Hallo, ihr Lieben!
Leider schon vor drei Tagen erhielt ich folgende Mail. Wenn wir auch nicht viel tun können, so sollten wir wenigstens nicht dazu schweigen.

Hi Christine!

The situation in Somalia is tragic beyond words. The country has been drowning in anarchy and civil war for the past twenty years, creating problems such as endemic violence, child soldier recruitment, a lack of public services and education, and a stymied economy.
Now, the most severe famine in 60 years has hit the region, and as starving women flee with their children to Kenyan refugee camps, they are often attacked by armed gangs. Tragically, this risk of sexual assault doesn't end when they limp, traumatized and weakened, within camp borders.
Sign this petition to urge the Kenyan government and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to more effectively govern these Somali refugee camps in order to miminize the rape risk for women.»
Margot Wallstrom, the United Nations (UN) Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, expressed deep concern this weekend over spiking rates of sexual assault in the edges of these camps.
Women who leave their rickety tents to go to the bathroom or head into the bush to collect firewood are most at risk, as men with guns prowl at night.
Join us in calling on the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to initiate assistance programs that will do more to protect these vulnerable Somali women!»

Thanks for taking action!

Ellyn
ThePetitionSite


Link zur Aktion: http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AgPoq/zl8S/BtqxA

Danke für eure Unterstützung!

Just signed, thanks Christine

Gerade unterschrieben, auch wenn es nicht viel helfen wird...
Weiter so Christine, Danke
ahb

Die Gräuelmeldungen aus Afrika (Kamerun) reißen nicht ab, soeben fand ich die folgende Mail in meinem Postfach:
Dear Christine,
My name is Alice N'Kom, and here in Cameroon I am one of the only attorneys who defends people who've been jailed because they are gay.

In the last two weeks violence against gay people in Cameroon has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels: the situation is quickly becoming a crisis. The president of Cameroon can put a stop to this, and if he feels enough pressure he will do so.

I'm watching police in Cameroon conduct an anti-gay crackdown - over 10 people have been arrested on charges of "homosexuality" in the last month. One of them, Jean-Claude, has been sentenced to 3 years in prison merely for sending a text message to another man. I've heard countless recent stories of homophobic violence throughout the country. I'm 66, and in ten years of defending lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) people in Cameroon, it has never been this bad.

Only one person can put an end to this gay bashing - President Paul Biya. He can stop the escalating crisis of homophobic roundups and attacks, and he can immediately release those still in prison and call for the end of Cameroon's laws against homosexuality.

Time is running out. I'm headed to Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé, to confront the President with these demands. He will not be able to ignore a powerful outcry from every corner of the globe. I am counting on your help.

Please add your voice to our urgent appeal now: http://www.allout.org/cameroon

Alice N'Kom, Cameroonian attorney ?
Founder of the Association for the Defense of LGBT Rights in Cameroon (ADEFHO)
in partnership with Alternatives-Cameroun


Find more information here :

Cameroon homosexuality trial condemned - The Guardian, 17 August 2011
Cameroon: Call to end 'feminine men' homosexual trial - BBC, 19 August 2011
Cameroon to toughen laws against gays - Agence France-Presse, 20 August 2011
Cameroon charges four more with homosexuality - Agence France-Presse, 27 August 2011
Criminalizing Identities - a joint report by Human Rights Watch, IGLHRC, Adefho and Alternatives-Cameroun on the criminalization of homosexuality in Cameroon, November 2010


All Out is bringing people together in every corner of the planet and of every identity - lesbian, gay, straight, transgender and all that’s between and beyond - to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are.

Our mailing address is:
Purpose Foundation
224 Centre St
New York, NY 10013

Copyright © 2011 AllOut.org, All rights reserved.

Link zur Aktion: http://act.allout.org/go/323?akid=231.72625.sMBB2M&t=2

Danke!

lg
Christine

Just signed,
thanks Christine
lg
ab

Diese Worte eines brasilianischen Kongressabgeordneten, erst vor wenigen Tagen öffentlich geäußert, sind wohl an Hass kaum noch zu überbieten. Die Mutter von Jose Ricardo, der wegen seiner Homosexualität ermordet wurde, ist Mitglied in der Vereinigung "Equality Moms", die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, auf den Kongress einzuwirken, damit wirksam gegen Homophobie und Transgenderfeindlichkeit vorgegangen wird. Über "All Out" wendet sie sich nun an die Weltöffentlichkeit, mit der Bitte, "Equality Moms" durch Unterschreiben einer Petition an den Kongress zu unterstützen.

