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ACTIVIST CHEN GUANGCHENG FLEES HOUSE ARREST &
ACTIVISTS: BLIND CHINESE LAWYER FLEES HOUSE ARREST &
BLIND CHINESE ACTIVIST ESCAPES FROM HOUSE ARREST - Back in 2007, I was working at a small non-profit advocating on behalf of religious minorities. One of the individuals that we were working particularly hard on behalf of was Chen Guangcheng. Chen is a blind, pro-life human rights activist. He was arrested and imprisoned without trial. Recently he was moved to house arrest, but it's been a long 5 years. Yesterday big things started happening. He allegedly escaped house arrest!! My heart lept. Could it be true?! The rumor mill is swirling, he's at the U.S. embassy. He's with friends. "If Chen has made it to the Embassy, then we need to pray that our nation will stand strong and not surrender this brave man back into the hands of torturers. Whatever has happened, we need to pray for Chen's family, as there has been no mention of his wife's whereabouts and his extended family will be threatened by the communist regime" (via The Jubilee Campaign)
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MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MP SEEKS TO ABOLISH FEMALE RIGHTS AND ENFORCE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION &
CHILD BRIDES: WILL SAUDI ARABIA SET AN AGE LIMIT FOR MARRIAGE- Child brides and FGM are two issues always near and dear to my heart. I hope in both cases to see women and children's rights upheld.
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A COMPLETE GUIDE TO "HIPSTER RACISM" - I've been watching the unfolding of the Trayvon Martin case. According to the Pew Research Group so are a fair number of you. "Developments in the case against George Zimmerman, the man charged in the killing of Trayvon Martin, topped Americans' new interest last week" About a quarter of the public (26%) says they followed developments in the case more closely than any other news" Along with following the news, I've been thinking about race/racism; I thought this was a very interesting article.
4. PUPPY LOVE
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