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http://files.mail-list.com/m/freepeltiernow/Peltier-Birthday-12_PELTIER-BIRTHDAY-12.pdf Greetings my relatives and supporters, and, we are all truly relatives in one way or another, First of all I want to thank all of you for remembering me on this day, as many of you probably suspect and some know, that when you are in prison you have a lot of time to reflect and think on how things are, and how they were and perhaps how they should be. Having said that, I was thinking about how on your birthday the person who really should be celebrated is your Mother, for she carried you for 9 months and went through the pain of giving you life. So truly a person’s birthday should be another Mother’s Day. So if a woman has four children, she should have four Mothers days. All too often people talk about the exploits of men and what they said and what they did, and all too often give no thought to the women who gave them life, the women ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/07/open-letter-gary-mckinnon An open letter about my son, Gary McKinnon, to Theresa May and David Cameron My son has spent 10 wasted years awaiting extradition to the US on computer hacking charges. Please help end this daily torture Janis Sharp guardian.co.uk , Friday 7 September 2012 14.20 BST Gary McKinnon … 'He has no life and is broken, like a wounded animal with no outlet and no hope' Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian Dear Theresa and David,   As you are aware, my son Gary McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, was arrested in London in March 2002 for computer misuse and has now been under virtual house arrest for over 10 years while fighting extradition to the US. People find it hard to believe that this can be happening in Britain in the year 2012, but it is. Gary was arrested more than 10 years ago  for allegedly hacking in...

Gold FM - Hear the difference! Frequencies - 96.4 Waihi, 88.3 Waihi Beach, 96.4 Coromandel http://www.goldfm.co.nz/general-news/2012/court-appearance-sparks-protest/ Gold FM  »  2012  » Court Appearance Sparks Protest Court Appearance Sparks Protest Posted by Gold FM on 10/08/2012 A Waihi woman facing charges related to cannibis cultivation has said she's humbled by the support she's receiving from people pledging to protest against her charges next Tuesday at the Waihi Court House on Kenny Street. Supporters are rumoured to be coming from Auckland and Wellington to attend the protest. Ann Vernon, who is a medicinal cannabis user and activist for cannabis reform, was busted when an Armed Offenders Squad was called out on the 26th of July, after the Waihi Police received reports of a gun being fired in Clarke Street. Two youths who were preparing to go hunting had loaded a high powered rifle which went off and went through three walls ...

Printer Friendly Version Free Sara Kruzan Jesaka Sekmet September 12, 2012 Jesaka Sekmet, co-founder of Free Sara Kruzan, explains the details of Sara's story and the circumstances around her conviction to life in prison. On September 18, 2012 Riverside District Attorney Paul Zellerbach will decide whether Sara will be released with time served. The National Campaign to Free Sara Kruzan is currently petitioning, educating and demonstrating for Sara’s immediate release.   International Peace Builders & Human Rights Activists, Since my time at UPEACE (Peace Education, Class of 2009) I have come to work with the Global Human Rights Campaign to Free Sara Kruzan. You've never heard of Sara? I'm not surprised. See, she's been locked up on a life with no possibility of parole sentence in the United States, since she was a child in 1994. I remember that day, when I first saw her on the news. I was 12 and in state custody. Sara was 3 and 3/4 years older tha...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/09/reape-abortion-fight-womens-rights-turkey?commentpage=all#start-of-comments Rape, abortion and the fight for women's rights in Turkey A controversial rape case has shown how in this patriarchal country it is always women who pay the price Elif Shafak guardian.co.uk , Sunday 9 September 2012 17.00 BST Jump to comments (214) In Turkey, outside big cities, social life concentrates on coffee houses, that is, if you are a man. This week, the customers of a coffee house in a village in the Mediterranean region saw a young woman carrying a bloody sack. Inside was a severed head. She hurled the sack towards them and said: " I saved my honour . Do not talk behind my back any more."   The woman was 26-year-old Nevin Yildirim, a mother of two. Her husband had been away working at a seasonal job in another town. In his absence Nurettin Gider, aged 35 and a father of two, had raped ...