Hier der Text der Originalmail:


Dear Christine,

"I'd rather have a dead son than a gay son."

My name is Eleonora Peireira, and I still can't get those words out of my head. Spoken recently by a member of Congress in Brazil, where I live, they made me think of my son, Jose Ricardo, who was gay and killed a year ago because of who he was. Those spiteful words, defended as an appeal to Brazil's "family values" have made me feel so angry and so alone - until now.

In recent months, something incredible has happened. With the help of All Out, mothers from all over Brazil are coming together and speaking out against the violence that has made Brazil one of the most dangerous places in the world to be gay or transgender. We are calling ourselves: the Equality Moms.

In three days—September 29—I'm joining over a dozen other moms in the capital, to demand that our Congress support a proposed Anti-Homophobia bill that would finally protect ALL Brazilians from violence and discrimination. We'll be telling the government, and our society: equality is the true family value. We'll be delivering a letter asking leaders all over Brazil to take action - starting at Congress this Thursday. Will you stand by our side and sign on in support?

www.allout.org/maespelaigualdade

Our movement of "Equality Moms" is spreading all over Brazil—and not just Moms of LGBT people. Homophobia and hate speech are getting so out of control that it's now impacting all Brazilians. In the last few months a father and son were brutally attacked after being confused for a gay couple, a straight man was killed when defending a gay man from a brutal assault, and just last week a young woman was chased, and shot at, by men who confused her for a trans woman.

We moms know a thing or two about taking care of our families! That's why next week we're going to congress to tell our leaders to stop delaying action, and start working together NOW to stop the violence, and to take care of ALL of Brazil's families. I am so honored to be joining my voice with so many incredible Moms in telling our leaders, and fellow Brazilians, that equality is the true family value.

To meet other members of our "Equality Moms" campaign, and to show your support as we prepare to speak out in Congress, please click here, and share with your friends, and of course—your Moms:

[url=www.allout.org/maespelaigualdade[/url]Our visit to Congress is only the beginning. In the months to come we'll be on the streets and the airwaves, in classrooms and around kitchen tables, sharing our stories and working together as "Equality Moms" in this campaign to end violence, prejudice and discrimination. I'm doing this for my son Jose Ricardo, and in the hopes that together, we can keep pushing Brazil to be a country that celebrates diversity AND full equality.

Eleonora Pereira, Equality Moms from all corners of Brazil, and our friends at All Out.


MORE INFORMATION:

http://act.allout.org/go/345?akid=255.72625.ckgq11&t=5

http://act.allout.org/go/346?akid=255.72625.ckgq11&t=6

http://act.allout.org/go/347?akid=255.72625.ckgq11&t=7

http://act.allout.org/go/348?akid=255.72625.ckgq11&t=8

http://act.allout.org/go/349?akid=255.72625.ckgq11&t=9

All Out is bringing people together in every corner of the planet and of every identity - lesbian, gay, straight, transgender and all that’s between and beyond - to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are.

Our mailing address is:
Purpose Foundation
224 Centre St
New York, NY 10013

Copyright © 2011 AllOut.org, All rights reserved.

Bitte unterstützt durch Eure Unterschrift "Equality Moms" bei ihrem, bestimmt nicht leichten Vorhaben.
Hier noch einmal der Link zur Petition: http://act.allout.org/go/357?akid=255.72625.ckgq11&t=4
Danke!

