Human Rights Action Moment

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This is a weekly reference list of ACTIONs you can take. It takes only a moment to make a difference in one person's life.

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United States: Stop Violence Against Native American & Alaska Native Women in the US

In 2005, the efforts of activists nationwide led to Congressional reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which seeks to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the United States and provide victims with vital resources. The Tribal Title (Title IX) of VAWA was established to address the specific needs of Native American and Alaska Native women.

You can help ensure the rights of Native American and Alaska Native women right now by urging the US government to fully fund VAWA, particularly the Tribal Title (Title IX). Please contact Representative David Obey, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and let him you support VAWA.

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The World: Support the Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007

Of 10 governments worldwide implicated in the recruitment or use of children as soldiers, nine receive US military assistance.

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Zimbabwe:Stop harassment of activists in Zimbabwe

On 11 March 2007, about 50 activists were arrested in Zimbabwe after attempting to attend a public meeting in defiance of a three-month ban imposed by the authorities. The activists, including leaders of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe -- the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) -- were severely beaten during arrest and later tortured while in police custody.

Police shot dead one of the activists, Gift Tandare, the youth chairperson of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) local structure in a Harare suburb.

Amnesty International has received numerous reports of continuing police harassment of the political opposition, lawyers and civil society groups.

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