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Avaaz
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We are following Avaaz, leader of the global web movement. Avaaz empowers millions of people from all walks of life to take action on pressing global, regional and national issues, from corruption and poverty to conflict and climate change. FairPlanet.net reports on the major campaigns.

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March 27, 2014
Stop the biggest mass execution this century
org: Avaaz
Egypt’s most important religious figure, Grand Mufti Allam has 10 days to reject the decision. Religious leaders are already condemning the ruling, and as the first Mufti to be [...]
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January 30, 2014
Internet Apocalypse?
org: Avaaz
Together, our community has built on that vision, using the web to fight corruption, save lives, and bring people-powered aid to countries in crisis. But the US and the EU are on the verge of giving the richest [...]
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January 23, 2014
Cry for help from Syria
org: Avaaz
Dear Avaazers, I am from Homs, Syria -- a city under siege, where children and babies have been tortured and bombed. It is hell on earth, and it is hard to have hope, but right now I see a chance [...]
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November 05, 2013
Is this Tibet’s big chance?
org: Avaaz
China’s leaders are mounting an intense campaign to draw a veil over their rights abuses and persuade governments to vote them onto the UN Human Rights Council. So if [...]
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May 09, 2013
Crushed to make our clothes
org: Avaaz
Big fashion brands source from hundreds of factories in Bangladesh.Two brands, including Calvin Klein, have signed a very strong building and fire safety pact. Others, [...]
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March 25, 2013
Horror in paradise
org: Avaaz
It's hard to believe, but a 15-year-old rape survivor has been sentenced to be whipped 100 times in public! Let's put an end to this lunacy by hitting the Maldives [...]
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January 30, 2013
Oil showdown in the Amazon
org: Avaaz
The local tribe is resisting, but usually oil companies go in, buy off the people and break up the community. The tribe is thrilled that people across the world might back them [...]
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November 07, 2012
People Power vs. Big Oil
org: Avaaz
Finally, Big Oil is having to pay for the wasteland and violence that they’ve created. President Jonathan supports the Shell fine, and progressive Senators are pushing for [...]
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October 26, 2012
Save the Antarctic Ocean
org: Avaaz
Most countries support the sanctuary, but Russia, South Korea and a few others are threatening to vote it down so they can plunder these seas now [...]
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October 11, 2012
Save the world's best bank
org: Avaaz
You have the power to keep that hope alive. As global citizens, we urge you to stop the government takeover of Grameen Bank, starting with reversing [...]
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September 21, 2012
Trans-Pacific Partnership: The most important thing you’ve never heard of
org: Avaaz
The specifics of the deal, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), are largely unknown thanks to the veil of secrecy surrounding the [...]
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