lg
Christine

Thanks Christina for the link,
just signed
ab

Hallo, ihr Lieben!
Für die Zulassung von neuen Kosmetikprodukten, ist es notwendig, deren Ungefährlichkeit für die Gesundheit nachzuweisen. Hierzu ist es meist üblich, die Produkte an Versuchstieren zu testen.
Ein Beispiel von Vielen: Wird ein neues Shampoo entwickelt, so nutzt man zum Nachweis der Unbedenklichkeit Kaninchen. Sie werden fixiert und dann wird ihnen das Shampoo in konzentrierter Form ins Auge eingetragen. Es wird gemessen, ob und nach welcher Zeit das betreffende Auge geschädigt wurde...Hierzu gab es vor einiger Zeit einen Bericht im Fernsehen, die Bilder kann ich nicht vergessen. In der EU war beschlossen worden, diese Praxis spätestens im Jahre 2013 zu verbieten. Doch noch haben wir nicht das Jahr 2013 und einflussreiche Wirtschaftsbosse versuchen, das Verbot um 10 Jahre hinauszuzögern. Da kommen dann Argumente wie "noch unverzichtbar", "Sicherung von Arbeitsplätzen" und und und...
Bitte helft mit, durch Eure Unterschrift unter die unten stehende Petition, dass dieses Verbot planmäßig durchgesetzt wird.
Hier der Originaltext der mir zugeschickten Mail:
Hi Christine,

Animal testing is an ugly business, especially when animals -- like rabbits, mice and guinea pigs -- are blinded and poisoned just to test a new lipstick or shampoo.

It's not necessary to test cosmetics on animals. Help end the suffering

The EU promised that from 2013, the sale of animal-tested cosmetics would be banned, meaning the EU would be the world's first cruelty-free zone. An EU sales ban would also force companies around the world to stop cosmetics animal testing or else have their products removed from EU shop shelves.

A ban in the EU can make a difference for animals around the world

EU decision makers are looking to delay the ban by up to 10 years, but we can't allow any more unnecessary animal testing.

Make sure the EU knows how the world feels about animal-tested cosmetics: Demand a Cruelty-Free EU in 2013 »

Thanks for taking action!

Kayla
ThePetitionSite


Tell the EU How You Feel
About Animal-Tested Cosmetics:
Demand Cruelty-Free!

Take action link: http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AgtYq/zLF8/BtqxA

Danke Christine, hab's grad unterzeichnet.

Mich erreichte folgende E-Mail:

"Your support is having an immediate impact. I have seen what it did when 50,000 mobilized, now let's get to 100,000"
Spread the word about Alice's appeal via Facebook, Twitter, or by forwarding this email

Dear friends,

I'm about to walk into a courtroom in downtown Yaoundé to defend Jonas, 19 and Franky, 20 - two Cameroonian boys arrested last July for the "crime" of being gay.

It's going to be a tough one, but I've never felt so strong : I know I have your support and 55,000 people behind me.

Your efforts are having an immediate impact. My cell phone has been ringing non-stop with everyone from diplomats to human rights organizations and high profile media telling me that they are now paying attention to the crisis here. Also, I just heard that today's case is being closely monitored at the highest levels of our government. The Ministry of Justice knows the world is watching and that Cameroon's reputation is at stake.

This is really positive - but many of the people arrested because they are gay are still in jail, and the violence is ongoing. We need to show the authorities that we will not stop until everyone is released, and until homosexuality is no longer criminalized under Cameroon's laws.

I have seen what it did when 50,000 mobilized, now let's get to 100,000. I am asking each one of you to reach out to your friends and family, via Facebook, Twitter, or by forwarding them this email.

Post a message on your Facebook to ask your friends to sign the petition.

Tweet to President Biya's account, or forward this email now to your friends and family

Dear Raina Christine,

My name is Alice N'Kom, and here in Cameroon I am one of the only attorneys who defends people who've been jailed because they are gay.

In the last two weeks violence against gay people in Cameroon has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels: the situation is quickly becoming a crisis. The president of Cameroon can put a stop to this, and if he feels enough pressure he will do so.

I'm watching police in Cameroon conduct an anti-gay crackdown - over 10 people have been arrested on charges of "homosexuality" in the last month. One of them, Jean-Claude, has been sentenced to 3 years in prison merely for sending a text message to another man. I've heard countless recent stories of homophobic violence throughout the country. I'm 66, and in ten years of defending lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) people in Cameroon, it has never been this bad.

Only one person can put an end to this gay bashing - President Paul Biya. He can stop the escalating crisis of homophobic roundups and attacks, and he can immediately release those still in prison and call for the end of Cameroon's laws against homosexuality.

