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 * Check this page regularly - Many of the actions we discuss in meetings will be placed here.**


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=**ACTIONS FOR TERM ONE, 2011**=

**IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ACTION ONLINE CLICK ON THE PICTURES!**
=**Allow peaceful protests in Algeria** =



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 * Amnesty International is urging the Algerian authorities not to crack down on protests in Algeria, and to lift the ban on demonstrations in the capital, Algiers. Protests have been calling for "democratic change", the lifting of a 19-year state of emergency and greater freedom for civil society and the media. **======

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 * "Algerians must be allowed to express themselves freely and hold peaceful protests in Algiers and elsewhere. " said Amnesty International. "We urge the Algerian authorities not to respond to these demands by using excessive force". **======

=**End the bloodshed in Bahrain**=



**Bahraini protesters have told Amnesty International of bloody scenes on the streets as government security forces have stepped up their violent crackdown on demonstrations and blocked access to hospitals.** **Our newly released report, __ ////****Bloodied but Unbowed: Unwarranted State Violence against Bahraini Protesters****//// __, reveals that since mass peaceful protests began in mid-February, Bahraini security forces have sought to suppress mass demonstrations with brutality - killing at least eight protesters, injuring hundreds of others and assaulting paramedics.**

=**Iran must reverse harsh sentence imposed on distinguished film director **=




 * Jafar Panahi was convicted of "propaganda against the system" for making a film deemed "anti-government" and for having allegedly instigated last year's post-presidential election protests. In addition to making award-winning films such as "The Circle," he was a supporter of Iran's Green Movement. **


 *  ** Be the next person to take action and join the following signers:

Paul Haggis, Martin Scorsese, Nazanin Boniadi, Sean Penn, Harvey Weinstein, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Googoosh, Roxana Saberi, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rudi Bakhtiar, Hadi Ghaemi, Lina Wertmuller, Hamid Dabashi, Peter Billingsley, Sir Patrick Stewart, Josh Brolin, Gale Anne Hurd, Hans Zimmer, Susan Sarandon, Michael Apted, Gabriel Byrne, Elliott Gould, Harvey Keitel, Deepa Mehta, Edward Zwick, Azar Nafisi, Ridley Scott, Phillip Noyce, Ron Howard, Mia Farrow, Nancy Meyers, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas and Paul Mazursky ** **




 * Tell Yahoo! to commit to protecting free speech in China **


 * Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist, is serving a ten-year prison sentence for sending an email to the U.S. Yahoo! helped put him there. Yahoo! provided information to the Chinese Government, which led to his unjust imprisonment. Compliance with locally-mandated restrictions is not a justification for neglecting international human rights responsibilities, whether a company acts alone or with local partners. We must tell Yahoo! that we won't stand for violating privacy and ask them to use their influence to secure Shi Tao's release. **