric and senseless crimes against women and children.
249. Bring Jon Bon Jovi back to South Africa
September 16, 2005
Please add your name to our list of Bon Jovi fans who want Bon Jovi to return to South Africa.
250. Simple Plan Tour South Africa!!
South Africa i don't think has ever gotten a rock punk band in South Africa.
Limp bizkit was going to come then cancelled at the last minute they did this to us twice.
This is a petition to get Westlife back to South Africa. It is on behalf of all S. African fans who want the chance to see their idols perform live.
252. More Gareth Gates Tour Dates
BMG and 19 management have recently announced Gareth Gates tour dates.The problem is that they only announced 6 dates and none of these are in Ireland or Wales.We would like to see dates added to both of these places and also to the rest of Europe, Australia, S.Africa and Asia were Gareth Gates has a huge fanbase.
253. NO balkanisation / bantustanisation of Somalia
The Government of South Africa, through the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma recently commissioned a Report to whether to recognize the northern region of Somalia (Somaliland) as sovereign state.In the Report, law advisers from the South African Department of Foreign Affairs support somalilands argument for independence. As the Report writes “It is undeniable that Somaliland does indeed qualify for statehood, and it is incumbent upon the international community to recognise it.”
The South African government lawyers agree that “any efforts to deny or delay would not only put the international community at the risk of ignoring the most stable region in the Horn [of Africa], it would impose untold hardship upon the people of Somaliland due to the denial of foreign assistance that recognition entails.”
The South African government law advisers pondering about the practicability of bestowing sovereignty to Somaliland wrote: “The interest of world peace and stability require that, where possible, the division or fragmentation of existing states should be managed peacefully and by negotiation. But where this is not possible, as is the case with Somalia, international law accepts that the interests of justice may prevail over the principle of territorial integrity,”
If the Minister heeds this advice it will lead to the creation of five (5) Somali Bantustan-like countries; Somaliland and Punt land to name just but two. The advice given to the South African government is contrary to the UN, Africa Union, Arab league, Non Allied Movement, of which South Africa is a member, categorically say “that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Somalia is sacrosanct.”
Hence closing the floodgate of Bantustans in Somalia and its ripple effect in other African countries. If the Minister accept such advice, the move will undoubtedly undermine the South African propelled African Renaissances and the NEPAD initiative that many Africans see as the only hope for Africa and Africans.
We urgently urge the Minister and the ANC Government not to heed this advice which will reintroduce tribal based fragmentation, ala apartheid, of the region through the backdoor.
We the undersigned Somalis and other Africans plead with the Minister and the ANC Government to reject the Bantustanization of Somalia and the Horn of Africa.
254. Stop the tiger trade
The Tiger, a majestic animal in so many ways is on the brink of extinction due to the following: Humans illegally trading tiger body parts, humans poaching tigers for their coats, and humans destroying the tigers habitat.
I created this petition to be the voice for the tigers because the tigers cannot speak for themselves. Three tiger sub-species have been wiped out in the past 100 years these species are the Javan tiger, Caspian tiger and the Bali tiger. The illegal trade and poaching of this animal is way out of control.
Tiger body parts have been used in traditional medicines for over 1,000 years! It is a proven fact that no part of the tiger contains any sort of healing power and is a complete myth. To prove the illiteracy of this act I shall share with you what tiger body parts are used for. The tiger's brain is used to cure laziness and pimples.
The tiger's eyes are used for the treatment of epilepsy, tiger whiskers are used to treat tooth aches and are used as good luck charmes in amulets, tiger bone is used to treat the following: rhuematism, weakness, stiffness, paralysis, tiger bone is ground into powder before being transformed into pills, plasters and decotions containing herbs, tiger bone is also cut into segments and soaked in wine.
The tigers' tail is used to treat skin diesease, and the list continues. This shows you how horribly ridiculous this really is and nobody seems to be taking action to help save our remaining wild tigers!
There use to be over 100,000 wild tigers in the world and today there are fewer than 7,000. This animal does not deserve to disappear from the face of the earth, it's beauty, intelligence and power deserves to stay upon this earth until the world itself vanishes.
If and when the tiger does become extinct it will prove nothing, it will be a hard hit devestation and hurt so many people who love, cherish and care for this animal. God placed the tiger upon this earth and only god should have the right to take it away NOT MAN.
So please take a moment to sign this petition which will be sent to the Prime Minister of India. This man needs to realize how badly these animals are endangered and all of the signatures from caring animal lovers will prove to him that we do care what happens to this animal.
Thank you so very much!!
Heidi
NOTE: Some information above was supplied from www.5tigers.org a very factual tiger website.
The ivory trade has pushed elephants steadily toward extinction. In the 1980s, 2,000 elephants were being killed every week across Africa. Only a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ban on the international trade in ivory could stop the bloodshed. And yet there is constant pressure on CITES to reopen the international ivory trade.
CITES agreed to a partial lifting of the ban, but this did nothing to curb poaching, to provide adequate funding for enforcement of wildlife protection laws, or to uplift local communities. Still elephants across Africa and Asia continue to be slaughtered and ivory traded in huge quantities. Today there are only an estimated 519,461 wild elephants in Africa and approximately 30,000 wild elephants in Asia.
At the height of the international ivory trade in the 1970s and 1980s, Zambia's elephant population dwindled from 200,000 to fewer than 20,000, according to Zambia's Deputy Tourism Minister. This trend was reversed only when the international ivory ban was agreed. Any relaxation in protection for Zambia?s elephants could wipe out the remaining elephants in a very short space of time.
Zambia's elephants can earn far more for their country alive than dead. In 1989 Kenya's elephants were estimated to be worth US$25 million in tourism each year. Zambia should not allow itself to be lured by the prospect of the quick money to be gained by allowing elephants to be killed for their ivory when there is a long-term profit in keeping elephants alive.