Time is running out. I'm headed to Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé, to confront the President with these demands. He will not be able to ignore a powerful outcry from every corner of the globe. I am counting on your help.

Please add your voice to our urgent appeal now: http://www.allout.org/cameroon
http://act.allout.org/go/323?akid=283.72625.Srhtze&t=9

Alice N'Kom, Cameroonian attorney ?
Founder of the Association for the Defense of LGBT Rights in Cameroon (ADEFHO)
in partnership with Alternatives-Cameroun


Find more information here :

Cameroon homosexuality trial condemned - The Guardian, 17 August 2011

Cameroon: Call to end 'feminine men' homosexual trial - BBC, 19 August 2011

Cameroon to toughen laws against gays - Agence France-Presse, 20 August 2011

Cameroon charges four more with homosexuality - Agence France-Presse, 27 August 2011

Criminalizing Identities - a joint report by Human Rights Watch, IGLHRC, Adefho and Alternatives-Cameroun on the criminalization of homosexuality in Cameroon, November 2010

All Out is bringing people together in every corner of the planet and of every identity - lesbian, gay, straight, transgender and all that’s between and beyond - to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are.

Our mailing address is:
Purpose Foundation
224 Centre St
New York, NY 10013

Copyright © 2011 AllOut.org, All rights reserved.

Hier noch einmal der Link zur Aktion: http://act.allout.org/go/323?akid=283.72625.Srhtze&t=8

Was ich heute in meinem Postfach fand, konnte ich fast nicht glauben: Da werden in Ecuador Frauen gewaltsam in Anstalten gesperrt und grausam misshandelt, nur weil sie lesbisch sind. Was mit homosexuellen Männern geschieht, kann man dann nur erahnen.
Bitte beteiligt Euch an der Protestaktion.

"Dear Christine,

The world is just waking up to a horrific situation. Right now, hundreds of illegal clinics in Ecuador are holding young women captive to be raped, tortured, starved and beaten by so-called "health care professionals". Why? The clinics claim that lesbians are "sick" and they offer a brutal cure.

While the government of Ecuador made a show of shutting down nearly 30 clinics this summer, our friends there are saying that over 200 still exist across the country -- holding young women against their will. Hundreds of young people are still at risk, but if you and other All Out members raise your voice, we can shut down these clinics for good.

Will you add your name to the global call to shut down the clinics? We'll deliver our demand directly to the Ecuadorian president, as well as the president of the the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights -- and make sure these illegal clinics are shut down once and for all. If President Correa, a leader who's staked his reputation on a series of progressive positions, knows the international community is watching closely, he'll be pushed to act:

www.allout.org/ecuadorclinics

These "cure the gay away" clinics persist all over the world, despite the fact that all major international psychiatric and medical associations have discredited them, and even called them damaging to people's health. Only a few weeks ago, a young woman in Ecuador told the press she was held in one of the facilities for months where she was sexually abused and humiliated, with guards throwing water and urine on her. Thankfully, with the help of her mother, she was freed. But many women have not been able to get out.

Some confused parents are forcing young people to be “quarantined” in these dangerous clinics, but a fact remains: they are illegal. Voters in Ecuador approved a progressive constitution supporting gays rights -- including federal civil unions for same sex couples. The country also has strong laws to punish violence against women. But despite the legal protections on the books, these dangerous clinics are falling through the cracks.

Activists in Ecuador, and their partners at Change.org and Credo have been petitioning the Health Minister to shut down these clinics. But the responsibility to take action also rests with the man Ecuadorian voters elected to uphold the rule of law - President Rafael Correa. Sign this urgent letter to the Ecuadorian president, and we'll deliver it to him with our partners in Ecuador - demanding these illegal clinics are shut down once and for all. President Correa needs to know that international pressure is building right now, and that ignoring this issue won’t make it go away:

www.allout.org/ecuadorclinics

All the best and All Out,

Andre, Emmy, Erika, Flavia, Guillaume, Jeremy, Joseph, Nita, Oli, Tile, Wesley and the rest of the team at All Out

PS - Click here to ask President Rafael Correa -- who supported a pro-LGBT Constitution -- to act now.


SOURCES:

Lesbians Escape From Ecuador's “Ex-Gay” Torture Centers
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/...orture_Centers/

Ecuador Minister of Health: Close fake "clinics" that torture LGBT in order to "cure" them
http://www.change.org/petitions/fiscal-g...er-to-cure-them

En Ecuador, gays denuncian clínicas para cambiar su orientación sexual
m.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/gays-denuncian-clnicas-ilegales-para-cambiar-su-orientacin-sexual/8424560

El maltrato reina en centros de “deshomosexualismo”
http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/index.php?op...14015&Itemid=17

Ecuador Approves New Constitution Including Same-Sex Civil Unions
http://www.towleroad.com/2008/09/ecuador-approve.html

Cures that Kill (IDAHO)
http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org/-Cur...ional-IDAHO,118

End of the Ex-Gay Movement?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...about-face.html

All Out is bringing people together in every corner of the planet and of every identity - lesbian, gay, straight, transgender and all that’s between and beyond - to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are.

Our mailing address is:
Purpose Foundation
224 Centre St
New York, NY 10013

Copyright © 2011 AllOut.org, All rights reserved."

Zur Aktion

Diesmal ist es Russland. In drei Tagen wird die politische Führung über einen Gesetzentwurf diskutieren, der zum Ziel hat, jede Äußerung zu den Themen Homosexualität oder Transsexualität zu illegalisieren. Hier der Link zum Artikel und zur entsprechenden Aktion. Tragt mit Eurer Unterschrift dazu bei, dass den Betroffenen in Russland dieses Schicksal erspart bleibt.

http://www.allout.org/en/actions/russia_silenced/taf


LG
Christine

PS: Sandra hatte in Ihrem Thread auch bereits auf Aktionen gegen die homophobe Gesetzgebung in Russland hingewiesen.

Kurz vor Weihnachten so etwas lesen zu müssen ist schrecklich:
In Kolumbien wird von sogenannten "Todesschwadronen" Jagd auf Obdachlose gemacht. Sie werden auf offener Straße ermordet und wenn sie in die Kanalisation flüchten, werden sie dort mit Benzin verbrannt. Bitte beteiligt euch an der Petition, die an den kolumbianischen Präsidenten gerichtet ist:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/colombi...cial-cleansing/

Danke, und einen friedvollen ersten Advent

Christine

So wie man in Russland vorhatte, ein Gesetz einzubringen, nach dem alle LGBT-Aktivitäten unter Strafe gestellt werden sollten, zieht jetzt Nigeria nach. Bis zu 14 Jahren Haft droht denjenigen, die LGBT-Aktivitäten unterstützen und vielleicht sogar mit ausländischen Organisationen zusammenarbeiten.
Bitte beteiligt euch an der Aktion, wir dürfen hier nicht wegsehen!
Hier der Link:

http://act.allout.org/go/629?akid=398.72625.a60ntl&t=4

LG
Christine

Im Jahr 2009 ratifizierte der afghanische Kongress ein Gesetz zur Beseitigung von Gewalt gegen Frauen (evaw), das Traditionen wie Zwangsheirat, Versklavung und Missbrauch von Frauen unter Strafe stellt. Doch bis heute hat sich an den gängigen Praktiken so gut wie nichts verändert und Frauen sitzen auf Grund alter Urteile immer noch im Gefängnis. Bitte unterstützt durch Eure Unterschrift diese Aktion:

http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/Ag1Iw/zLvb/BtqxA

Vielen Dank und noch einen schönen dritten Advent!

LG
Christine

Diesmal betrifft es den Iran:
Ronak Saffarzadeh ist eine kurdische Aktivistin und unterstützte die Aktion "Eine Million Unterschriften für die Aufhebung diskriminierender Gesetze gegen Frauen".
Im Jahre 2008 wurde sie für die Verteilung von Flugblättern, in denen Bildung in kurdischer Sprache und die Abschaffung der "Ehrenmorde" gefordert wurde, verhaftet und zu sechseinhalb Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt.
Bitte beteiligt euch an der Aktion für die Freilassung von Ronak Saffarzadeh.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-ku...ak-saffarzadeh/

Danke!

LG
Christine